Independent work
Ten minutes shown beats ten minutes announced. Students pace themselves, and the end surprises nobody — the ring turned red well before.
The classroom timer, projected large
Time that is shown is time that gets respected. The timer counts down inside a ring that turns from green to amber to red, with the digits in the middle, big enough to read from the back row.
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This is not a screenshot: it is the tool itself, the one your class will see on the board.
Duration min s
05:00
How it works
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Three modes, one dial
“Countdown” runs down to zero. “Stopwatch” counts up, with no announced limit. “Intervals” chains several rounds of the same length, with a signal between each one.
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Setting the length
Four presets — 1, 2, 5 and 10 minutes — cover most of a school day. With Kliip Premium, two fields, “Minutes” and “Seconds”, set an exact length up to 99 minutes, for the cases that do not fit a preset.
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Naming what is being counted
A title field shows “Reading”, “Tidy up” or “Test” above the digits. The class then knows what is ending, not only when.
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The warnings
A discreet signal marks the last minute, then the last thirty seconds, when the length allows it. At zero the alarm sounds and “Time’s up!” appears in full under the dial.
When it really earns its place
Rotating stations
This is what Intervals mode is for: set the length of one station and the number of rounds, up to twenty. The timer chimes, moves to the next round on its own and shows “Round 2 / 4” so everyone can follow.
Timed tidying up
Two minutes, a title, and tidying becomes a group challenge rather than a negotiation. Stopwatch mode does the opposite: it measures how long the class actually took.
What it does, and what it does not
The timer does not know your student list: it neither uses it nor reads it. It works on the board exactly as it does in the Simple view, and nothing requires it to be alone on screen.
On the board’s canvas it can sit next to the noise meter and your instructions — that is precisely why the canvas exists.
The alarm follows the portal’s “Sounds” setting. If you have turned sounds off, the timer stays silent and relies on the visual warning alone.
Frequently asked questions
What is the longest it can run?
Ninety-nine minutes exactly, set to the minute and the second in the two fields of Kliip Premium; without a subscription, the presets run from 1 to 10 minutes. Beyond 99 minutes, a classroom timer stops making sense: what you want is a countdown to a date, and that is a different tool on the board.
Does the timer keep running if I switch tools?
On the board’s canvas, a timer you have placed stays on screen with the other tools and keeps counting. In the Simple view, which shows one tool at a time, switching tools takes the timer off screen.
Can I pause it?
Yes. “Pause” stops the count where it is and the button turns back into “Start”. “Reset” goes back to the length you set, without clearing your title.
How many rounds in Intervals mode?
From one to twenty, each the same length. The current round is shown under the digits, and moving to the next one is automatic — there is nothing to touch between two stations.
Is it readable from the back of the room?
That is the criterion that set its size: the digits scale to the dial, not to the window, so they stay large whatever space you give it.
Pairs well with
This tool lives on the board’s canvas, next to all the others.