Run classroom timers

A classroom can run several timers at once: one for nap, another for clean-up, however your day works. They sit on the classroom page, so there's no separate phone timer to juggle. Teachers and school admins can start and manage them.

Start a timer

On the web, open a classroom and select Start a timer. In the app, tap Timers on the room board.

• Quick start starts a whole-room timer right now for 5, 10 or 15 minutes. No form.
• How long: pick 2, 5 or 10 minutes, or Custom… for a length in minutes, up to 4 hours. The web's custom box takes whole minutes up to 240; the app offers a row of minute choices.
• What for: pick Cleanup, Centers rotation, Sunscreen, Bottle or Line-up, or Custom… to type your own name, up to 80 characters.
• Who: Whole room, or Pick children… when only some of the class is on the timer, such as the children who are napping.
• Chime: Music box, Gentle bell or Lullaby. Tap one to hear it. Your choice follows you to other devices.

The countdown runs on Clear Day's server, so closing the app or handing the room to another teacher doesn't reset it.

Pause, cancel and finish

Every running timer shows on the room's list. Pause a timer and resume it later, and the remaining time picks up where you left off. Cancel timer (you'll be asked to confirm) stops it and clears it from the room.

When a timer reaches zero it chimes and stays on the list until someone clears it, so a chime you miss doesn't vanish. You then have two choices:

• Dismiss clears it.
• Snooze 5 min clears it and starts a fresh 5-minute timer with the same name.

In the app, the room board shows your running timers and a link to see all of them. The full Timers screen has Pause, Resume, Cancel, Dismiss and Snooze 5 min on each card, and New timer to start another.