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Interactive school timetable on a touch panel in the lobby

A student finds their class, room and teacher in two taps. The deputy head enters a substitution on their computer, and a second later it is on every screen.

  • The whole school on one screen: lessons for the day and the week, changes highlighted
  • Where is the teacher now: just tap the first letter of the surname
  • Bells and alarms come from School Bell PRO
  • Portrait and landscape panels
  • No internet needed
  • Works with School Bell PRO

Touch the screen — it works

Panel in the lobby

Try it yourself: this is a copy of the panel screen

Find your class, a teacher or a free room. A real panel works the same way, only bigger.

What's on the screen

Eight sections: everything people usually ask the front desk

Home

Today's timetable for the whole school. Another day in one tap; find a teacher by the first letter.

Now

What's on in every class. During a break — which lesson is next and where.

Classes

A class timetable for the week, the current lesson highlighted. A QR code opens it on a phone.

Teachers

Where a teacher is now and when they have a free period.

Rooms

Floor plan: which room is busy, which is free and who is there now.

Changes

What changed today: another teacher, another room, a cancelled lesson.

Bells

Lesson and break times, short days. All of it comes from School Bell PRO.

Announcements

Cards and a news ticker. Important items are highlighted.

Screensaver

When no one touches the panel, it pages through by itself: current lesson with a countdown, timetable, changes, announcements.

TV mode

For the staff room and canteen: the same screen pages by itself, no buttons.

Alarm

Full screen on every panel: what happened and what to do.

Deputy head’s app

The deputy head enters a substitution, the panels update in a second

The app runs on the deputy head’s computer and talks to the panels over the school network.

  • A teacher is ill? Choose them in the list.
  • The app picks free teachers for each of their lessons. Teachers of the same subject come first.
  • Press “Send to panels”. The substitution appears in the school timetable, in “Now” and in the class timetable.

Panel “Lobby, floor 2”. It follows the deputy head’s app

Try it: choose “Novak T.” and press “Send to panels”. Or open “Announcements”.

Timetable import

From aSc Timetables and Excel. No need to type it in by hand.

Clash check

If a teacher or a room is in two places at once, the app highlights it before anything goes to the panels.

Cover report

Who covered how many lessons in a day and in a month. The report exports to Excel for payroll.

Principal and deputy head dashboard

The principal sees from their computer which lessons are on where

The app runs on the principal’s and deputy head’s computers. Floor by floor it shows what is going on in the school right now, which substitutions there are, who is absent and whether the panels work.

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For the principal

  • The school floor by floor: every room shows its class, subject and teacher right now.
  • Numbers for the day: how many lessons are on, how many covers and cancellations, who is absent.
  • Panels and School Bell PRO: are all screens online, is there an alarm.

For the deputy head

  • Lessons without a teacher are visible at once, and cover can be assigned right from the dashboard.
  • Teacher workload: who has a free period in the lesson you need.
  • The cover report takes one click.
Together with School Bell PRO

One bell schedule for the whole school: in the speakers and on the screens

If the school runs School Bell PRO, the panels take lesson times and alarm signals from it. Nothing has to be entered twice.

  • The countdown to the bell on the panels matches the bell to the second.
  • Short day switched on in School Bell PRO — and the panels show 30-minute lessons at once.
  • After the bell the panels show “Start of lesson” and move on by themselves.
  • An alarm is raised from the main computer or a console. It appears full screen on every panel: what has happened and what to do.
  • Without School Bell PRO the timetable works too: lesson times are set in the app itself.

Try it: turn on “Short day” or hold the “Evacuation” button for 1.5 seconds.

Panel “Lobby, floor 1”

Alarms on the panels are an auxiliary tool only. The program is not a voice alarm or evacuation system and does not replace one; triggering is not guaranteed. Always duplicate alerts through other channels; in an emergency follow the evacuation plan and call your local emergency number.
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School Bell PRO

What is School Bell PRO

Our Windows program that rings school bells on schedule. The sound goes through the PA system the school already has.

  • Automatic bells. Lesson times for each day of the week, short days, holidays and school breaks.
  • Your own melodies for the warning bell, start of lesson and end of lesson.
  • Announcements on schedule and by hand.
  • Consoles for the principal and deputy head: speak over the PA system from your own computer.
  • Three alarm types: shelter alert, lockdown, evacuation.
  • No internet needed. Works on the school’s local network, on Windows 7 SP1, 10 and 11.

Below is a copy of the program’s main window. Open the tabs, ring a bell, change the schedule: it all works right on the page.

More about School Bell PRO →

Keeps the panel useful

No one needs a panel with an outdated timetable

School kiosks are rarely switched off because they break. Usually someone just stops updating the timetable.

Enter once

The timetable is imported from the program it was built in. Substitutions are entered by the deputy head, who makes them anyway.

Works offline

Runs on the school's local network. If the network drops, the panel shows the last timetable and when it was received.

Turns itself on

The timetable is on screen in the morning, the screen goes dark in the evening. After a failure the app restarts itself.

Timetable only

Windows pop-ups don't cover the timetable, and the app can't be closed from the panel.

Comes back by itself

A minute without touches — the panel returns to the home screen, then starts the screensaver.

Data stays in the school

Nothing goes to the cloud. Panels don't show why a teacher is absent, and names can be hidden in the lobby.

Hardware

Use the panel you already have, or we'll help you choose one

Vertical kiosk

43–65″, for the lobby and corridors. Buttons at the bottom of the screen, so even the youngest students reach them.

Horizontal panel

55–86″, touch. Wall-mounted or on a stand.

TV and mini PC

No touch: for the staff room and canteen. The screen pages by itself.

What you need

  • A panel or mini PC with Windows 10 or 11, Full HD or 4K screen.
  • The school's local network, cable or Wi-Fi.
  • The deputy head's computer with Windows 10 or 11.
How to buy

Three steps: get a quote, pay the invoice, get a key

  1. Get a quoteThe price depends on the number of panels. We send a quote within one business day.
  2. Invoice and agreementWe send an invoice and a license agreement.
  3. Pay and get a keyThe key is entered offline. We load your timetable and help connect the first panel.

License

  • Perpetual: the version you bought works forever
  • 1 year of updates, renewable
  • Deputy head's app and principal's dashboard included

Already have School Bell PRO?

We connect the timetable the same day: the panels find the bell's main computer by themselves. Ask for a “bells + timetable” bundle price.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

The timetable is already in the school app. Why a panel?
The app is read at home. The panel works in the school: substitutions “right now”, time to the bell, where to go next. Phones are often put away during lessons; the panel is seen by everyone.
Who keeps the timetable on the panels up to date?
Nobody has to retype it. The timetable is imported from the program it was built in (aSc Timetables or Excel). The deputy head enters substitutions on their computer, and the panels update by themselves.
Does it need the internet?
No. Panels, the deputy head's app and the principal's dashboard work on the school's local network. If the network drops, a panel keeps showing the last timetable it received.
We already have a touch panel or kiosk. Will it work?
Yes, if it runs Windows 10 or 11. A regular TV with a mini PC works too — then the screen pages by itself, without touch.
Do we have to buy School Bell PRO?
No. Without it, lesson times are set in the app itself. With School Bell PRO the panels get bell times, short days and alarm signals automatically.
What about teachers' personal data?
Data is stored only on the school's computers. Panels don't show why a teacher is absent. For the lobby you can turn on a mode without names: only the subject and room are shown.
How many panels can we connect?
As many as the school needs: lobbies, floors, staff room, canteen. Each panel gets its own screen and orientation in the deputy head's app.
How much does it cost?
Price on request; it depends on the number of panels. The license is perpetual with 1 year of updates.
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