Classroom Screen

Classroom Screen is a browser-based classroom management tool that brings timers, instructions, polls, noise monitoring, and other visual utilities together on one customizable screen. It can be projected in a physical classroom or shared during online lessons, with no installation required.

What it does

Classroom Screen lets teachers select and arrange widgets on a shared digital board. Widgets can be dragged, resized, and combined into layouts for different lessons or classroom routines. Teachers can display a clock, countdown timer, stopwatch, event countdown, text instructions, drawings, backgrounds, stickers, and work-mode symbols without switching between separate tabs.

Interactive tools support quick classroom activities. Teachers can run polls, with students responding through a code entered at joincrs.com, generate QR codes from URLs, choose random student names, and create groups. A video widget can also embed YouTube content within the screen layout.

Notable capabilities

• Time tools including a clock, timer, stopwatch, and event countdown.
• Classroom management widgets such as traffic-light signals, work symbols, and a microphone-based noise-level monitor.
• Engagement features including polls, random name selection, group creation, QR codes, and embedded videos.
• Customization through backgrounds, uploaded images or GIFs, stickers, text boxes, drawing, and resizable widget layouts.
• Optional Pro features for saving and organizing screens, creating custom backgrounds, storing up to 100 student name lists, sharing screens through public links, and accessing undo history.

Who it helps

The tool is designed for teachers from elementary through high school. It can support whole-class instruction, independent work, group activities, transitions, classroom routines, and quick comprehension checks. Because the screen can be shared through Zoom, Microsoft Teams, or Google Meet, it also fits remote and hybrid teaching.

How it fits a workflow

A teacher can prepare a screen with the day's agenda, instructions, timer, and behavior signals, then project it on a smartboard, interactive display, or shared screen. During a lesson, the same layout can provide pacing cues, collect poll responses, select participants, monitor noise, and display media. A free account can save preferred widget layouts, while Pro is intended for teachers who need reusable screens and organized workspaces across subjects or classes.

Students generally view a teacher-controlled shared screen and do not need accounts to follow displayed instructions. Some interactive features, such as polls, allow student participation through a join code.

Strengths and limits

Its main strength is consolidating common classroom utilities into one visual interface, which can reduce the need to switch between apps. The service is free to start, with optional Pro upgrades, and works in modern web browsers on devices including Chromebooks, laptops, tablets, and interactive whiteboards. It requires an internet connection and is primarily designed around teacher-controlled display rather than individual student work, grading, or learning management.