Countdown to event
An event countdown for the classroom: the days left to a trip, an exam or sports day, in school days if you like. It needs a free teacher account.
This is the Event countdown from OpenEduCat Board, where it sits next to everything else you use in a lesson.
Key facts
- Shows
- The days to go, a progress bar, or the hours and minutes for an event less than 24 hours away
- School days
- Leave out weekends, or count school days only and leave out the holidays you mark
- Events
- As many as you like, saved in your account for every Event countdown
- Where it runs
- This page and OpenEduCat Board
- Languages
- English
- Price
- Free
- Account
- A free teacher account; students never sign in
Ways teachers use it
- The days to the school trip, on the board every morning.Primary
- School days left before exams, with weekends and holidays left out.Secondary
- A progress bar from the start of term to the class play.
- Hours and minutes to an event later today, such as an assembly.
How to use it
- Add the Event countdown from More widgets.
- Open the settings, add an event with its name and date, and star it.
- The widget shows the days left to the starred event.
Templates with this widget
OpenEduCat Board puts this countdown on one page with a timer, a calendar and a clock, for the projector.
Free account. Sign in once on each device; the board then works offline. The events you add here travel with you.
- No student accounts.
- No ads.
- Data-processing agreement on request.
Questions
Is there an event countdown that counts school days only?
Yes. Tick Count school days only in the settings, and the weekends and the holidays you mark do not count.
Can it count down to more than one event?
Yes. Add as many events as you like and tick the ones to show, or tick Show every event to list the events to come, soonest first.
Where are my events saved?
In your account. Every Event countdown on OpenEduCat Board can show them, so you add a date once.
Can it show hours and minutes?
Yes, for an event less than a day away, such as the end of the school day. Further off, the count is in days.
Running a whole school? OpenEduCat for schools keeps it on one platform.
See OpenEduCat for schoolsCounted per page. Report a problem for bugs.