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Committees & Defenses

Timer for thesis defenses and committees

Presentation, examiner questions, responses and deliberation with the time visible to candidate and examiners. Start from the committee template and adjust durations to your program's rules.

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Interactive timer - exactly how your participants will see it

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Candidate presentation
04:59
Candidate — Thesis Defense
LIVE
1

You create the room

Click "Create Room" - no signup, no configuration. Your room is ready in 1 second.

2

Share the link

Send the link to whoever needs to see the timer. Via WhatsApp, email or QR Code.

3

Everyone synchronized

You control, everyone sees the same time. Changes appear instantly on all devices.

Desktop
Laptop
Mobile

Features for your use case

Candidate presentation

Countdown for the presentation, with a visual warning in the final minutes.

Questions per examiner

A timer for each examiner, so questioning stays within what was agreed.

Candidate response

Response time shows up right after each round of questions, on the same screen.

Deliberation and result

The committee deliberation and the announcement of the result also have their own timers.

Time visible to everyone

Project it in the room or share the link with those following on their own device.

Parallel committees

Each room has its own timer, independent of the others.

How to use it at your defense

From the defense room to a remote committee

Projector in the defense room

Candidate and examiners see the same time, without watching a clock.

Chair's laptop

Whoever chairs the committee starts each stage from a computer or tablet.

Remote or hybrid defense

Send the timer link to whoever is joining online.

Pricing

Starter covers one defense room; Pro unlocks unlimited rooms for parallel committees. Larger institutions, talk to us.

Starter

$12
/mo
  • 5 rooms, 25 timers
  • 15 simultaneous connections
Popular

Pro

$22
/mo
  • Unlimited rooms, 100 timers
  • 60 simultaneous connections
  • API + Integrations

Premium

$39
/mo
  • 300 simultaneous connections
  • Visual editor
  • Transparent background

Free

  • 1 room
  • 4 simultaneous connections
  • 5 timers per room
  • 1 message per room
  • Polls, quizzes and other extras: on paid plans
  • Report available for 7 days, no export
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