CorkboardHomework on a board, not in a list

Sticky-note homework, exam boards and a full-screen clock that live on the desktop. You see what is due without clicking through anything first.

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Why a board, not a list

The whole term at a glance

Subjects with a second level of categories, arranged in blocks, so the entire board fits on one screen.

It sits on your desktop

Dock it behind every other window — on Windows it embeds into Progman/WorkerW — and the desktop itself becomes the board.

Out of the way when you don't need it

Collapse it into a floating button in a corner, or keep it in the tray and let it start hidden.

Deleted still means recoverable

Everything is archived automatically, and the replay view rebuilds the board exactly as it looked at any earlier moment.

The board — notes, handwriting, subject sections

One note per assignment

Each assignment is a note you stick under the right subject, so what you see is what has to be handed in.

Rich text or handwriting

Format notes with bold, colour, highlight, lists, tables and images, or write by hand with a mouse or pen — stroke width and auto-correction included.

Subjects and sub-categories

Subjects can hold one more level of categories, plus quick tags, which keeps a whole term's homework sorted.

Due dates you can read at a glance

Each note says "due today", "due tomorrow" or "N days overdue", with overdue notes coloured red. No mental arithmetic.

Cleanup hides, never deletes

Once an assignment is past its due date the note is taken off the board; the file stays on disk. Notes due today are left alone.

Drag to reorder, export anywhere

Hold and drag a note wherever you want it. Export the board as a long image, copy it to the clipboard, or save it as a spreadsheet.

Exam boards and board mode

More than one exam board

One board, one file. Keep a midterm board and a final board side by side, each with its own title, subtitle and schedule.

Fast setup

Tick the subjects, answer three questions — sessions per day, start time, gap between sessions — and the timetable builds itself.

Three full-screen states

Not started, starting soon and in progress each get their own layout, so the room always sees what is next.

Automatic playback

The board switches to the right session on time instead of waiting for someone to click.

Board mode

A full-screen clock that can carry a daily quote and the weather. Put it on a classroom display and it becomes the wall clock.

Import, export, NTP time

Exam boards can be exported and imported, and the clock is synced over NTP against built-in mirrors rather than drifting with the PC.

The screen the whole room reads

The full-screen exam board puts what is being sat right now, how much time is left and what comes next on a single screen, so nobody has to announce it.

Big title, subtitle and clock
The subject, title and remaining time are all set large enough to read from the back row.
The next session is written down
The right-hand column lists the whole schedule, so the next subject and time are never a guess.
Long-press to exit
Accidental clicks don't drop you out of playback; exiting takes a two-second long press.

A whole exam timetable from three numbers

The setup wizard asks for sessions per day, the first start time and the gap between sessions, then lays out the rest. Nudge the order afterwards and everything shifts with it.

Subjects come from the board
Tick the subjects you already have on the homework board instead of typing a second list.
Templates without dates
Save a schedule as a template and reuse it next term with a different date.
Import and export
A board can be exported to a file and brought to another machine.

Classroom control from a web console

Two-factor pairing

The console issues a pairing code; the client takes it in Settings → Control together with the location ID. Codes are single-use.

Occupy and release by class

Pick devices by grade and class in the console; occupying and releasing a class happens in the browser instead of at each PC.

Status and configuration, nothing else

Online status, occupy or release a class, reload configuration. No notice cards, no image push, and no remote way to edit homework data.

Devices only call out

The client dials out, opens no inbound port and reads no user data. It reconnects on its own, and expired actions are dropped rather than replayed.

Three steps to get going

Step 1 — download and install

Grab the Windows installer or the portable package from the download page, straight from GitHub Releases.

Step 2 — write your first assignment

Create a subject and start writing. Leave it in the tray if you don't want the window around, or dock it to the desktop.

Step 3 — bring the class in

The Control page walks through the three steps a teacher takes, starting with a pairing code from the console.