Regular bell schedules do not work during exams. You need a start bell, a 30-minute warning, a 10-minute warning, and a paper collection bell — at exact times, without disturbing other floors still in regular class. Most schools manage this manually. Every year, something goes wrong.
Smart School 360 has three timetable modes — A0, A1, and A2. Store your exam schedule in a separate mode (e.g. A1) and switch to it on exam days with one tap on the touchscreen. An exam schedule can include a start bell, 30-minute warning, 10-minute warning, paper collection bell, and student dismissal bell — all at precise times, played across the campus by default, or restricted to the exam hall zone if the operator manually selects that zone on the touchscreen before the bell event. No staff member needs to watch the clock during exams. No risk of the warning bell being late or missed.
The person responsible for the 30-minute warning is distracted. It rings at 25 minutes. Students panic. The exam hall is disrupted.
The regular period bell rings in the exam hall by mistake. Students think the exam is over. Chaos before it is corrected.
Every teacher is in the exam hall. Nobody is free to watch the clock. The office peon manages the bell without knowing the exam schedule.
Without zone control, the exam bell rings everywhere — disturbing classes still in regular session on other floors.
The reason regular bells ring in exam halls is simple — all speakers are on the same circuit. When the bell rings, it rings everywhere. Smart School 360's zone control separates this physically. The exam hall speakers are wired to their own zone. Before ringing the warning bell, staff select the exam hall zone on the touchscreen. Only those speakers activate. Classes on other floors hear nothing.
Book a free demo. We will show you how exam schedules work alongside regular timetables.