Digital signage for schools shows timetable changes, announcements, events and welcome messages on screens in corridors, reception and the staff room. Screenbird reads Google Sheets, Excel and Google Calendar, includes a designer with 250+ templates and costs EUR 12 per screen per month billed annually.
What the screens do in a school
- Show timetable and roster changes. Cover lessons, room changes and absences reach staff and pupils from one sheet, not from separate emails.
- Make announcements. Notices about exams, trips, assemblies and deadlines rotate on corridor and staff room screens.
- Welcome visitors. The reception screen shows a welcome message, visitor instructions, events and contact information.
- Promote events. Open evenings, concerts, sports days and parent evenings get a poster slot in the loop.
- Share news. Photos and short video from school life run beside the notices, when the people shown have consented.
- Cover several buildings. Each building has its own screens and playlists, managed together.
Names of pupils, cover details and absences are personal data. Show them only on screens that visitors cannot see, such as the staff room, and follow your school's data protection policy for the rest.
How to set it up
- Map the screens by audience. Separate screens that visitors and pupils see (reception, corridors, canteen) from screens that only staff see (staff room, office).
- Choose players. Older classroom or corridor screens can run Screenbird through a small stick or a mini PC, and newer Samsung and LG TVs through their built-in browser. The page on how digital signage works explains how the player and the dashboard fit together.
- Keep changes in one sheet. Create a spreadsheet with a row per change, with date, period, class, room and note. Screenbird's guide to showing Google Sheets on a TV covers the connection.
- Keep dates in a calendar. Put term dates, exams and events in a shared Google Calendar so the screens and the staff share the same dates.
- Design the notices. Start from a template, keep one message per slide and use large type for corridors.
- Schedule by time of day. Show the timetable at the start of the day, announcements at break and the events loop after lessons. Switch screens off overnight on supported players.
- Appoint an editor per building. Add the reception team, the timetable coordinator and one teacher per building as teammates.
What to show and where the data comes from
| Source | What it shows | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Google Calendar | Term dates, exam periods, trips, open evenings and room bookings | How to display Google Calendar on a TV |
| Google Sheets or Excel spreadsheet | Daily changes, cover, room swaps and canteen menus, one row per entry | Excel integration for a changes sheet |
| Google Slides or PowerPoint | Assembly slides, weekly announcements and welcome decks | how to display Google Slides on a TV |
| Notice Board app | Short text notices that staff update in the browser | how to make a digital notice board |
| Canva designs | Posters made by teachers, students or the communications team | show Canva designs on a TV |
| Uploaded photos and video | School news, achievements with consent, welcome video | Screen orientation and resolution |
Screens in more than one building
A campus with several buildings needs the same sources and different playlists. Keep one calendar and one changes sheet for the whole school, and give each building its own playlists and planning.
A reception screen needs a different rhythm from a corridor. Reception shows visitor information, the corridor shows the day's changes, and the staff room shows the details. Playlists and planning keep these apart without three separate systems.
How Screenbird handles digital signage for schools
Screenbird is built for small teams with mixed screens and has every feature in one plan: EUR 12 per screen per month billed annually, or EUR 15 billed monthly, excluding VAT. The trial lasts 7 days and requires a credit card.
- Google Sheets, Excel and Google Calendar are included sources, and so are Google Slides, Canva and Instagram.
- The designer offers 250+ templates for notices, open evenings and exam schedules.
- Playlists and planning start each loop at its time of day, and screens switch on and off on a schedule through HDMI-CEC on supported players.
- A teacher can share a laptop browser to a Screenbird screen, which suits a lesson or an assembly.
- Screens keep playing when the internet drops, and the dashboard comes in 15 languages.
Screenbird's page on digital signage for education lists these uses.
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Keep reading
Can a school show timetable changes from a spreadsheet?
Yes. Screenbird includes Google Sheets and Excel as sources, so a row added to the sheet appears on the screen.
Can screens in different buildings show different content?
Yes. Each Screenbird screen has its own playlists and planning, and all screens are managed from one dashboard.
Can teachers show their laptop on a classroom screen?
Yes. A laptop browser can share its screen to a Screenbird screen in every plan.
Should a reception screen show pupil names?
No. Keep names and cover details on staff-only screens and follow your school's data protection policy.
Do the screens need to be new?
No. Screenbird runs on sticks, mini PCs, Raspberry Pi and modern browsers, and recent Samsung and LG TVs run it in the built-in browser. A small stick is recommended for screens that stay on all day.
How much does it cost per screen?
Screenbird costs EUR 12 per screen per month billed annually, or EUR 15 billed monthly, excluding VAT, with every feature in one plan.
Sources: Screenbird pricing · Screenbird: digital signage for education · Screenbird: how to display Google Calendar on a TV · Screenbird: how to display Google Sheets on a TV