The free scheduling poll for office hours
Timespree is a free office hours scheduler for professors, mentors, and founders. Instead of guessing a weekly slot, share one link, let the people you're hosting mark when they're free, and set your office hours at the window with the highest turnout.
No account required to respond. Your poll link is ready in under a minute.
CS250 office hours
Aug 24-28 · 60 min · 1 time zone
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Why scheduling this is hard
You pick an office-hours slot, and then nobody shows because it clashed with a required class or a standing meeting.
Attendees span different schedules and, for online communities, different time zones, so one fixed hour never suits everyone.
Polling students or community members who won't install another app means most of them just never reply.
How the poll works
Create your poll
Pick the dates and time range you want to offer. Your shareable link is ready in under a minute.
Share one link
Send it wherever your group already talks. Nobody needs an account to respond, on any device.
Read the heatmap
Every response shades the grid. The darkest slot is your time. Done.
Why Timespree fits
Find the peak-attendance window
Attendees shade when they're free and the heatmap shows which hour draws the most people, so your office hours aren't a room of empty chairs.
No app for attendees
Students or community members open one link and mark availability, no download and no account, so far more of them actually respond.
Time zones for online communities
A global cohort shades their local hours and Timespree converts, so your virtual office hours land at a time that reaches the most members.
No cap on responders
A seminar of 12 or a community of 300, one link collects everyone's availability with no participant limit.
A real example
A CS professor in Boston wants weekly office hours that don't clash with the courses her students take. She shares a Timespree link covering weekday afternoons, and 40 students shade the hours they're free between classes. The heatmap shows Thursday 2–3 PM as the clear peak, so she sets office hours then instead of guessing and sitting alone.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I pick an office hours time people will attend?
- Share a Timespree poll of your candidate hours with the people you're hosting. They shade when they're free, and the heatmap shows the window with the highest availability, so you set office hours when the most people can actually show up.
- Do students or attendees need an account?
- No. They open the link and mark their free times directly, from a phone or laptop, with no sign-up. That removes the main reason people skip responding to a poll.
- Can I run this for a virtual community across time zones?
- Yes. Each member shades their availability in their own local time and Timespree converts automatically, so your online office hours land at the hour that reaches the most people across regions.
Find your time in under a minute
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