Seating Chart

Review your backup

Restoring can overwrite saved classroom data in this browser. Items not included in the backup will stay as they are. Close other Seating Chart tabs first.

1. Add your students. Open Students → Add students. Paste one name per line. Checked attendance boxes mean present; uncheck anyone who is away.
2. Build the room. In Table mode, choose + Add Table, then Table settings to choose seats, columns, and color. With a mouse, drag the header or empty border to move a table; drag its bottom-right corner to resize. On a touch screen, choose Edit Tables, then drag Move or the bottom-right Resize handle with one finger. Use Done Editing to return to scrolling and seat selection. Settings → Position & size lets you enter the same changes without dragging. For a grid, choose Grid, then Layout settings for rows, columns, and gaps. Use a seat's A button to mark an aisle.
3. Assign or shuffle seats. Select a seat and enter a name, or focus it and press Enter. Choose Randomize to seat students who are present. You can also press R when you are not typing.
4. Keep assignments in place. Open a student's ⚙ seating constraints. Choose Lock to Table or Lock to Seat, pick the location, then Save. In Grid mode, choose a row and column. “Blacklist Students” lists students to keep apart, using the existing table or neighboring-grid-seat rules.
5. Find your way around. Use − and + to zoom, the percentage to return to 100%, and Fit to Room to see the room's contents. Zoom changes only your view. Scroll or swipe within the workspace, or turn on Pan and drag with a mouse. Turn Pan off to edit tables or select seats. With the workspace focused, +, −, and 0 adjust zoom; arrow keys scroll. The room automatically fits when you switch classes or layouts, resize the window, or show/hide Students. Zoom controls provide a temporary close-up for editing; Fit to Room returns to the complete arrangement.
6. Save an arrangement. Open Layout settings → New Layout to name and save the room arrangement. Choose it from Layout later. Save Layout updates the selected arrangement; student assignments are saved with their class in this browser.
7. Keep a backup. Open Backup & Restore. Choose Backup Current Classroom Data for your latest saved changes. Under More backup options, Backup Classroom Data — Opening Safety Copy keeps only the records captured before this page opened. Keep the downloaded file private. Verify Backup File checks it without changing the classroom; Restore Backup lets you review and confirm changes. Backups are not saved to an online account.
8. Choose your display. Fullscreen automatically fits all classroom tables and desks into the display. Press R to randomize and Escape to leave fullscreen. Present hides editing controls independently; Exit presentation returns to editing. You can use either or both, and your workspace zoom is kept. When fullscreen is off, Escape also leaves presentation.

Students and settings panels close with Escape. Escape cancels an active table gesture without saving. Outside a gesture, Escape or Done Editing leaves Edit mode. Pan and Edit Tables are separate modes; switching between them ends the previous mode. Use the zoom buttons for room zoom; pinch-to-zoom editing is not added.