How To Create Template Seating Chart In Sis

Creating a Seating Chart in Infinite Campus

PATH: Campus Instruction > Seating Charts

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Seating charts provide a visual representation of where students sit in a classroom. Each section tin have multiple seating charts so yous can create a seating chart for each cohort of students.

Opening a Seating Nautical chart

Using Seating Charts

In add-on to being a record of where students sit, use seating charts to accept attendance .

Taking Attendance Using a Seating Chart

Creating Seating Charts

First, establish the parameters of the chart.

Click New in the height corner of the seating chart list.
Select the Section yous're creating a chart for.
If you teach multiple sections in the same period, whorl to the bottom of the list to view combined sections.
Enter a Name for the nautical chart.
Select the number of Columns and Rows to indicate how many desks to include in the nautical chart. The number of students in the section appears below the Name.
Indicate the default Space Between Desks .
If you want to automatically fill the chart with students, select the Place option you lot'd like to employ, Alphabetically A to Z, Alphabetically Z to A, or Random . If you would rather fill desks manually, select Do Not Place . Students' names display in a list from which you can place them in desks.
Click Create Nautical chart to create a chart based on the parameters y'all selected and view the nautical chart.

The seating chart fills based on the parameters you selected, but you can click and drag desks into whatever configuration you'd like. For example, this seating chart represents a form room with two rows of tables, two students at each.

One time you've finished the chart, click Save to add it to your chart list.

Blended Learning

If your school is using Blended Learning, an icon indicating each student's blended learning group displays adjacent to their name.

Click and Drag Logic

The post-obit logic applies to manually placing students in the chart.

Desks tin can be arranged in any configuration but cannot overlap.
Click and elevate the New Desk icon to add an empty desk to the chart.
Click and drag unseated students from the list at the top into empty spaces.
Click the X on a student to move them to the unseated list. Click the X on a desk to remove that desk-bound from the chart.
Moving a student to a space without a desk likewise moves the student's desk.
Moving a student to another desk leaves an empty desk behind.
Moving a student to a space where there isn't a desk adds another desk-bound to the chart.
Moving an unseated student (A) to a desk-bound that already has another educatee (B) moves educatee B to the unseated list. If students A and B are both seated, they'll merchandise desks.

Boosted Options

The following tabular array describes the additional options at the top of the seating nautical chart.

Option	Action
Copy Layout	Copies this desk-bound layout to a new chart.
Report Options	Opens the printing options for the chart.
Clear Students	Moves all students to the unseated pupil listing.
Place Students	Places all unseated students into empty desks based on the option selected, Alphabetically A to Z, Alphabetically Z to A, or Random .
Brand Default	Makes this desk layout the default organization. You could use this choice if you teach in the same room for multiple sections and want to reuse the concrete layout of the room.
Expand Workspace	Expands the scrollable area of the nautical chart, useful for larger classrooms.
Contract Workspace	Contracts the scrollable area of the chart.