Seating Chart: What's New

October 22, 2026

Edit a student's name right in the roster with the pencil button, or by double-clicking it.
New Names setting: show full names or first names only. If two students share a first name, they keep their full names.
Copy for Slides and Download Slide (PNG) make a 16:9 image of the chart, ready to paste into Google Slides. Names are sized to fill each seat.
New slide option, Slide: room + Find your seat list, which puts an alphabetical list of students beside the room so everyone can find their table quickly.
Phone hotel numbers are bigger on slides and also appear in the Find your seat list.
New View setting: student view (whiteboard at the top), teacher view (turned around 180°), or flipped left ↔ right.
Bigger table numbers and seat markers on slide images, and slide headings no longer overlap the name list.
Download Backup and Restore Backup buttons at the top. Your classes are saved only in your browser, so download a backup now and then to keep them safe or move them to another computer. A reminder shows when it's been a while since your last backup.

Import a class roster from a CSV or text file, or paste in names.
Set up the room as groups of tables with rows and columns.
Randomize seats, with rules for students who must sit together or should be kept apart, and preferred min/max students per table.
Drag and drop students to adjust seats by hand.
Separate rosters and charts for each class period, saved charts, and printing (including all periods at once).