PowerTeacher Seating Chart
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Below are instructions for creating seating charts in PowerTeacher Pro Requirements Step-by-step directions are below or Click here for a document w/gifs
Video Tutorial:
Step-by-step Directions
Create a Layout
On the start page, click the Seating Chart icon next to the class for which you want to create a seating chart. If the prepopulate pop-up dialog appears, click Cancel. The Seating Chart page appears.
Click the Seating Chart Design tab.
Controls for the Design mode of the Seating Chart appear.
Select New Layout from the Layout Selection pop-up/dropdown menu. *The create a New Layout pop-up menu appears when you click on the down arrow.
Enter a name and description for the new layout. (You can create additional charts for different times of the day as needed; lunch, choice time, snack time)
Select Create a new layout from scratch and then click Finish. A blank layout appears.
To add an individual chair, click +Chair. A single box appears representing a seat on the layout.
To add multiple chairs in a row configuration, click +Rows. On the Add Rows of Chairs popup dialog, select the number of rows and the number of students per row from the pop-up menus. A preview image of the row configuration appears on the seating chart and updates based on the options selected on the dialog. Click Add to add the row configuration to the seating chart.
To add multiple chairs in a table configuration, click +Tables. On the Add Chairs in a Table Format dialog, select the number of tables, the number of chairs per table, and the table orientation. A preview image of the table configuration appears on the seating chart and updates based on the options selected on the dialog. Click Add to add the table configuration to the seating chart.
To add additional objects, click the object button and the object appears on the seating chart.
Note: The Text object can be used to represent anything that you want to place on the seating chart represented as a text box, such as fire extinguisher, sink, or a phone.
Select chairs and objects in order to remove or move them to different locations on the layout. Click Undo to cancel the previous action.
Populate Students to a Seating Chart
Once you have added rows, tables, or chairs to the seating chart, you can populate the objects with the student photos from the Add Students bar. You can add single students individually or use the Populate popup menu.
Add a Single Student to the Seating Chart
On the start page, click the Seating Chart (grid and chair) icon next to the class for which you want to access an existing seating chart layout.
Click the Seating Chart Design tab. Controls for the Design mode of the Seating Chart appear.
Select the applicable layout from the Seating Chart pop-up menu.
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Do one of the following:
Click +Chair. A single box appears representing a seat on the layout. On the Add Student bar, click on a student and drag-and-drop the photo on to the chair.
On the Add Student bar, click on a student and drag-and-drop the photo on the layout. A chair is automatically created.
Repeat to add additional students to the layout.
Click Save.
Add Students to the Seating Chart with Populate
On the Add Students bar, click Populate. The Add Students to Seats pop-up appears.
Use the following table to select information from the fields provided:
Field
Description
Sort By
Select an available sorting option:
Alphabetically: To populate the seating chart alphabetically by the student’s name.
Alternate M/F: To populate the seating chart alternating male and female students.
Random: To populate the seating chart in random order.
Order
Select a sorting option from the pop-up menu:
Use
Select the way in which you want the student’s name to display on the seating chart from the pop-up menu:
Start
Select how you want to start the population of students on the seating chart from the pop-up menu:
Top Left
Bottom Left
Top Right
Bottom Right
Click Add. The students are moved from the Student Selection bar to the seating chart.
To remove all students from the seating chart, click Clear on the Student Selection bar. The student photos return to the Student Selection bar.
When you have added all student to chairs, click Save.
Moving whole rows/columns or multiple students
You can move whole rows, columns, or several students by selecting the row, column, or students you want to remove or move. Selected items turn orange and can be removed or moved together.
