new seating charts for groups too along with classes

Michael Moulton
Michael Moulton
Tenth Anniversary Kudos 1 Name Dropper Participant
in Blackbaud Learning Management System™

Hi,

We need seating charts in advisories but they are classified as groups in the LMS and only classes are showing the new seating chart capability.

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  • Sara White
    Sara White
    Third Anniversary Kudos 1 Name Dropper Facilitator 1

    how do we use the new seating chart capability? I don't see it on my class page or roster.

  • Bryan Lorenzo
    Bryan Lorenzo Blackbaud Employee
    Tenth Anniversary Kudos 5 Name Dropper Participant

    Near the top of the page, below the class name, you should see a new button labeled View seating chart.

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  • Bryan Lorenzo
    Bryan Lorenzo Blackbaud Employee
    Tenth Anniversary Kudos 5 Name Dropper Participant

    @Nancy Kierstead - a great idea for contact tracing!

  • Megan Day
    Megan Day
    Tenth Anniversary Kudos 5 Name Dropper Participant

    So glad seating charts are now available and would love to see them available for advisories and viewable by others. My one issue is that they feel “backwards” to me. The “Front” is labeled at the top of the screen when I'd much rather have it at the bottom. Generally, a teacher is taking attendance from the front of the room and looking up/out at their class. I would expect the students in the front row of the class to be on the bottom or first row. When I was making a seating chart for my class today, I had to literally turn my head at one point for it to make sense. Am I alone in this? ?

    I also noticed that you can get to the seating chart from all the class pages (Bulletin Board, Topics, Roster, etc.) EXCEPT the Assignments page, which is odd….

  • Kathy Hannon
    Kathy Hannon
    Tenth Anniversary Kudos 5 K-12 Fall 2025 Product Update Briefing Badge Name Dropper
    Our teachers like the Front being at the top - with our rooms most teachers are at the back or side of the room so they can see the students device screens.
  • Lisa Ulery
    Lisa Ulery
    Eighth Anniversary Kudos 1 Name Dropper Facilitator 1

    My teachers said the exact same thing! They all wanted the FRONT to be at the bottom of the screen instead of the top.

  • Geoffrey Goodfellow
    Geoffrey Goodfellow
    Tenth Anniversary Kudos 5 Name Dropper Participant

    My teachers are also loving the new seating chart functionality. I also had four teachers indicate that they always construct their seating chart from the teacher's point of view. Wherever the teacher stands or sits is the “front” and may not necessarily be the front of the room itself. Because of this, the front row for the teacher is always closest to them, so having FRONT labeled in the LMS at the top of the document seems backwards to everyone. Perhaps no label is needed at all and it is assumed that all seating charts are always constructed from the teacher's point of view.

    Also, we have a number of classrooms that don't really lend themselves to a grid layout. Some have round tables, others have tables not in a perfect row, so they would love more flexibility to arrange the blank gray squares into their room arrangement first before assigning students to each seat location.

  • Megan Day
    Megan Day
    Tenth Anniversary Kudos 5 Name Dropper Participant

    @Geoffrey Goodfellow I agree that removing the “Front” label would be a good first step! I sent out my weekly email to our teachers right after posting here and immediately had three emails back from teachers commenting on this. Glad to hear I'm not the only one!

  • Elizabeth Perron
    Elizabeth Perron
    Eighth Anniversary Kudos 5 Name Dropper Participant

    Hi @Megan Day,

    It's Elizabeth, one of the Community Managers. I noticed you were having @mention issues,so I @mentioned Geoffrey for you. The platform “simplified” the @mention functionality, instead of writing the full name, you only put the most unusual name (first or last) after the @ and then choose from the list of peeps that pop up. Does that help?

    In harmony and I love being a part of watching you all help each other!

    Elizabeth

  • Megan Day
    Megan Day
    Tenth Anniversary Kudos 5 Name Dropper Participant

    @Elizabeth Perron Yes, I know how the mention works. It wasn't working earlier this morning for me even after closing out the reply window and trying again. Seems to be fine now.

  • Elizabeth Perron
    Elizabeth Perron
    Eighth Anniversary Kudos 5 Name Dropper Participant

    Megan Day:

    @Elizabeth Perron Yes, I know how the mention works. It wasn't working earlier this morning for me even after closing out the reply window and trying again. Seems to be fine now.

    Sorry to assume you didn't know. Glad it is working now!

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