Classroom Seating Chart Generator

Start with the class and the room

Enter one student per line and choose Use roster, or load an existing saved roster. One student is enough to make a seating plan. Repeated names remain separate students: two entries called Alex appear as Alex, 1 of 2 and Alex, 2 of 2. Familiar initials can help the class recognise who belongs in each seat, but the tool does not change your labels.

Set the number of rows and seats per row, then apply the size. The front of the room is always at the top. Rows run from front to back; seats run left to right. The maximum of 10 by 10 positions is a limit of this version of the tool. Mark gaps or unusable positions as unavailable. An empty usable seat can receive a student; an unavailable position cannot. Generation shows the exact shortfall if the room has too few usable seats.

Keep particular placements, randomise the rest

Before generation, select a student and an empty destination, move them there, and choose Fix student. A fixed placement survives every randomisation. The remaining usable seat coordinates are shuffled using browser cryptography, then assigned to the unfixed students. This also randomises which spare seats stay empty. A repeated arrangement is possible; rerandomising does not promise a different result.

After generation, choose a student and a destination to move into an empty seat or swap with its occupant. Unfix any student involved first. Unrelated placements stay unchanged. You can fix more placements and rerandomise everyone still unfixed. When all students are fixed, unfix at least one to make rerandomisation available.

Review without relying on the map

Every position includes its row and seat coordinate, student or empty/unavailable state, and fixed status. Narrow screens show complete row lists. Wider screens show a spatial map only when each cell has enough room; you can choose the row list at any width. All adjustments use labelled controls and work without dragging or seeing the map.

Room expansion adds empty seats. A smaller room cannot remove an occupied seat: unfix and move that student into a surviving coordinate first. Applying a different roster asks for confirmation when placements exist, then clears the old seating and fixed choices while retaining room size and unavailable positions.

Keep roster saving separate from seating work

Names and seating positions are processed in your browser. The room, unavailable positions, fixed placements and manual corrections are temporary and clear when you reload or leave this page. Saving is optional and explicit. Save roster saves only the editor’s names using the existing browser-local list format, which requires 2–100 names. A one-student chart remains fully usable without saving.

Saved rosters remain in that browser and device until removed. They are not an account or cloud backup. A shared screen or browser profile can expose names to other people, so use only the identifying details you need. Read the privacy information for browser storage and site services.

For another lesson task, compare the classroom tools. Use Classroom Name Picker for one student’s turn, or Random Team Generator for groups.

Print the plan you have just checked

Add an optional class or period title and choose Print seating plan after generation. Printing uses the current arrangement, including your moves and swaps. Names, coordinates, empty seats, unavailable positions, counts and the front-of-room label are included. Setup controls and fixed/unfixed editing markers are left out.

The browser opens its own print controls and may offer Save as PDF. WheelSays does not generate a PDF file or know whether you printed, saved or cancelled. Preview the pages, check paper size and switch off browser headers and footers if you do not want them. Wide rooms print as row lists so names stay readable across multiple pages. Printed and browser-saved copies are under your control.