Shack Stack - Seat Studio

Classes

Teacher view is read-only. Editing tools in Layout return when you go back to the floor plan.

Your classes

Saved automatically in this browser. Choose a class to open it.

Rename this class

Class name

Rooms for this class

Duplicate this class

Same furniture, room size and appearance. No students or seat assignments.

Also copies the class list, photos and seat assignments. The original is not changed.

Backup & restore

Backups are plain files kept on your device.

Delete class

Removes only the open class, its furniture, students and photos. Other classes are not affected. Undo is available straight afterwards.

Room appearance ClassicChoose theme

Furniture and seating never move when you change these.

Theme

Saved with your class. Your seating stays in place.

Classroom icon

Classroom colours

Resets colours only. Desks and students stay in place.

Student cards

Show photos on desks & printouts First name + surname initialPhoto size

Applies to this class and its printout. A warning badge identifies desks that need more space.

Background watermark

Show class name behind the desks

Subtle text on screen and in print. It can also be switched in Print preview.

App display

Applies to every class on this browser. Printouts always stay dark on white.

Selected desk

Click a desk to edit it. Drag a desk to move it; drag its handles to resize.

Teacher detailsName on the desk

No picture

The picture is resized and kept on this device only. The teacher is not part of the class list.

SeatingStudents at this deskSeating layout

The student count is the total number of usable seats.

Shape & sizeShape

Width

Depth

Arrow keys move the selected desk. Focus a handle and use arrow keys to resize (Shift for 1-unit steps).

Press Delete to remove this desk, or ⌘C then ⌘V to copy it. Undo brings it back.

Drag to move and use the handles to resize. Arrow keys nudge it; Delete removes it. Decorations are never seats.

Standard layouts

Start from a ready-made room (up to 30 places): pairs in rows, with back or side benches, tables of four, long tables.

Add furniture

Shape of new deskStudents per new deskSeating layout

Add decoration

Optional room objects. They sit behind desks and are never seats. Fit desks ignores them.

Show decorations in print

Select several desks

Shift-click or ⌘-click desks, or drag across empty floor. Then drag any selected desk to move the group.

⌘A Select all desks
⌘C Copy selected desks
⌘V Paste (again for more copies)
Delete Remove selected desks
⌘Z Undo · ⇧⌘Z Redo

Room size

Adds floor space without moving or resizing furniture. Use Fit room to see the whole room.

Reset layout

These replace furniture. Students stay on the class list, but seat assignments are cleared. Undo restores everything.

Create a regular grid

Rows

Desks per row

Replaces all furniture with single-seat desks.

Seat the class

Re-seats everyone on the class list. You can also drag students on the room, or click two seats to swap. Undo is available.

Unseated students

Keeps the class list, photos and furniture. Only clears seat assignments.

Class list

Add students

Paste a Compass class list

Copy the table including its column headings from Compass, then paste below. Table copies, tab-separated text, CSV and Markdown tables are supported.

Paste Compass table

Review names and gender labels

Format: first name + surname initial. B = Boy, G = Girl. Edit duplicate names here if needed. Only these names and labels are imported.

Replaces this class’s student list. Matching display names keep their seats. Other names become unseated. Room layout is preserved, and Undo restores the previous list.

Upload a class list with photos

Import a Compass photo-roll PDF. Photos and names are read on this device; the PDF is not uploaded to a server.

Display names

Check every name and photo. Edit names below, especially names with multiple given names or surnames. Match existing students to keep their seats and labels. Untick entries to skip them.

Adds new students and updates matched students. Other students stay in the class. Gender is not inferred from photos.

Type or paste names

One name per line. Add , B or , G to set a seating label.

Copy a list from another class

Copy students from

Replaces this class’s student list and clears its seat assignments. Furniture stays in place. The source class is unchanged. You will see a summary to confirm first.

Remove students

Use Remove on a row of the class list to remove one student from this class only. Removing everyone clears the class list and photos but keeps desks.

Front of room

Hover, tap or focus a student to read their name.

View

Your classroom, arranged.

Desks in this classroom

Print preview

Layout

Frame & watermark

Footer

Name Drop lists