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can set up a seating chart to match your classroom, furniture included.
Once set up, attendance can be taken directly from the chart. |
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set up a seating chart: |
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To
set the shape, size, name format and attendance format of all seats
in a class, see Class Options: Seat Format. |
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The
first time the seating chart is viewed for a class, Easy Grade Pro
places the first 128 students into seats using a built-in arrangement. |
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To
move any seat, press and drag it to the desired location. To move
a group of seats, first select the seats by clicking on each while
holding down the shift key or drag a rectangle that encloses or touches
the seats. To move the group, press on one and drag. To deselect all
selected seats, click on any empty place. |
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To
swap two students, drag the first seat on top of the other. If one
seat is rotated and the other is not, be sure to drag the upper-left
corner of the first seat to the upper-left corner of the second. Swapping
also works on groups of seats. |
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To
set the color, rotation or locked status of an individual seat, double-click
on the seat. A seat that is locked cannot be moved or sorted. |
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To
sort your students into the seats, choose Sort Seats from the View
menu and select one of the patterns. To randomize your students, click
the Sort tool or choose Randomly from the View menu. |
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Sort
tool |
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To
add furniture, choose Add Furniture from the Tool menu or click the
Add Furniture tool . If this tool is not visible, press on any tool
or empty tool location and hold the mouse down for at least a second.
From the menu that pops up, choose the tool. |
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Add
Furniture
tool |
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To
change the size of a piece of furniture, drag the small rectangle
in the lower corner. To set the format, rotation or name, double-click
on the item. The Furniture Options window will open. |
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Furniture
can be copied and pasted using Copy and Paste in the Edit menu. To
delete an item, select it and click the Delete tool or press the delete
key. |
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Delete
tool |
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The
structure of a seating chart and its furniture can be copied to and
from other classes. Choose Copy Seats from the Tool menu and follow
the prompts. When furniture is copied from one class to another, it
always replaces any furniture that the class may already have. |
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To
print the seating chart, choose Print from the File menu. Under the
Chart tab, select and print the Seating Chart report. |
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take attendance using the seating chart: |
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Attendance
and calendar options must be set before using the attendance chart.
Refer to Setting Options for help with this. |
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The
current date, if it is within the calendar for the class, will be
displayed in the lower-left corner of the window. Use the Set,'+'
and'-' buttons to switch to other dates. If the date is not the current
date, it will be grayed. Attendance can be taken on any day in the
calendar. |
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To
record attendance, press on the menu in the seat and select a mark,
or select one or more seats and click on an attendance code on the
tool bar or palette. |
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Attendance
can be exported over you school's network. See Exporting
Attendance for information on this. |
FAQ:
How can I easily see who was absent on a certain day when entering
scores in my score chart?
There are two built-in filters to help with this. Select
Show Absent from the View menu. All students will be hidden
except for those absent on the selected date. Perhaps you can
then enter a score of 'ab' for the first student and use the
Fill Down tool for the rest. To reverse the display of students,
select Hide Absent from the View menu. Note: since your attendance
codes may be different from those used by these filters, you
may need to edit the filters. See Creating
Custom Filters for help with this. |
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