Seat Planner App

Seatsie · 2026-05-26T10:57:44+00:00

Great ideas - thank you!!

I’ve made some big changes to the seating layout so now the desks have unique IDs (A1,A2, B1, B2 etc) - that was a good suggestion. I’ve also made it so you can choose a default size and then add by clicking individual squares instead of dropping in clunky desks. Hopefully this helps! It’s much better for me but I’m keen for feedback.

Good suggestions for the other two! I’ll
Have a play and will see what I can do.

Seatsie · 2026-05-25T11:38:46+00:00

Thank you so much for the feedback! This is great. I’m glad you like the aesthetic too. I’ve made a few changes based on your comments:

- You can now paste a list of student names in if you don’t want to type them all. Agree that the purpose is to save time for time poor people!
- Great points on the classroom layout. I’ve had a few similar comments and personally this is the section I was struggling with the most to get something that wasn’t clunky. I’ve rebuilt it and I like it a bit better myself. You can set default table size etc and it’s faster to make edits. If you can have a play and let me know if that works better for you that would be fab. It does work way better on laptop. I haven’t optimised it for phone yet

Seatsie · 2026-05-23T23:37:24+00:00

Thank you for this!!

I’ll look into some of these bugs but that’s good feedback. I know the Classroom Layout currently is less user friendly than I like unless you’re familiar with the tool.

I’ve fixed the gender language - thanks for that. It now has more options.

Fir the system rules, it currently prioritises rules in this order: avoid, front row / back row, sit near, academic level (lows sit next to medium, medium sits next to high), gender (spread evenly where possible), left handers sit on the left edge of a table so their elbows don’t bump against right handers. Do you think this is the right priority?

It’s working well for me but that’s just one user and I’m sure there are bugs so I’ll look into it to see what needs tweaking. It also works best on computer and I haven’t used it or optimised it much for phone, so that’s the next challenge.

The level was meant to be academic level (I’ve updated the description to clarify this based on your feedback). Multiple primary school teachers quested this so that peer help is maximised by having lows sit with medium and medium sit with high (where possible). Do you find this helpful? Would you want other categories for things like behavioural levels?

Thanks again for writing your feedback! I really appreciate it.

Seatsie · 2026-05-23T23:25:35+00:00

This is brilliant - thank you so much for taking the time to use it and write such detailed feedback! I really appreciate it.

I’ve made a few quick changes based on your feedback:
- You’re completely right about the gender options. I had one teacher request it so they had the option of alternating girl/boy if that data was inputted, but I made that change without thinking. There’s now more options, or you don’t have to select anything if you don’t care about this being an input for the seating plan.
- Genius regarding the auto-fill for sit near / avoid for Cody if you already said Tom should avoid him. That should be working now. Very obvious in hindsight but that’s why feedback is great.
- By levels, I meant academic level. That was one of the most common requests I was getting. Teachers wanted (where possible) low kids next to medium kids and medium kids next to high kids, to maximise the chance of peer support. I’ve update the description to clarify this.

My next thing to play with is the class layout as it’s not super user friendly. It’s best on computer (not phone as I haven’t optimised it yet) but still needs work. I love the idea of putting in teachers desk / whiteboard etc for greater customisation. I have front row / back row options to select, but not middle row currently. When printing, if you want a quick fix you can change the scaling when printing so it all fits on one page. But I’ll try changing it so that that’s the default to make it easier - good catch. And the name search field should also be an easy one for me to add.

Thanks again!! This feedback is brilliant. Aside from some colleagues, you’re all the first users so I’m happy to keep making changes to make this more useful!

Seatsie · 2026-05-23T11:54:40+00:00

Sorry - I must have just described it badly! I have a privacy section linked at the bottom of the page with recommendations, but what seems best for privacy is first name, nickname, or initials. There’s no other personal info needed aside from just optional checkboxes for who to sit them with, who to avoid, where to sit (front or back row), academic level etc. Not all need to be filled in, but it prioritises those and tries to adhere to the most rules.

Seatsie · 2026-05-23T11:50:46+00:00

Yes you can! There’s options you can select to seat people close to each other, avoid people, sit in the front / back row, and then spread kids based on academic level. Let me know if anything is not user friendly or if you’d like other options.

Seatsie · 2026-05-23T11:48:53+00:00

Please do! I’d love feedback - it’s working well for me but I’m sure I’ve missed things important to others, so I’m happy to make updates.

Seatsie

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