Shuffle Buddy

Avoid scattered gaps when you have extra desks

If you have more desks than students, you can avoid awkward gaps by filling a chosen part of the classroom first.

If your classroom has extra desks, your seating chart might end up with akward gaps.

A seating chart with many empty desks scattered throughout the room
A seating chart with many empty desks scattered throughout the room.

Choose which desks to fill & which to keep empty

To fix this, you need to decide which desks you want to be filled and which you want to keep empty.

Decide which desks you are going to fill and which you are going to keep empty.
Annotated image of a classroom with some desks marked to be filled and some marked to be left empty.
Select the desks you want to keep empty.
Screenshot of the Shuffle Buddy editor with twelve desks selected
Uncheck the "Allow students here" option for the selected desks.
Screenshot of the Shuffle Buddy editor with the 'Allow students here' option unchecked for the selected desks

Now when you shuffle your class, Shuffle Buddy will leave the disabled desks empty, filling the remaining desks with students.

A seating chart with students sitting at the front of the room and empty desks at the back
A seating chart with students sitting at the front of the room and empty desks at the back.

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Josh Pullen

Hi! I'm Josh Pullen. 👋 I created Shuffle Buddy, and I would love to help you get set up or solve any problems you're experiencing.

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