Exam seating plans - assigning candidates to and removing candidates from exam seats

On the Assign Seats page you will see a list of your rooms that have had exams allocated to them. It includes a count of how many candidates have been assigned a seat, and will turn green when all candidates have been given a seat. 

Hovering over a sitting brings up a tooltip showing which exams take place in that sitting.

The By Exam tab will show assigned seats for each individual exam.

Click on the row containing the exam you want to seat candidates to get to the seating overview. From here you can seat candidates, print a seating plan, candidate labels and lists and an exam register for use on exam day.

When you click 'Auto-Assign Candidate Seats', a slide over will appear allowing you to choose how exam seats should be assigned.

Choose:

• Which column to start from (Useful if you want to leave a buffer row between different exams happening in the same room)
• How to order candidates ( By candidate number, name or Access Arrangements)
• Whether to overwrite allocated seats (Not ticking this box means you will only allocate candidates to empty seats. Ticking this box means this will replace any old candidates in these seats with the ones newly allocated)
• Whether to re-seat candidates (Ticking this box means all candidates that were previously assigned seats will be resat according to the other rules you have defined.)
• Which examinations to seat (useful if you want to leave a gap between exams)

Top Tip: To sit certain exams first, click the bin icons next to the exams then add them again in the correct order. 

Click 'Auto Assign Seats' to save your changes. The new layout will be displayed in the seating overview along with the candidate numbers and names.

You can seat candidates one by one by clicking the 'Seat individual Candidate' button in the seating overview and choosing where they will sit. It will also display any candidates' extra time and access arrangements.

Please note: This will override any seats assigned using the auto function.

Duplicate a seating plan by clicking the green Duplicate seating plan button.

In the slide over, select:

• the source exam (the exam seating plan that will be copied). Top Tip: You can select in-house exams from here, to seat the students who took mock exams in the same places.
• destination exam (the exam you want to copy the seating plan into).

This will also assign them to the rooms.

Once you have duplicated your seating plan, you can see the students who are enrolled in both exams that will be seated. Click confirm to duplicate the seating plan and seat the candidates.

Click into the Table View to see the layout, or to download the plan.

Go to Scheduling > Assign Seats and click the exam.

On the next page, click the red Unseat All candidates button to remove all candidates.

You can also click the grey Unseat Candidates button to unseat individual candidates, rows, columns or full exam papers.

You can unseat candidates from School > Examinations > Scheduling > Allocate Exam Rooms > Select the exam. 

Select the candidates you would like to unseat using the tick boxes next to the candidate names. Click the Bulk action button and select Clear Exam room Allocation. In the slide over, click Unseat candidates to confirm the unseating and remove the candidates from their seats.

In the slide over, confirm the unseating and remove the candidates from their seats. This will remove them from both the exam room, and the seat.

To allocate students to a new room you can click the students you need to allocate, then using the Bulk action select Allocate Exam Room. You'll now see a drop-down with a quick summary of the students and their access arrangements.