How do I create a seating chart in Canvas?

The Roll Call Attendance tool in Canvas has the ability to create a drag and drop seating chart for your course. This process requires that you:

Navigate to the Attendance tool

Open the Class view

Click Edit Seating Chart

Create the seating chart

Creating a Seating Chart in Canvas

1. Open Attendance 
   You will find the Attendance tool in the left hand course navigation menu 
   Note: If you do not see this link in the menu, you can enable it in the navigational settings (How do I manage Course Navigation links?)
   
    
2. Open Class View
   From the attendance tool, click the Class tab.
   
    
3. Edit Seating Chart
   Next, click the Edit Seating Chart tab.
   
    
4. Create Seating Chart
   From here you can drag and drop your students into the seating chart grid, and arrange them as desired. You can remove students from the seating chart by dragging the names back to the green section on the left.
   

Please note that the Roll Call Attendance tool can export student attendance data, but it does not export seating chart data.

Additional Resources:

How do I create a roll call seating chart using the Attendance tool?

How do I take attendance in Canvas?