Creating the Calendar Events for a P.L.A.T.O. Seating Chart

Overview

P.L.A.T.O. seating charts integrate with locations and the course calendar to help instructors track attendance, participation and performance in face-to-face classes.  The seating chart is a visual representation of your physical classroom seating arrangement and must be added before creating the recurring calendar event for your class. 

Create the Recurring Calendar Event

  1. Navigate to your course calendar and select the "Create Event" button.
  2. Verify that you have chosen the correct location for your class by scrolling to the bottom of the page where you can select your classroom from the Location drop down menu, as shown below in  Figure 1.  If your location is not listed there, return to Seating Charts in the Manage Tab.
  3. Enter a title in the "Enter Event Title" box and a description in the Description Box.
  4. Use the date and time drop down boxes to select the date and time of your first day of class.
  5. Select the "Add Recurrence" button and choose the appropriate recurrence, such as "Weekly", and then the pertinent days of the week, and when the recurrence will end, as shown in  Figure 2.
  6. Check the "Use Seating Chart" button if it is not already selected.
  7. Select the "Create" button to complete the creation of your calendar event.

Figure 1. Create Event

Create course calendar event for seating chart.

Figure 2. Choose recurring event settings

Course Calendar Recurrence Settings for Seating Chart

Resources

PCT Classroom details and photos (Information about the instructor workstation, Room controls, and photos of the front and back of the room).

Define locations in your organization and assign seats to learners (Brightspace Help)

Create a Seating Chart (Brightspace Help)

Assign a seat to a learner (Brightspace Help)

What is a seating chart session? (Brightspace Help

What is a seating chart session? (Brightspace Help)

Create a session in seating chart (Brightspace Help)

Taking Attendance with Seating Charts (ITS Knowledge Base article)

What is a seating chart cold call? (Brightspace Help) 
 

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