Bottom toolbar
Plan selection, Undo, attendance, participation, notes, full screen and the more menu remain within easy reach at the bottom of the screen.
Version 8.7 · iPhone & iPad
Your classroom.
Step by step.
Plan the room, assign seats and document attendance and oral participation. The current version adds an accessible bottom toolbar, renameable seating plans and a more robust saving system.
All names and rooms shown are fictional examples.
New in version 8.7
Faster controls. Safer saving.
The following steps and screenshots include the key changes in the current app version.
Rename seating plans
Use the blue pencil beside the plan selector to give each class and room variation a clear name.
Reliable saving
Choose a local or cloud folder, save to the linked file and use the automatically maintained local backup when needed.
On both devices
iPad and iPhone side by side.
On iPad, the palette, canvas, class list and file controls stay visible together. On iPhone, the bottom toolbar keeps the same features compact and accessible.
What the app connects
One room, three tasks.
Classroom Planer connects seating plan preparation with recurring tasks during the lesson.
Room and seats
Recreate the room on a measured grid. Place furniture, import the class and assign names to available seats.
Attendance and notes
Record status for each lesson date, distinguish types of absence and keep ongoing student notes separately.
Oral participation
Assess contributions from 0 to 5, add reasons and review progress across a term or school year.
Detailed guide
From an empty room to the final review.
Eight sections cover the complete workflow. Blue outlines in the images show where to find the feature being explained.
Step 01
Prepare rooms and classes
A fully arranged example class is ready on first launch. Explore it immediately, then create and name a separate seating plan for every group you teach.
- Explore the example classOpen the included example class to see a realistic seating plan, room objects and student list right away.
- Create a planThe green plus creates an empty seating plan. Add the class and teacher names in the panel on the right.
- Rename a planTap the blue pencil next to the plan selector. The new name is saved with the room.
- Fill the student listAdd names individually or import a CSV, TSV, IServ or Untis list. You can review columns and order before importing.
- Delete a planThe red minus removes the current seating plan. The app always keeps at least one plan.
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Step 02
Set up the classroom
The object palette contains furniture and room elements. Place every item on the grid and adapt it to the real classroom.
- Find an objectBrowse the Furniture and Room categories or search for a specific object.
- Drag it onto the gridDrag a desk, chair, coat rack, board, door or another element from the palette onto the canvas.
- Adjust its dimensionsUse the pencil to change the width, depth, colour and rotation of a template object.
- Try layouts safelyUndo and Redo in the new bottom toolbar let you test different arrangements without losing earlier steps.
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Step 03
Use the canvas and seating plan
Move, rotate and resize objects on the measured grid. Zoom and pan controls keep larger rooms easy to manage.
- Select an objectTap an object, drag it to the required position, then adjust its size or angle.
- Move the viewTurn on the hand tool to pan across the room without moving any furniture.
- Zoom in and outEnlarge details or zoom out until the complete room is visible.
- Tidy the planDelete selected elements one at a time or reset the room when you want to start again.
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Step 04
Assign students to seats
Once desks have seats, assign the class with drag and drop or let the app generate a new seating arrangement.
- Show unassigned namesSelect the Free filter on the right to see only students who do not yet have a seat.
- Assign a seatDrag a name from the class list onto a free place at a desk.
- Change the arrangementMove names between seats or remove an assignment.
- Randomise the classThe dice button redistributes everyone across the available seats. Undo the result if you want the previous arrangement back.
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Step 05
Record and review attendance
Attendance is stored by date. Start with everyone present or everyone absent, then change only the exceptions.
- Start a sessionTap the attendance icon and choose the most convenient starting mode for the current lesson.
- Change a statusTap a name in the seating plan or list to switch between present and absent.
- Finish the sessionComplete the count. The result is saved under the current date.
- Use absence recordsOpen earlier dates, distinguish excused and unexcused entries, then print or export the overview.
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Step 06
Document oral participation
Assess contributions on a scale from 0 to 5. Daily scores, assessment notes and long term summaries stay connected.
- Open assessmentTap the hand icon and begin a daily assessment for the current class.
- Enter a scoreChoose a value from 0 to 5 for a student and add a short assessment note when useful.
- Complete the sessionPresent students without a manual entry automatically receive a clearly marked score of 3.
- Review progressCompare average, trend and distribution for a period, then print or export the results.
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Step 07
Keep student notes separate
Ongoing notes about individual students are stored separately from assessment notes, keeping observations and performance records clearly organised.
- Open student notesTap the note icon to see all existing notes in a dedicated overview.
- Add an entrySelect a student, write the note and use symbols or colours for quick orientation.
- Exchange dataImport or export notes only when you need them on another device or in a backup.
- Control privacyUse the settings to decide which personal content may be printed or exported.
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Step 08
Save, load, print and check in 3D
Version 8.7 saves more reliably: choose a storage folder, update the linked file and keep an additional local backup.
- Choose a storage folderOpen the three-dot menu and select where Classroom Planer should keep its file, either locally or in a cloud folder you choose.
- Save changes safelySave updates the linked file. The app also maintains a local backup in case external storage is temporarily unavailable.
- Load an existing planOpen a saved Classroom Planer file and continue with its room, class, seating arrangement and records.
- Print and check in 3DUse the improved print options or tap the cube to open the spatial view, reframe the camera and print it when needed.
Show the iPhone view
Current in version 8.7
Inspect the room in three dimensions.
The 3D preview uses the furniture, walls, people and positions from the plan. Switch the rendering style from the palette, show names and notes, reframe the camera and print the current view.
- Open the cube button on the canvas
- Rotate the view and check the framing
- Change rendering style with the palette button
- Show labels or print the current view
Show the 3D view on iPhone
Inside the app
Open the guide again at any time.
Tap the question mark at the bottom left. The guided tour highlights rooms, tools, attendance, participation, notes, files, palette, canvas, student list and seat assignment one after another.
Personal data
You choose where files are stored.
Classes, seating plans, attendance, assessments and notes are processed without a developer server. Version 8.7 saves to a folder you choose or to the linked file and keeps an additional local backup. This website does not request student data. Information is shared only when you export files or place them in a cloud folder yourself.