README.md

Classroom Seating Chart Randomizer

Randomize classroom seating charts

Launching and using the app

1. In a terminal window, launch a simple HTTP server with Cross-Origin Resource Service (CORS) enabled:

python src/simple-cors-http-server.py 8888

The above port number must match the port number specified in main.js.

2. Open a browser to http://localhost:8888
3. Reload the page to shuffle student positions.

Changing the classroom and student data

To update the classroom informaton or student rosters, edit the following files:

• courses.json
• rooms.json

Known issues

Due to browser and/or server caching, step 5 above might be insufficient to capture changes in the above json input files. If the shuffled list displayed in the browser does not reflect the latest information in the json files, try

1. Click the browser's reload button.
2. Clear the browser data.