If you change the setting of the Combine Courses in Attendance field, the data will be preserved as much as possible; however, you must then verify that your seating charts are correct for all periods, make the necessary changes, and then save the seating charts again.

If you change the Combine Courses in Attendance field during the semester, the following applies:

• If Combine Courses in Attendance was not originally selected and you have only one course per period, you created a seating chart, and then you selected Combine Courses in Attendance, the seating chart is not affected; however, you must re-save the seating charts for all periods.
  
  
• If Combine Courses in Attendance was not originally selected and you have some periods with multiple courses (each with its own seating chart), you created a seating chart, and then you selected Combine Courses in Attendance, the following occurs when you retrieve one of the periods on the Seating Chart Setup page:
  
  
  • Only the seating chart for the first course in the list is preserved.
    
    
  • The remaining students are displayed under Unassigned Students.
    
    
  • If the first course in the list has no students enrolled, no seating chart is preserved. You must recreate the chart.
    
    
• If Combine Courses in Attendance was originally selected and you have only one course per period, you created a seating chart, and then you cleared Combine Courses in Attendance, the seating chart is not affected, you must re-save the seating charts for all periods.
  
  
• If Combine Courses in Attendance was originally selected and you have some periods with multiple courses, you created a seating chart for students from multiple courses, and then you cleared Combine Courses in Attendance, the following occurs when you retrieve a period/course on the Seating Chart Setup page:
  
  
  • Only the chart dimensions of the seating chart for the first period/course you attempt to edit is preserved.
    
    
  • Only seats for students enrolled in the course are preserved.
    
    
  • The remaining students are displayed under Unassigned Students.
    
    
  • You must recreate the chart for the other courses that were previously combined in the period.