# Seating and temporary passwords

> Academium Surepass Help › Tests
> For: School Owner, School Admin, Instructor · Server Edition, Client Edition
> Web page: https://helpcenter.academium.com.ng/academium-surepass/article/sp-seating-and-temporary-passwords
> Last updated: 2026-10-06

For a supervised sitting in a computer lab, give each student a seat. Students can then only start the paper on their own computer. Open **Seating** from the schedule.

The schedule must be linked to a lab room. If it says **No lab room is linked to this schedule**, edit the schedule and choose a lab. See [Lab Rooms](https://helpcenter.academium.com.ng/academium-surepass/article/sp-lab-rooms.md).

## Giving out seats

- **Auto-Assign** fills the seats for you. It tries to give each student the seat they used last time in this lab.
- Or click a student, then a green seat. You can also drag a student onto a seat.
- **Clear All** removes every assignment.

The counts show **Lab seats**, **Students assigned** and anyone **Without a seat**. If seats are short, Surepass tells you how many are free.

Seats used by another schedule at the same time show as **Locked**. Students who also have another paper at the same time are listed so you can sort it out.

## Seat colours

**Available**, **Assigned**, **Logged In**, **In Progress**, **Submitted**, **Not Yet Here**, **Locked**, **Maintenance** (a faulty monitor, mouse or keyboard) and **Disabled**.

## During the sitting

Hover over a seat to see who is there. If the **wrong student** is on a seat, use **Kick** to sign them out. To move a student, use **Reassign Student** and give a reason, such as a computer fault.

## Exporting the seating plan

**Export** gives:

- **With Credentials**: name, username, seat and computer code, for the invigilator;
- **Device ID Only**: seat and computer code, for desk cards.

## Temporary passwords

For extra security, give each seated student a **one-time password** for this sitting.

1. Click **Temp Passwords**, then **Generate**.
2. **Print** the list, or print **Dockets** to hand to each student.

Temporary passwords start working **20 minutes before the start**. **Revoke All** cancels them.

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