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# What is the student waiting area?

When a new student is added to a class list, that student will be automatically added to your seating plans for that class, too. They will be added to the 'Student waiting area', which appears as a blue tab on the right-hand side of your page:

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/9f51051c7c5cd800/image_18b93ll.png)

Clicking the tab will expand it:

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/9f51051c7c5cd800/image_104bsr4.png)

You can drag students from the waiting area onto your seating plan, or drag students from your seating plan into the waiting area.