Say you have 4 desks in a straight, side-by-side row (desks A, B , C, & D). Put desk legs A & B (that meet) in ONE can to share. Do the same with the other leg B & leg C, and so on. You desks will be chained together.

This makes it nearly impossible for the students to move their desks out of rows/position and avoids the situation of having them be on top of you by the end of the day. This was the best bit of advice from a veteran teacher that I was ever given. I used this on tile floors and carpeted floors. I never spent needless time at the end of every school day pushing desks back into place. – – – try it!

If you are set in using tape…

Stay away from masking tape. It will eventually fuse to the carpet and look like crap. Try gaff tape…it comes in many different colors. That is what I used on my carpet. It unfortunately did get vacuumed up every now and then.