Owl Link: How to Use the Student Planning Module (Credit)

Use My Progress to plan your courses, view program requirements, view progress to completion, or to view a new program if you are considering changing your major. My Progress shows your progress towards the degree as well as the degree audit. 

Use Plan & Schedule to select course sections and register for your planned courses, view your educational plan, and view your timeline of current, past, and future semesters. 

This knowledge article demonstrates how to use My Progress to plan your program and Plan & Schedule to select and register for your planned courses.

Step 1

After logging into Owl Link, click Student Planning on the Home page.

Step 2

The Planning Overview page displays. Click Go to My Progress.

A box surrounding the program to be planned

My Progress page displays. At a Glance provides a summary of information about your degree program, such as GPA, majors, anticipated completion date, etc. Also, there are three bars which will help track your progress towards graduation. These bars are color coded as follows: 

  • The first color is dark green which indicates the total credits earned from completed courses.
  • The second color is light green which indicates the credits of any anticipated courses (i.e. courses currently in progress or courses for which you are registered in a future term.
  • The third color is yellow which will appear as courses are added to the plan.This indicates which courses are planned for future terms. There are links to Show or Hide Details.

Boxes surrounding the At-a-Glance section and the Progress bars

  1. The course is in progress so it is colored green.
  2. The course is planned in the future so it is colored yellow.

Number 1: Course is in progress and is colored green. Number 2: Course is planned and is colored yellow

Step 3

Courses which are not started are color coded red. This indicates that a requirement needs to be planned as well as registered. Click Search to locate the required course.

Not Started Courses are color coded red and an arrow is pointing to the Search button

Step 4

You have two options. Click Add Course to Plan or Add Section to Schedule. Adding a course to the plan gives you the flexibility of moving it to a future term if necessary.

Arrows pointing to the Add Course to Plan and Add Section to Schedule

Step 5

The Course Details dialog appears. Notice this course has a prerequisite. Select your desired term then click Add Course to Plan.

The Course Details dialog with an arrow pointing to the Term

Step 6

Click the Back to My Progress link.

An arrow pointing to the Back to My Progress link

Step 7

From the My Progress page, click Student Planning and select Plan & Schedule.

An arrow pointing to the Plan & Schedule option on the Student Planning menu

Step 8

The Plan & Schedule page displays. Click the Show the next term button.

A box highlighting the Show the next term button

Step 9

Click Register to register courses individually or click Register Now to register all courses for a specific term.

Arrows pointing to the Register and Register Now buttons

Step 10

The course now appears as Registered, but not started. To drop this course, click Drop.

An arrow pointing to the Drop button

Step 11

The Register and Drop Section dialog appears. Select the section(s) you wish to drop then click Update.

The Register and Drop Sections dialog with a section selected

 

The course has been dropped, but still appears as Planned.

A box surrounding the Planned notification

Attached is a quick reference guide entitled How to Plan, Schedule, Register for, and Drop Courses. To access the guide, scroll down to the Attachments area, located below the Related Articles section, and select the PDF to download it or click View to view it.

For additional knowledge articles, scroll up to the Related Articles section.

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