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.

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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.

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.

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

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.

Step 5

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

Step 6

Click the Back to My Progress link.

Step 7

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

Step 8

The Plan & Schedule page displays. Click 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.

Step 10

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

Step 11

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

 

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

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.

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