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DegreeWorks:
A Degree Audit and Advising
Tool for Bristol Community
College
Student Planner Tutorial
Spring 2011
• Click on the
Planner tab to
access the
Academic
Planner.
• Your current
worksheet
appears on the
left side of the
screen, and the
Planner
appears on the
right.
• You can
increase or
decrease each
side by
dragging the
gray bar in the
middle of the
screen to the
left or the right.
Academic Planner
1) To add a
new plan,
you must first
name it in the
Description
box and
identify the
academic
year.
2) It is helpful
to name the
plan with
your
intended
major and
year (for
example, the
name of the
plan would
be “General
Studies –
2009”.
Academic Planner
1) Identify the term(s)
you want to plan
for by selecting
them in the dropdown menu and
checking it off.
2) Scan the
worksheet on the
left and look for
any requirements
that are marked as
“Needed.”
3) Drag and drop or
type in needed
courses from the
worksheet on the
left to the term you
plan to take the
course on the
right.
4) You may add
pertinent notes in
the notes field.
5) Click the “save
plan” button.
Academic Planner
1) Clicking on the
green arrow next
to your planned
term will bring up
the descriptions
and schedule for
all of the courses
you have placed in
that term.
2) Use this
information to plan
out your schedule.
3) You may plan out
as many terms as
you need, based
on your desired
amount of courses
per semester.
4) Once your plan is
saved, your
advisor will be
able to view and
approve the plan.
Academic Planner
1) Clicking on the
process new
button will take
any planned
terms you have
checked and add
them to your
worksheet.
2) This feature
makes it easy to
see any courses
you have not
planned for, as
planned courses
will appear in
blue on your
worksheet and
missing courses
will appear in red.
Academic Planner
1) You may create
and save more
than one plan
(perhaps for a
double major or
certificate), by
clicking on “add a
new plan” and
load, but only one
plan may be
active at a time.
2) If you want to
plan courses for
a different major,
you may click on
the “Show Whatif Options button”
3) Fill in the what-if
fields, check off
“Use What-if
Scenario, and
process a new
audit to plan for a
different program
or certificate.
Academic Planner
Feedback
If you have questions, concerns, or
suggestions after using
DegreeWorks, please email me at
[email protected]