As part of the New Student Orientation process, you have the ability to complete the Course Planning Guide (CPG), which when complete, will allow you to schedule many or all of your courses ahead of attending your in-person orientation. In some instances, we have found that students get caught up on a few steps in this process. Please follow the instructions below to ensure that you have completed the CPG fully and are ready to gain access to course scheduling:
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Access the Course Planning Guide at: http://courseplanning.psu.edu/
- If you are currently logged into the Course Planning Guide, close your web page and click the link above to log back in.
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Make sure that you have completed the entire module fully. Click through each interactive element.
- Make sure that you have SAVED a copy of at least one schedule that you created using the Balanced Schedule Tool (on page 9 of the module). To do this, click the "Save Schedule to Continue" button as seen in the below screenshot.
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Once you have completed all parts of the module, go to your “Dashboard” page (found at the top of the page).
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You will see 4 boxes. Make sure that all 4 boxes are green and say “complete.”
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Below these 4 boxes is a gray box titled “Generated Schedule(s).” Make sure that there is at least one schedule listed in this box
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After verifying that all of the above steps are complete, please note that you will recieve an email within seven (7) days letting you know that you now have access to course scheduling.
After completing all of the steps above, if you find that you are still having trouble please email orientation@psu.edu for further assistance. Please include the following in your email:
- Subject: Course Planning Guide - additional help needed
- Your Full Name
- Your Penn State 9-digit Student ID Number (starts with 9)
- A brief description of the issue that you continue to encounter