Creating a Semester Plan
This module will show you how to use all of the due dates for each of your courses to create a semester plan. A semester plan is a master schedule of everything that you need to get done over the 15 weeks of your semester. Your instructors provide you with your due dates for the semester. A semester plan displays your due dates in one place and helps you remember when you have a due date coming up.
Top Tips
✓ Highlight the big ones. Highlight the biggest item for each course so that these key dates stand out.
✓ Highlight busy weeks. Highlight the weeks that are going to be your biggest weeks of the semester.
✓ Update your plan. Add any new deadlines to your semester plan that pop up over the semester.
✓ Display your plan. Put your semester plan somewhere where you will look at it frequently.
✓ Don’t erase completed assignments. Cross items off of the plan as they are completed and keep them as visual reminders of the things that you are getting done.
Why use a semester plan?
Watch the video below by the Learning Portal Ontario (2020) to find out why you should use a semester plan.
How to create a semester plan in Word
Watch this video (The Learning Portal Ontario, 2020) to learn how to create a semester plan using the template below.
How to create a semester plan in Excel
Watch the video below (The Learning Portal Ontario, 2020) to learn how to create a semester plan using Excel.
Attribution
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