Students are assigned a primary plan for their overall course planning experience. Multiple primary plans can be created to meet the various needs of student groups; however, each student can only be assigned one Primary Graduation Plan.

A student's Primary Plan is what determines the requirements that appear in the student's course plan. It also determines the course options that students can select to fulfill those requirements. For example, if graduation requirements change across class years, you can create a grad plan for each class year’s graduation requirements, allowing the student to clearly know what they need to complete for their own class year.

If multiple Primary Grad Plans are created, you will have the ability to choose a default grad plan. The Default Grad Plan will be assigned to all students unless a different plan is assigned to the student via the Student Graduation Plans file upload. Learn more 👉 All Possible Export Options article

Supplemental Plans are an additional set of requirements that students and staff can view while on a student's plan as a way to check against requirements without requiring the student to meet those requirements.

Students don’t see these requirements when selecting courses, but they can easily access the supplemental plans through an “Other Options” to view how the courses they have selected or taken measure up to the requirements of the Supplemental Plan.

A great example of this would be NCAA eligibility. Students wouldn’t pursue this as their Primary Graduation plan, but could check against a supplemental NCAA plan to see if their courses would meet the NCAA requirements.

Staff: Understanding Course Planner Data Files

Staff: Create a Primary Grad Plan

Staff: Create a Supplemental Plan