How elementary students build a course plan
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Xello’s Course Planner can help introduce elementary students to the habit of looking ahead. By exploring their future class options for grades 6, 7, and 8, students feel more prepared and excited for the transition to middle school. Building their own course plan gives them a sense of ownership over their journey as they begin making their first real school choices.

How elementary students build a course plan:

  1. They click My goals.
    A student's dashboard in Xello. The cursor is clicking My Goals.
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    A student's dashboard in Xello. The cursor is clicking My Goals.
  2. Under Course Planner, they click Make a plan.
    The Goals and Plans page in a student account in Xello. The cursor is the section called Course Planner and is clicking a button called Make a plan.
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    The Goals and Plans page in a student account in Xello. The cursor is the section called Course Planner and is clicking a button called Make a plan.
    noteNote: Students will only see Course Planner if the feature setting is turned on for their grade. Check out Change Course Planner settings to learn more.
  3. They can click a subject to begin selecting the course.
    A student's course planner in Xello. The cursor is clicking Add Math 6 in grade 6.
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    A student's course planner in Xello. The cursor is clicking Add Math 6 in grade 6.
  4. Once they pick the course they want, they click Add.
    A student's course planner in Xello. Next to Math 6, the cursor is clicking Add to add math to the course plan.
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    A student's course planner in Xello. Next to Math 6, the cursor is clicking Add to add math to the course plan.
  5. To navigate to the next requirement or elective, they click the subject name next to the current subject title.
    The current course name is Math 6. Next to the title is the next course in the list, English 6. The cursor is clicking English 6.
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    The current course name is Math 6. Next to the title is the next course in the list, English 6. The cursor is clicking English 6.
  6. When they're done adding courses, they click Done.
  7. From the bottom of the upcoming grade column, they click Ready to submit when their course plan is complete.
    Middle school course plan. The cursor is clicking Ready to submit.
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    Middle school course plan. The cursor is clicking Ready to submit.
    • If there are any alerts or issues, they'll get a message before they submit with what needs to be fixed. Check out Course Planner alerts to learn which alerts they may get.
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