How to Use Schedule Planner

New for Summer 2025: Registration through Schedule Planner

On Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, the University of Alaska will launch registration through Schedule Planner. This will replace the current registration and course search options in UAOnline. 

streamlines online registration and helps students build their ideal class schedule. With this tool, students can easily generate a class schedule that fits their individual needs.


Schedule Planner Basics

schedule planner basics

 

How to Register through Schedule Planner

How to Register through Schedule Planner

How to Withdraw through Schedule Planner

How to Withdraw through Schedule Planner

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FAQs

  • Either hover over the ‘magnifying glass’ next to a generated schedule to see a preview of the classes in a day/time grid or click "View" to see the detail of that schedule (details are shown in both a list at the top of the page as well as in a time grid at the bottom of the page)
  • To view additional generated schedules, click on the arrows in the upper right hand corner to navigate forward and backwards between all schedule options
  • Add the special topics course (ex: F193, F293, F393, etc.) to your list of courses, then click Done
  • On the main page (where you generate schedules), locate the special topics course under Courses and click on the 'Sections' icon (it looks like a gear) - this will display all sections of the course and the title for each section
  • In the left column, click the top box to uncheck all sections and then select the section to be included in your possible schedules, click ‘Save & Close’ 
  • On the main page, click ‘Generate Schedules’ and view each schedule
  • When several sections of a course are offered, you can lock a preferred section
  • When viewing a generated schedule, identify the course section you want locked
  • Click the padlock icon either in the top list view of course sections 
  • Once a course is "locked", the generated schedules will update to only include schedules with the locked course (updated message will display at the top of the page and generated schedule result count will update in upper right hand corner of page)
  • To "unlock" a course section, simply click the padlock icon again to allow all sections to be included in generated schedules
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  • On the main page, next to each chosen course is an ‘Sections’ icon (it looks like a gear) and clicking this will show the section details of the selected course
course sections
  • Uncheck individual sections to remove them from your generated schedules 
  • Note: you can also uncheck all sections for a selected course and only check the desired individual section(s) to be added to your generated schedules
  • To remove all online learning sections from your generated schedules, select “In Person” option under “Delivery Method”

  • Return to Registration menu and click Schedule Planner
  • Select Term and Campuses
  • Your Courses and Current Schedule will be shown
  • Click on “+Add Course” to select an additional course
  • Click on “Generate Schedules” to view all possible schedules with open, conflict-free course sections
  • After generating schedules, select one that you prefer and click "View" to open that schedule
  • In the upper right corner, click the heart icon and name the schedule
  • Repeat these steps to save additional favorites as alternative schedules
  • When you're ready to register/registration is available, access Schedule Planner and your favorite schedules will display behind a “Favorites” tab in the Schedules section
  • Select the schedule you want, send the courses to your shopping cart and then register
  • Navigate to the "Current Schedule" tab
  • Near the top right of the page, click "Swap"
  • From the dropdown, select one of your current course to drop
  • Then, select the new course that you'd like to swap by entering the CRN, selecting it from your shopping cart, or searching for it
  • Select the appropriate section for the new course
  • Once you've selected the course to drop and the course to add, click "Swap" to initiate the course swap request

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