Online course planner to choose, track and actually finish your courses

This online course planner is for everyone who enrolls with great intentions and wants to see it through to the end. Across 28 undated pages you choose the best course, plan your study weeks, take notes module by module, follow progress and deadlines, and record certificates and how you applied what you learned.

It comes as US Letter and A4 PDF files, ready to download instantly. Nothing is shipped.

How an online course planner helps you finish what you start

Before you pay, line up to three courses next to each other and run through a ten question check, so you sign up for the one that truly suits your schedule and budget. Every course then gets an overview page, a checklist for 20 modules and a progress bar you shade in ten percent at a time, which makes your progress easy to see.

Module notes, Cornell pages and a page for diagrams keep everything you learn in one binder rather than lost among open tabs and downloads. You can also follow each assignment and due date, log study time, and note certificates, new skills and the ways you used them at work or at home.

Who this course tracker is for

• Grown-ups working through self-paced online classes to learn a skill, earn a promotion or switch careers
• College and distance learning students balancing several online classes and deadlines
• Lifelong learners who sign up for lots of courses and want to complete more of them
• Anyone turning finished courses and earned certificates into a portfolio or resume

Design and printing

• Minimal, elegant pages: white with soft blush pink details that save ink
• Wide margins, so home printers will not trim anything
• Portrait pages sized for US Letter (8.5 x 11 in) and A4 (210 x 297 mm)
• Undated, so start any week of any year
• Works with any online school or learning website, with no platform names printed
• Keep it in a binder or on a clipboard, or have it spiral bound at a print shop

Inside the online course planner: 28 pages

1. 1Cover page with an index
2. 2Start here: a six step path (choose, set up, plan, learn, track, apply) and which pages to print once, for each course and every week
3. 3My learning goals: your reasons, weekly hours, the best time of day to study, three goals with target finish dates, skills for work and for yourself, and what usually stops you from finishing
4. 4Course wish list: 18 lines to note each topic or course, who teaches it, the cost and length, a 1 to 3 priority and an enrolled tick, plus free options and search ideas
5. 5Course comparison: rate three choices against 12 factors including price, duration, self-paced or live format, certificate, length of access, reviews and refund terms, then add a fit score, your final choice and the date to enroll by
6. 6Is this course right for me? Ten yes or not yet questions to answer before enrolling, what you hope for, possible obstacles and your decision
7. 7Learning budget: who is paying this year, planned spend in six categories, items to wait on before buying, a 15 line record of purchases and totals
8. 8Course overview: course details, where to find it (no passwords), why you are taking it, what you will be able to do afterwards, study times for each day, supplies, a reward and an accountability buddy
9. 9Course progress tracker with room for 6 courses; shade one of ten segments for every tenth of the way, and note dates, what comes next and a finished tick
10. 10Module checklist: 20 numbered modules or lessons with length, start and finish dates, notes page and done, plus modules worth rewatching
11. 11Weekly study plan: a focus, an hours goal, a daily plan, lessons to complete, what is due, a review list and the win of the week
12. 12Study session log: 20 lines to note the date, which course and module, when you started and stopped, total minutes and a focus score out of 5, plus a parking lot for stray ideas
13. 13Module notes: what the module covers, a big notes area, five key ideas, questions, how you can use it and a scale for how well you understood
14. 14Cornell lesson notes with a cues and questions column, notes and a summary in your own words
15. 15Lesson notes and diagrams: a box to sketch a diagram or mind map, steps or a process, examples from the lesson and a try it myself space
16. 16Assignment and deadline tracker: 18 lines for course, assignment or quiz, date given and date due, status, grade and done
17. 17Assignment planner that splits one project into 8 steps, with what is required, how it is graded, resources, questions for the teacher, a checklist before submitting and feedback
18. 18Quiz and exam prep: 9 topics with a confidence scale, questions you got wrong, a review plan and the result
19. 19Key terms glossary: 22 lines for the term, its meaning in your own words and the module
20. 20Questions to ask: 12 lines for the question, where to ask it and the answer, plus what still confuses you and what to look up later
21. 21Resources and links log: 20 lines for the resource, its type, where it lives, what it is for and how useful it is
22. 22Certificates earned log: 8 cards, each with the course, school, completion date, hours, credential ID, where the file is saved, ticks for resume, online and employer, and a key takeaway
23. 23Skills and portfolio log: 14 lines naming each skill, the course that taught it, your level, the project that proves it and where people can see it, plus portfolio pieces and resume keywords
24. 24What I applied log: 12 lines for date, what you learned, where you used it and the result, plus ideas still to try
25. 25Monthly learning review: progress on up to 5 courses, what you learned and completed, what helped, hours studied, money spent, motivation and next month's plan
26. 26Course completion review: top takeaways, what you can do now, the best parts, whether it was worth the time and money, a recommendation and your next course
27. 27Learning hours tracker: a grid with a box for each day of every month and a 100 hour challenge
28. 28Dot grid notes page

Files you download

• Online Course Planner, US Letter PDF (28 pages)
• Online Course Planner, A4 PDF (28 pages)
• Read Me First, a short printing guide (PDF)
• Tip: print the goals, wish list, budget and certificate pages one time, then an overview, a module checklist and a pile of module notes for every new course

How to download and print

• Check out with PayPal, a debit or credit card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Your download page opens as soon as the payment goes through.
• We email the same private download links to you, so you can download your files again later.
• Open the PDF in a free reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader and print at 100% or Actual size.
• Print only the pages you need, as often as you like, for your own personal use.

Good to know

• This planner is a PDF made for printing, not a hyperlinked digital planner. Most note taking apps can import it if you want to write on a tablet.
• It is a digital product, so nothing physical is mailed.
• Colors on paper may look slightly different from your screen.
• Licensed for personal use. Sharing, reselling or redistributing the files is not allowed.
• Digital files cannot be returned. If a file does not open or print correctly, email us and we will help right away.

How this was made

Designed and written by PetiteDiary. AI tools helped draft parts of the text, and some background scenes in the preview images were created with AI. Every page was designed, reviewed and checked before release.

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