Class Registration: Using Registration Plans

Last edit date: 10/13/26

Audience: Faculty and Staff

Purpose: This guide provides instructions for how to use the Plan Ahead tool to create, edit, and register students using Registration Plans in RamPortal. You can create up to three plans for each student per term.

Contents
Navigate to Plan Ahead
Create a Registration Plan for a Student
Remove a Course from a Plan
Register a Student Using a Plan
  1. If you are working off campus, connect to the WCU VPN.
  2. Login to RamPortal using your WCU Single Sign On (SSO).
  3. Locate the Faculty Center card on your home page.
  4. Select My Advisee Information and choose View Student Profiles and List of Advisees in the dropdown.

    Screenshot with View student profiles and list of advisees highlighted
    Fig. 1
  5. Select a Term from the dropdown.
  6. Search for the advisee using their ID, email, or name and click View Profile.
  7. From the Student Profile, select Student Planner from the left-side menu (Fig. 2).

    Screenshot with Student Planner button highlighted
    Fig. 2
  8. If prompted, select Plan Ahead and then choose your role.
    Plan Ahead - Give yourself a head start by building plans. When you're ready to register, you'll be able to load these plans.
    Fig. 3
  9. Select the Term from the dropdown.
  10. In the Select a student field, search for the student again using the Banner ID (W0XXXXXX) or Name and click Continue.

Create a Registration Plan for a Student

  1. Select Create a New Plan.

    Screenshot with Creat a Plan button highlighted
    Fig. 4
  2. The Plan Ahead page will load with three panels: Find Classes (top), Schedule (bottom left), and Plan (bottom right) panel. TIP: If you don't see all three panels, use the arrows at the bottom of the page or the Panels button to adjust your view.
  3. Use the Find Classes panel to search for classes (Fig. 5). Enter one or more criteria, like Subject, Course, Number, or Attribute, to narrow your results. Use Advanced Search to filter by details such as Meeting Days and Time or Instructor.
  4. Click Search.

    Screenshot of Enter your Search Criteria form. Yellow boxes highlighting: Enter a Subject here, Additional fields are available in the Advanced Search, and Click Search.
    Fig. 5
  5. The Search Results will load. Select View Sections (Fig. 6) to see available options.

    Find Classes screenshot with yellow box highlighting: Click View Sections to see available class times and instructors.
    Fig. 6
  6. Select the Add Course Add Course button button for the class you want. It will appear as Pending in the Plan panel. Continue adding classes until the plan is complete.
  7. When finished, click Save Plan. Name the plan and then select Save again.

    Screenshot of Name Your Plan form with yellow highlight boxes: Type a name for your plan here, and Click save to confirm!
    Fig. 7
  8. The classes will now show a status of Planned.

    Screenshot of course listing for Drawing I
    Fig. 8

Remove a Course from a Plan

  1. In the Plan panel, locate the course you want to remove.
  2. From the Action dropdown menu, select Delete (Fig. 9).
  3. Click Save Plan to confirm changes.
  4. The course will be removed, and your updated plan will display.

    Screenshot of course listing for Drawing I with Action dropdown showing. Yellow highlighted box: To remove a class, select delete.
    Fig. 9

Register a Student Using a Plan

When the student's registration window opens, follow these steps to register the student using a saved plan.

  1. Navigate to the Student's Profile page. See steps 1-6 in Navigate to Plan Ahead for instructions on getting to the Student Profile.
  2. Select Registration from the left-side menu.
  3. Choose the correct Term from the dropdown menu.
  4. In the Select a student field, search for the student using Banner ID or Name and click Continue.
  5. Select the Plans tab to view saved plans (Fig. 10).

    Screenshot of Register for Classes with Plans button highlighted: Select the Plans tab to view your saved Plans.
    Fig. 10
  6. Choose Add All to register for the entire plan or select the Add button to register for an individual course.

    Screenshot of Register for Classes view with Add button highlighted. Yellow highlighted boxes: Use the Add All to register for all classes in the plan, and Use the Add Button to register for a single class.
    Fig. 11
  7. Review the courses in the Schedule window on the left and Summary window on the right.
  8. Click Submit to complete the enrollment process.
  9. The status of the classes should update from Pending to Registered.

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