PCplan: Make Your Pacing Plan

Making Your Pacing Plan

In this activity, you will learn how to put together a pacing plan to help you stay on track.

Why is keeping track of your progress and pacing in this course important?

This course is designed to give you the flexibility to work at your own pace based on your start and end dates. While this freedom is nice to have, it also means that having a solid pacing plan is important to help you stay on top of things.

Benefits of a pacing plan:

Learn effectively: You'll have enough time to understand all the material, complete assignments, and get help from your teacher if needed.
Use Feedback: You'll have time to read and apply the feedback from your teacher.
Reduce Stress: You will avoid last-minute rushes to complete a lot of work.
Stay on Track: This keeps you from scrambling to finish everything as your end date approaches.
Succeed: Ultimately, it sets you up for success in this course!

How to Create your Pacing Plan

Creating a pacing plan will guide you in setting weekly assignment goals. It’s super simple but super important.

Step 1

Log into your NSO Student Account and go to your dashboard. You can find all the information you need to create your pacing plan here.

Review this resource on progress and pacing if you need a refresher on how to view your academic snapshot or gradebook.

Step 2

Determine your course duration using your start and end dates listed on your Academic Snapshot.

Duration

Step 3

Check the total number of assignments. If you have 45 assignments total and you haven’t completed any yet, then that is the number of assignments you will use to create your plan.

Assignments

Step 4

Divide the total number of assignments needed to complete by the weeks remaining, rounding up to the nearest whole number to find out how many assignments to complete each week.

Time Date Calculator helps calculate the number of weeks.
Weekly Suggested Pacing Calculator helps calculate your weekly number assignments remaining.

Use your Pacing Plan

At the beginning of each week, take a moment to review how many assignments you plan to complete. As you finish each one, check them off your list. If you fall behind, you can adjust your guide using the steps above.

Staying on track can be challenging, but you are up to the task!

Assignment: Create and Submit Your Pacing Guide and Learning Goals

First, create and submit your Pacing Guide. Choose ONE of the options below.

Option 1: Use the Provided Template

Access the provided pacing guide template.
When you click on the link it will require you to make a copy to create your editable version.
After filling it out, click ‘Share’, set the permissions to ‘Anyone with the link can view’, and copy the link.
Submit the link.

Option 2: Create Your Own Pacing Guide

Create a pacing guide in a format you prefer (e.g., Google Sheets, Excel).
Ensure it details your weekly assignment completion goals.
Submit a PDF of your file.

Next, answer the following questions:

Fill in the blanks: My learning goal is to stay on track by completing ____ assignments (total assignments in your course) by this date ____ (your end date). I plan to complete ___ (number of assignments) each week to stay on track to meet my goal.
Name two barriers might get in the way of you meeting your pacing goal and steps you might take to overcome those challenges
What support might help you to reach your goal? (For example: People who can help hold you accountable, steps to keep track of your progress, help you might need from your teacher).