D-Planner started with a couple of students who thought deeply about how they wanted to design their four-year degrees at Dartmouth.

Our college offerered a plethora of fascinating courses across countless fields of studies. We curious creatures wanted to explore everything; we wanted to read the Epics of Homer, examine the geopolitics of Asia, learn to converse in basic Japanese, unravel the mysteries of cellular mechanisms, and wire together logic gates to build a Von Neuhmann architecture.

But with only 36 credit hours and ever-rising tuition bills, we had to choose wisely.

Designing our degrees was an arduous process. However, the college provided few helpful resources to guide us. Students suffered indecivieness faced with unprintable, never-ending lists of courses. They had to constantly replan after reading outdated information. They were completely lost in amidst the twelve academic terms without a way to map together course dependencies and major requirements. During the week of course selection, everyone hoarded hundreds of Chrome tabs holding scattered course information and drew complicated flow diagrams to map their degrees.

We built D-Planner to help every student visualize their academic trajectories at Dartmouth. As students who went through the same process, we knew our users' most vital needs. Our design process was well-informed through personal anecdotes and numerous conversations.

The key element of D-Planner is that the platform's dashboard shows a student their entire four years at Dartmouth in one glance. This bird's eye view empowers students to visualize the big picture and plan far into the future.

Students seamlessly drag and drop courses between each academic terms to simulate different possible academic journeys they could take. D-Planner strives to keep track of the small details for students so they don't have to, computing course prerequisites, when they're offered, and other factors. For instance, we alert the student when they try to drag a course onto a term where it's not offered.

D-Planner's second mission is to empower discovery and inspire exploration. Our powerful search features allow students to easily traverse through the master catalog of 3,000+ courses and find what fits their needs. We aim to broaden each student's choices and give lesser-known courses a share of the center stage.

With over 800 students onboard, 1,300 thoughtfully-planned degrees, and 27,000 bookmarked courses, we're excited to empower every student to narrate their own academic journey.

Reach out to the active maintainers (Ziray Hao, Adam McQuilkin, and Jai Smith) any time via hello@d-planner.com! We always appreciate everyone who has contributed: Ben Cape, Christina Bae, Adam Rinehouse, Raul Rodriguez, Madeline Hess, Gillian Yue, and Regina Yan.