# Everything Planner does, explained

This guide explains how Planner works, from adding your first class to planning your week, studying for exams and keeping track of your grades.

Pick a topic from the list, or search for what you need. If you're new, start with the [Setup Guide](/guide/setup).

## Topics

- [Setup Guide](/guide/setup): your account, your classes, connecting your school step by step for each platform, and Planner on your phone and Mac
- [Assignments](/guide/assignments): adding work, Quick Add, pasting a list, sharing a class's dates, repeats, attachments and search
- [Planning your week](/guide/planning): Plan My Week, Today's Plan, Running late, Sick day and moving sessions
- [Calendar and goals](/guide/calendar): the Calendar, Schedule and Plan views, calendar settings, commitments, personal goals, day notes and finding group time
- [Studying](/guide/studying): the study timer, focus sounds and music, blocking distracting sites, Focus Mode, Exam mode and time estimates
- [Grades and GPA](/guide/grades): the Grades page, Grade Predictor, GPA goal and archiving a term
- [Streak & Stats](/guide/streak-and-stats): your streak, study time, session history and sharing your week
- [Settings and privacy](/guide/settings): reminders and the morning summary, your dashboard, encryption, signing out, export and AI assistants
- [Troubleshooting](/guide/troubleshooting): what to do when something isn't working
- [Changelog](/changelog): every update to Planner, newest first

## Still stuck?

If you can't find an answer here, write to [jeremy@severnplanner.com](mailto:jeremy@severnplanner.com), or use Report a bug in Settings, then About. It sends your Planner version and browser along, which makes a bug easier to fix.