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Office of the Registrar

Dartmouth College
Office of the Registrar
6014 McNutt Hall
Hanover, NH 03755-3541


Phone: (603) 646-2246
Fax: (603) 646-2247
Email: registrar@Dartmouth.EDU
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Reference Guides

Chair's Guide

A handbook for Department and Program Chairs.

Course Assessment

Information regarding Dartmouth College's course assessment system, including the assessment schedule for the academic year and information on how to interpret reports.

Course Election Reference Guides - description of Dartmouth Registration Procedures

Course Information Flow Graphic

A visual guide to course information flow.

Course Information Tools

A guide for what information to enter in what course information entry tool.

Course IP Manager Guide

A guide for departments/programs to manage instructor permission (IP) restrictions on courses.

Credits & Exemptions Guides

Credit definitions at Dartmouth College and instructions for Department/Program tools.

Curricular Guidelines

Charts to provide assistance to departments and programs to initiate curricular changes.

DCARS - Dartmouth Course Approval Routing System

Online tool used both to propose new and update existing courses according to Dartmouth's governance structure.

D-Plan Guide 

How to change your D-Plan online.

DartWorks Guides

Information on using DartWorks degree audit, and online major/minor declaration and program planner.

Department/Program Administrator Guide

A handbook for Department/Program Administrators.

Department/Program Dashboard Guide

Set of reports that departments/programs use to confirm their current or past enrollments, current majors, minors, and modifiers, major grades, class year graduation term information and more.

Faculty Guide

A handbook for all faculty members.

Faculty Quick Guide

Answers to some of faculty members’ most commonly asked questions.

FERPA Tutorial

A quick online FERPA tutorial introducing you to FERPA, the Federal student records law.

Final Grades

Assigning final grades on BannerStudent.

Local Placement Test Student Selection and Score Entry Guide

LP test score entry procedures

Major Standings

A step-by-step guide to using the Major Standings tool.

Name Pronunciation Tool Guide

ORC/Catalog Guides

ORC update procedures and materials.

Reduce Course Load Guide

A guide to the electronic process of reducing courses.

Textbook Tool Guide

How to enter textbook information for courses.

Timetable Editor Guides

A step-by-step guide to using the Timetable Editor tool.

Transcript Ordering Guide

How to order Official Transcripts.

Last Updated: 11/17/23