Digital Planner Academy®

Build a fully hyperlinked, multi-section digital planner from a blank file, export it so it works in every major annotation app, and package it as a product.

Get the course — $197

What you leave able to do.

By the end of Digital Planner Academy® you will be able to build a fully hyperlinked, multi-section digital planner from a blank file, export it so it works in every major annotation app, and package it as a product.

Throughout this course you will build one real planner. By the end it will have a cover, a year view, twelve month grids, weekly spreads, daily pages, and three note sections, all navigable by tapping.

Who this is for.

Someone who wants to build their own digital planners properly — for their own use, or to sell

What’s inside.

8 modules, 27 lessons. Self-paced, written lessons, plus the course workbook (PDF).

MODULE 01

What You Are Actually Building

A planner is a PDF with links in it
Where people actually use them
Dated versus undated, and why it matters commercially

MODULE 02

Tools and Setup

Choosing your design tool
Page size, margins and the safe area
Building a reusable template file

MODULE 03

The Page System

Deciding your sections before you design
Drawing the tab strip
The year and month grids
Weekly and daily pages

MODULE 04

Hyperlinking

How PDF links actually work
Wiring the tab strip
Date cells, back buttons and cross-links
A testing method that actually catches problems

MODULE 05

Visual Finish

Covers
Type that survives small boxes
Colour, contrast and the dark-mode problem

MODULE 06

Exporting

Export settings that preserve links
File size
Checking in each app

MODULE 07

Fixing What Breaks

Links that do nothing
Pages that look wrong on device
Version control

MODULE 08

Making It A Product

What a buyer actually receives
Pricing a digital planner
Licensing and what buyers may do
Delivering and updating

What’s included.

Digital Planner Academy®

$197

One-time payment · Self-paced

Online course: 8 modules, 27 written lessons
Digital Planner Academy® Workbook (PDF download)
Secure checkout; an account is created at checkout so the course and workbook stay in My Account

Buy now — $197

Frequently asked.

What format is it?

Written lessons inside the online course area, plus the Digital Planner Academy® Workbook as a PDF download.

How do I get access after paying?

You create an account at checkout. Once payment completes you are enrolled in the course, which you can open from My Courses, and the workbook PDF is available under Downloads in My Account and in your order email.