Technology can make your planning practice easier, faster, and more effective, but also poses new and unique challenges to city planning. Planetizen Courses features dozens of courses that teach the latest software and tools, as well as emerging concepts and technologies such as smart city tech, autonomous vehicles, and micromobility devices.

Technology Courses

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SketchUp for Planners - An Introduction
Jaymes Dunsmore
39 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
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CartoDB for Planners
Mike Ernst
62 Mins
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
electric scooters blocking sidewalk
The Ethics of Disruptive Transportation Technologies
Carol D. Barrett
83 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
aerial view of suburban neighborhood
Introductory Housing Analysis with Excel
William Riggs
55 Mins
  • SACPLAN CPD
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Mastering Mailchimp
Ben Schulman
43 Mins
city skyline
A New Era of Downtown Opportunity: The Intersection of Housing and Innovation
David Dixon
65 Mins
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
night cityscape of chicago
GIS Fundamentals: Thematic Maps
Mike Ernst
55 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
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Urban Design for Planners 6: Streetscape Design
Emily Talen
59 Mins
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
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Digital Accessibility for Planners: Documents – Part 2
Jonathan Katz-Ouziel, Thomas Hamed
78 Mins
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
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SketchUp for Planners - Intermediate Part 1
Jaymes Dunsmore
54 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
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Building Websites with Tumblr
Ben Schulman
62 Mins
data map created in tableau
Tableau for Planners 2: Worksheets
Sean Maguire
64 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD
pie chart of different sectors
Introductory Urban Economics Analysis with Excel
William Riggs
28 Mins
  • SACPLAN CPD
3-d map created in urbansim cloud platform for urban planning course
Introduction to the UrbanSim Cloud Platform
Sam Blanchard
51 Mins
  • SACPLAN CPD
A city with digital icons.
Planning in an Era of Disruptive Change
David Rouse
47 Mins
  • AICP CM
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GIS Fundamentals: Importing, Selecting, and Managing Data
Mike Ernst
55 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
bar chart created with python for urban planning course
Python Data Analysis and Visualization
Geoff Boeing
72 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD
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Digital Accessibility for Planners – Web
Jonathan Katz-Ouziel, Thomas Hamed
84 Mins
  • CIP
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM
site plan created in sketchup
SketchUp for Planners - Intermediate Part 3
Jaymes Dunsmore
50 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • CNU-A
  • SACPLAN CPD
social media apps on cellphone screen
Managing Multiple Social Media Platforms with Hootsuite
Ben Schulman
61 Mins
pie charts and graphs created in tableau software
Tableau for Planners 3: Dashboards
Sean Maguire
51 Mins
  • AICP CM
  • SACPLAN CPD
graph of nodes created in gephi
Gephi for Network Analysis and Visualization
Nader Afzalan
121 Mins
map created in Urbansim cloud platform for urban planning course
Regional Planning Workflows in the UrbanSim Cloud Platform
Sam Blanchard
57 Mins
A futuristic plane of computer chips with AI written in the middle,
Demystifying AI: Terminology, Tools, and Techniques for Urban Planners
Tom Sanchez
70 Mins
  • CIP
  • AIA CES
  • AICP CM

Top Technology Instructors

Mike Ernst

Mike Ernst is an urban planner and designer whose work has focused on participatory planning, community...

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Jaymes Dunsmore

Jaymes is a planner and urban designer who recently completed a Master in City Planning and...

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Tom Sanchez

Tom Sanchez is a professor of Urban Planning specializing in Artificial Intelligence, Technology, and Landscape Architecture.

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Emily Talen

Emily Talen is Professor of Urbanism at the University of Chicago. Her research is devoted to...

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Chase Mullen

Chase is the Director of Design Visualization at MIG. With an acute eye for graphics and...

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Elliot Hartley

Elliot Hartley is an internationally recognised geodesign and Esri CityEngine expert.

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Geoff Boeing

Geoff Boeing has a Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning from the University of California, Berkeley.

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Ben Schulman

Ben Schulman is a writer and editor based in Chicago, with a focus on architecture, urban...

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William Riggs

William (Billy) Riggs, Ph.D., AICP, LEED AP is a nationally recognized professor, consultant, and strategist.

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Thomas Hamed

Thomas Hamed, AICP is a transportation planner who specializes in commuter transportation and mobility for all...

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Jonathan Katz-Ouziel

Jonathan Katz-Ouziel is an autistic planner, an independent accessibility consultant, and the founder of Opossum House...

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Sean Maguire

Sean is a planning and economic development professional based in New York’s Capital Region.

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Jun Wang

Jun Wang, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at...

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David Rouse

David is a consultant, educator, and author with over 40 years of experience in urban and...

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David Dixon

David is well known for helping create new, mixed-use urban districts (in both cities and suburbs)...

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Amir Hajrasouliha

Amir Hajrasouliha is an architect, urban designer, and city planner with years of professional and academic...

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Sam Blanchard

Sam Blanchard is a Data Scientist at UrbanSim Inc. where he specializes in land use modeling...

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Yoh Kawano

Yoh Kawano works at the UCLA GIS and Visualization Sandbox as a member of the Research...

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Chuck Donley

Mr. Donley is an urban and regional planner who specializes in creating CommunityViz applications. He brings...

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Kevin Credit

Kevin is the Assistant Director for Urban Informatics at the Center for Spatial Data Science at...

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Jason Luger

Jason Luger is a lecturer in City and Regional Planning at UC Berkeley, College of Environmental...

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JJ Zanetta

JJ is an architectural illustrator working in traditional and digital media.

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Lisa Nisenson

Lisa Nisenson has 20 years of experience and leadership in smart growth, sustainable development and civic...

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James Carpentier

James Carpentier is State and Local Government Affairs Manager with the International Sign Association (ISA).

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Hand Drawing Master Plans Sign Up

Hand Drawing Master Plans

Instructor: Daniel Garcia

This course provides an introduction to urban design sketching by teaching how to draw urban design sketches and master plans using a mix of colored and black ink. These drawing techniques can be used to create plans that are detailed and expressive enough to use both in academic and professional presentations.

4.31
70 Mins
AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
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AutoCAD for Site Planning

Instructor: Jaymes Dunsmore

This course establishes a workflow for an illustrative site plan, including how to represent existing conditions and create detailed plans for specific areas within a larger project. Building on AutoCAD 101, learn to draw  more complex plans using aerial imagery, photography, and hand-drawn sketches as the base layer.

4.11
74 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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