Manage College Profiles
Naviance college profiles quick guide.pdf
All intersect customers can edit their institution's basic information. Intersect customers with an Awareness subscription can:
Add an introduction beyond the Opening Statement.
Include photos, videos, links, and spotlights in their institution's college profile.
Complete this form to get more information about an Awareness subscription.
Basic info
Your institution's Basic Info (overview, studies, student life, admissions, costs) is managed through Peterson's. This information is refreshed on a quarterly basis and populates your institution's college profile in Naviance Student which is available to students and their parents from grade 6 to grade 12.
From the homepage, click Update on the College Profile tile.
From Basic Info, review your institution's overview, studies, student life, admissions, and costs in your institution's Naviance profile.
Optionally, request changes to your institution's Basic Info.
Select Request updates to your profile’s basic info through Peterson’s.
In Peterson's Support Portal, select College Inquiry/Request Form.
Enter the form information.
Click Send.
Basic info category | Description |
|---|---|
Overview | Important details about your institution by including an opening statement, a link to your institution's website, your institution's enrollment numbers, campus surroundings, contact information, and more. |
Studies | Graduation and retention rates, top areas of study, study options, and more. |
Student Life | Student demographic information and details about campus services, resources, organizations, and athletics. |
Admissions | Your institution's acceptance rates and share policies, deadlines, fees, and application requirements. Deadlines that your institution submits through Common App automatically populate your college profile. Make changes to these deadlines from Common App, not from Intersect. |
Costs | Attendance cost details including average net prices, percentage of students receiving aid, and the average amount of aid received per student. |
Intro
Add an introduction to your college profile beyond the Opening Statement.
If adding an Intro to your college profile, you do not need to include an Opening Statement. The Intro overrides any content in the Opening Statement category.
From the homepage, click Update on the College Profile tile.
From Edit Your Profile, select the About Us category.
Add a headline, quote, information, or optional photo.
Click Preview And Continue Editing to review your changes.
Click Publish Intro Changes.
Media
Manage the logo, photos, and videos included in your institution's college profile.
From the homepage, click Update on the College Profile tile.
From Edit Your Profile, select a category.
Logo
Choose an image to upload or drag the image to the dialog box.
Use the image cropper to crop and move the logo to the desired position in the tile.
Click Preview and Continue Editing to review your changes.
Click Publish My Media Changes.
Photos and video
The media gallery allows up to 31 photos or videos.
Photos must be a .jpg or .png, less than 20 MB, and can be cropped after upload.
Videos must be a YouTube or Vimeo URL.
Captions of 280 characters or less can be included for each photo or video.
If your institution has an enhanced profile and offers a YouVisit tour, the tour will be available on your school's main profile page in Naviance, below the current media gallery. Tours are added automatically so you do not no need to upload a link on your profile.
From the homepage, click Update on the College Profile tile.
From Edit Your Profile, select the Photos and Videos category.
Select a tile, then choose a media type. For previously added photos or videos, use the option to edit or replace them.
Click Next to include an optional caption.
Click Next again to add the photo.
If adding a video, enter the URL, then click Next to add the video.
Repeat steps d to f, as needed.
Click Preview And Continue Editing Your Profile to review your changes.
Click Publish My Media Changes. If using Advanced Awareness, the College Match card in Naviance Student displays the first image in your gallery.
Links and spotlights
Provide students with access to key websites managed by your institution and create spotlights highlighting your current students, alumni, faculty, and academic programs.
From the homepage, click Update on the College Profile tile.
From Edit Your Profile, select the Links category to:
Add or edit links
A total of 12 links are available - 1 Request Information, 1 Apply Online, and 10 Learn More custom links of your choosing.
Enter a Communicate or Apply Online URL in the corresponding field with or without www.
To add Learn More links, click Create A New Link. Enter the URL, with or without www, and title, then click Add Link.
Click Publish My Links and Spotlights Changes.
Remove links
To remove an Apply Online or Communicate link, delete the URL. To delete a custom link, click Remove for the corresponding link.
Click Publish My Links and Spotlights Changes.
Add spotlights
Select Spotlights, then click Create a New Spotlight.
Choose the spotlight type you would like to create, then click Next.
Enter the Spotlight information.
Click Preview and Continue Editing.
Click Publish My Links and Spotlights Changes.
Edit spotlights
Select the spotlight to edit.
Edit the information.
Click Preview and Continue Editing.
Click Publish My Links and Spotlights Changes.
Delete spotlights
Select the spotlight to delete.
Click Delete Spotlight.
From the dialog box, click Delete.
Click Publish My Links and Spotlights Changes.
Preview your college profile
Navigate to the Naviance College Profile tile on the Intersect homepage, then click Update.
Review your institution's college profile or edit your institution's profile information.
Preview other college profiles
Navigate to the Counselor Community tile on the Intersect homepage, then click Explore.
Select the Institution tab.
Use the Advanced Search tool to search for an institution.
Click the institution's name, then click View Naviance College Profile.