Naviance Student Overview

Naviance Student Overview for Parents and Guardians.pdf

Introduction

Naviance Student includes self-discovery assessments, college and career searches, planning tools, a resume builder, and more. Using these tools, answer questions about your future, such as:

Who am I?
What do I want to be?
How will I get there?
How will I succeed?

Naviance Student Navigation

The top navigation includes access to Naviance Student features.

Utility menu

Click PowerBuddy to ask a question or select a prompt for more information on colleges and careers.
Click the heart icon to display your favorite lists.
Click the email icon to display email messages sent to you by your school.
Click the question mark icon to display the Naviance Student Help Center.
Click your initials to display your account information. Overview.pdf
Click the globe icon to translate Naviance Student into over 70 languages.
Click Log Out to end your session.

Parents with more than one student in the school or district may be able to access all their student’s accounts using the student selector option.

Main menu

Based on your school's setup, the following sections are available in Naviance Student from the main menu.  Select a section and choose a feature or navigate to the section Home, if available.

Section	Description
Home	Review your Future Planning, information from your school, upcoming to-dos and tasks, and more.
Self-Discovery	Find assessments to take and review your assessment results to learn more about yourself and your potential career interests.
Courses	Review your school’s course catalog, create course plans, and manage existing course plans.
Careers	Explore careers, job opportunities, military branches, and work-based learning opportunities. Access the Roadtrip Nation video archive to learn how leaders have turned their passions into their life work, and review your list of your favorite careers, clusters, and pathways.
Colleges	Search for and discover college possibilities.
Planner	Review your goals, to-dos, and tasks assigned by the school.  Access Curriculum, Test Prep, Student Readiness Indicators, and X2VOL, if available at your school.
About me	Share information about yourself using a resume builder, portfolio, journal, documents from your school, surveys assigned by your school, and more.

Home features

Feature	Description
Future Planning	Select your path for the future to customize your homepage experience.
Path Highlights	Quickly access the features and information relevant for your path after high school.
Career Essentials	Reference information about your future career goals to help you plan for your future.
Information from Your School	Review a message, web links, informational pages, and new bulletins from your school.
Tasks from Your School	Review upcoming tasks and to-dos to complete, including the priority and due date.
What’s New	Find out what has happened since your last visit, including new college visits, journal entries shared by your school, and comments on course plans, tasks, or goals.

Self-Discovery features

Review the Self-Discovery page for more information about these features.

The assessments available in the Self-Discovery section vary based on your grade level and school.

Feature	Description
AchieveWorks Intelligences®	Uncover your different intelligences and learn how to apply them.
AchieveWorks Learning and Productivity®	Identify your sensory and mindset preferences to help you develop study practices. Find out how you learn the best and are most productive.
AchieveWorks Personality®	Identify your personality type by choosing scenarios that best represent your real-life behave.
AchieveWorks Skills®	Identify your skills and learn ways to develop them and other career skills.
Career Cluster Finder	Identify activities and school subjects that you like or dislike and personal qualities you possess.
Career Key	Identify your traits, best-match work environments, and related careers by answering questions about your interests.
Career Interest Profiler	Captures your interests to help identify your personality traits and suggests careers based on the US Department of Labor's data.
StrengthsExplorer®	Uncover your talents and potential strengths.

Courses features

Review the Course Planning page for more information about these features.

The Courses section is only available if your school uses this feature. The Courses section does not have a Home page.

Feature	Description
Favorite Courses	Review and manage your favorite courses.
Explore Course Catalog	Review colleges that other students who have favorited the same schools as you are interested in. Review colleges that have accepted students with a GPA and test scores like yours.
Manage Course Plans	Find and sign up for events that colleges are hosting.

Career features

Review the Career Planning page for more information about these features.

The Careers section does not have a Home page.

Career exploration

Feature	Description
Favorite Careers and Clusters	Review and manage careers, clusters, and pathways that you have favorited. Find Naviance suggested clusters and pathways.
Explore Careers	Search for careers and review information such as an overview, skills and experience, and wages.
Explore Clusters and Pathways	Search for clusters and pathways and review information such as the employment outlook, related occupations, and related majors.

Military exploration

Feature	Description
Favorite Military Branches	Review and manage military branches that you have added to your favorites list.
Explore Military Branches	Access information for the six US military branches.

Experiential exploration

Feature	Description
Explore Roadtrip Nation Videos	Access over 10,000 video interviews that chronicle the diverse personal stories of leaders who have turned their interests into their life’s work.
Work-Based Learning	Find events and opportunities posted by your school.
Search Job Opportunities	Find job opportunities shared by companies.

Colleges features

Review the College Planning page for more information about these features.

Find your Fft 

Feature	Description
SuperMatch™ College Search	Find best-fit colleges according to criteria that are important to you.
College Match	Review colleges that other students who favorited the same schools as you are interested in.  Also, review colleges that have accepted students with a GPA and test scores like yours.
College Events	Find and sign up for events that colleges are hosting.
Scattergrams	Analyze how you compare to other students from your high school who have been accepted or denied admittance to a college based on GPA and test scores. Data is presented in a graph.
Advanced College Search	Search for colleges that match your interests and then save the search for future reference.
College Lookup	Search for a college using filters such as name, country, state, or college group. Click the heart icon to favorite a college.

Research colleges

Feature	Description
Colleges I’m Thinking About	Build and maintain a list of colleges that you are interested in.
College Compare	Compare the average GPA and test scores of students from your high school that were accepted to colleges on your Colleges I’m Thinking About list.
College Resources	Review external web resources that may be helpful to your college search process.
Acceptance History	Review a list of colleges and the number of students from your school who were accepted and enrolled.
College Maps	Display an interactive map of schools by selecting from a list of pre-defined criteria, such as colleges from your Colleges I’m Thinking About list.
Enrichment Programs	Find enrichment programs shared by your school.

Apply to colleges 

Feature	Description
Colleges I’m Applying To	Build and maintain a list of colleges that you are applying to.
Letters of Recommendation	Request and track teacher letters of recommendation.
Manage Transcripts	Add and review transcript requests and display associated fees.
Test Scores	Review your test scores, including SATs. Depending on your school, enter your test scores.

Scholarships and money 

Feature	Description
Scholarships I’m Applying To	Build and maintain a list of scholarships that you are applying for.
Scholarship List	Find potentially relevant scholarships to review and add to your applications list.
Scholarship Match	Review scholarships that may be a suitable match for you based on requirements such as gender, ethnicity, and GPA.
National Scholarship Search	Access an external site hosted by Sallie Mae and search for scholarship matches based on personal criteria that you provide.

College visits 

Review and register for college visits scheduled at your school.   

Planner features

Review the My Planner page for more information about these features.

Features	Description
Tasks Assigned to Me	Review activities assigned by your school or district, organized by overdue, completed, and to complete. Tasks details include a due date, priority level, and link to complete the activity.
Goals	Create goals for yourself and keep track of your progress in achieving them.
To-Dos	Add and manage action items to complete.
Calendar View	Use the calendar feature to display upcoming due dates for to-dos and tasks in a calendar.
Student Readiness Indicators	Review your progress meeting state graduation requirements, if available at your school.
Curriculum	Access the Naviance College, Career, and Life Readiness Curriculum, if available at your school.
Test Prep	Access SAT, ACT, or AP Test Prep lessons, if available at your school.

About me features

Features	Description
Resume	Keep track of your achievements from middle school to high school and share them with school staff in a resume format. Download the resume to use it for job interviews, scholarship applications, and more.
Test scores	Review your SAT, ACT, and other key test scores added by your school. In some instances, you may also be able to add or edit key test scores in Naviance Student.
Portfolio	Display information about your college-, career-, and life-planning activities in Naviance Student.
My surveys	Review surveys you are still working on and surveys that your school wants you to complete. Select a survey to start or continue it.
My assessments	Review the assessments you are working on and assessments that your school wants you to complete. Select an assessment to start or continue it.
My postsecondary plans	Review your Postsecondary Plans including colleges you are interested in and careers, clusters, and pathways that you have favorited. If available, complete the Game Plan survey and answer questions about your plans for after high school.
My journal	Create journal entries for yourself or share them with counselors, teachers, parents, or guardians. Journal about things like your experiences, your plans, and essays. Attach documents to your journal entries.