Naviance Student Overview
Naviance Student Overview for Students.pdf
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 navigation menu includes access to Naviance Student sections and features.
Menu Features
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 About Me to access About Me features such as your resume and surveys.
Click the globe icon to translate Naviance Student into over 70 languages.
Click Log Out to end your session.
Naviance Student Sections
The following sections are available in Naviance Student from the main menu based on your school’s setup. Select a section and choose a feature or navigate to the section Home, if available.
Section | Description |
Review your Future Planning, information from your school, upcoming to-dos and tasks, and more. | |
Find assessments to take and review your assessment results to learn more about yourself and your potential career interests. | |
Review your school’s course catalog, create course plans, and manage existing course plans. | |
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. | |
Search for and discover college possibilities. | |
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. |
Home Features
Feature | Description |
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 Fit
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. |
Review your progress meeting state graduation requirements, if available at your school. | |
Access the Naviance College, Career, and Life Readiness Curriculum, if available at your school. | |
Access SAT, ACT, or AP Test Prep lessons, if available at your school. |