Feature enhancements 2026
March
PowerBuddy for staff - talk to your reports
PowerBuddy for staff just got smarter. You can now interact directly with your reports, find what you need faster, and take action — all in one place.
Find the right report
Ask PowerBuddy to help you locate a relevant report.
Search using natural language instead of navigating manually.
Talk to your report (for downloaded reports only)
To start, download a report.
Ask questions to analyze trends, summarize data, or dig deeper.
Explore insights.
Favorite reports
Click the Favorite icon within PowerBuddy to favorite a report.
Access your favorited reports anytime by going to Favorites list in Reports.
Enable PowerBuddy for Staff
Navigate to the gear and select Setup.
Choose User Administration or User Admin.
From Options, select Manage Roles and Rights.
Select manage for the corresponding user role.
Select Administer PowerBuddy Settings – District Level.
Navigate to Setup and select PowerBuddy.
Toggle PowerBuddy for Staff on for staff.
Success Planner 2.0 – Enhanced task management
The next release of Success Planner 2.0 introduces powerful new features to streamline student task tracking and improve efficiency with bulk actions.
Key enhancements include:
Assigned student page
A dedicated view for managing assigned tasks
Task progress overview
Visual progress bar displaying counts for tasks that are completed, in progress, not started, overdue, or waived.
Student task list
Comprehensive list showing details, including student name, ID, grade, task status, counselor name, and school name (district only), and available actions.
Advanced filters and export options
Easily sort and export data for reporting and analysis.
Filter by grade, status, and school.
Bulk task actions
Perform actions like marking tasks complete, waiving, or reopening tasks for multiple students at once.
Personalized college profiles for staff
This March, staff users will gain direct access to Naviance’s modernized college profile in Succeed. Naviance’s modernized college profiles for staff include a sample of the Is this college right for you? card, which personalizes students' interests and academic profiles to each college and includes AI-generated summaries for digestible insights, RoadTrip Nation alumni videos, related colleges, and more.
This upcoming release will provide staff users:
Direct access to Naviance’s modernized college profile, ensuring a college profile experience that is consistent with that of students
Streamlined college profile tabs, including:
General college information, such as important policies and contacts
High school application history, overlaps, and an updated Scattergram experience
Admissions policies
Success Planner 2.0 reports
The upcoming Naviance Reports release will introduce new reporting capabilities for Success Planner 2.0.
The release will include the following reports:
Success Planner 2.0 Program Completion Status
Success Planner 2.0 Task Completion Status
February
Work-based learning Partner Portal phase 2
We’re excited to announce that Phase 2 of our new Work‑Based Learning Partner Portal is launching this month. Phase 1 introduced key features that allowed Partners to connect with districts or schools and manage their own Contact and Organization information. Partners also gained the ability to create and share opportunities.
With Phase 2, we are expanding the Portal to support student Engagement and Hours management. Partners will now be able to update student engagement statuses and approve or reject submitted student hours. These new capabilities will automatically appear in the Student Engagements tab of the Portal.
Additionally, student hours submitted for any Partner-created opportunity will now flow to the Partner first for review before moving on to district or school staff for final approval.
Work-based learning in PowerBuddy for Student
This month, we'll be releasing the ability for PowerBuddy to talk to students about Work-Based Learning (WBL). Students will be able to ask questions about WBL opportunities, receive suggestions for opportunities that fit their interests, and discuss opportunities they're participating in.
Work-based learning reports
The upcoming Naviance Reports release will introduce new reporting capabilities for Work-Based Learning.
The release will include the following reports:
Work-Based Learning Contacts
Work-Based Learning Organizations
Work-Based Learning Opportunities
Work-Based Learning Engagements
Work-Based Learning Hours Summary
Work-Based Learning Hours Submissions
January
Faster manual district imports
Instant imports
Manual district imports will now process immediately—no more 24‑hour wait times.
Comprehensive coverage:
All manual district‑level imports are supported (including curl), with performance depending on file size.