This document provides an overview of the Naviance Course Planner tool. It is a multi-year planning tool that helps students track their graduation requirements and plan their course selections. It is not a course request or scheduling tool. The Course Planner is an important tool as it helps students understand their graduation requirements early, supports college and career planning, and satisfies some state mandates. The document demonstrates how to set up the Course Planner, including loading the course catalog, building plans of study, and getting started with professional services and resources from Naviance.

1. Charting a Course with
Naviance Course Planner
Wendy Webster
Consultant

2. Overview of Course Planner

3. What is Naviance Course Planner?
• Multi-year (max 4) planning tool: replaces
paper forms
• Course/Section Forecaster
• Graduation requirement tracker

4. What Course Planner is not…
• Course Requestor/Scheduler
• Semester Planner
• 6 Year Planner (available at either
high school or middle school, not a
cross between both)

5. Why is Course Planner an important
tool?
• Students understand their graduation requirements
early and often (increase graduation rates)
• Fulfills many state mandates
• Supports college and career planning, as well as
overall student success
• Connects learning to life!

6. Why is Course Planner an important
tool?
Examples of states taking advantage of Course Planner for mandate satisfaction.

7. Demonstration (what
SHOULD Course Planning
look like?)

8. Student Demonstration

9. Administrative Demonstration

10. Course Planner Export

11. Set Up Tricks

12. •Professional
Development
•Consultation
Professional
Services
Planning
•People
•Documentation
Prepare
Resources
•Determine
District vs.
School Course
Planning
•Input Subject
Areas
•Import TONS of
information
Load
Catalog
•Keep tips in
mind!
•Use your
resources
Build
Plan/s of
Study
Getting Started

13. Professional Services Planning
Session Title Perquisites Duration Naviance Session
Leader
Attendees
Course Planner: Configuration Course Catalog loaded 2 hours Professional
Development
Those building plans of
study
Consulting Plan/s of Study
Workshop
Course Planner: Configuration
session completed, graduation
documentation gathered
2-4 hours Consultation Those building plans of
study
Managing Student Course Plans Plan/s of Study have been created
and tested
2 hours Professional
Development
Individuals working with
Students
•Professional
Development
•Consultation
Professional
Services
Planning

14. Prepare Resources
People
• IT/Data: Course Catalog
• Subject Matter Experts
o Registrar
o Counselors
o Other Counseling Staff
o Administrators
Documentation
• Graduation Requirements Document
•People
•Documentation
Prepare
Resources

15. Course Catalog
• Do you have a District Account?
• Within the District, are Course IDs the same
across all schools?
• Do courses have the same credits at each
school?
• Is it the same credit requirements for
graduation?
•Determine District
vs. School Course
Planning
•Input Subject
Areas
•Import TONS of
information
Load Catalog

16. Course Catalog
•Determine District
vs. School Course
Planning
•Input Subject
Areas
•Import TONS of
information
Load Catalog

17. Course Catalog
•Determine District
vs. School Course
Planning
•Input Subject
Areas
•Import TONS of
information
Load Catalog
• Must include:
 Course ID
 Course Title
 Subject Area
 Credits
 Grades offered
• Should also include:
 Instructional Level
 Descriptions

18. Plan of Study/Requirement Creation
Keep tips in
mind!
Build Plan/s
of Study

19. Naviance Resources
Professional
Development
And
Consultation

20. Questions?

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