1. 8 Naviance Orientation

2. Welcome to Naviance
Naviance is a web-based resource for students and parents that assists with:
Career Planning
College Exploration
Resume Building
Scholarship searching

3. How Can I Use It? Career Planning College Planning Success Planning
Career Interest Profiler, Personality Inventory, Career Cluster Finder, Resume Building
College Planning
College Search, Application Process, College Major Exploration, Scholarship/Financial Aid Resources
Success Planning
Personalized Goals and Tasks, Journal Entries, Student Planner

4. Getting Started

5. Connection.naviance.com/sjla
9-Digit Number
Pass2014
“Remember to use a capital “P”

6. Click Here to search for college information

7. There are many ways to complete a college search and to find other college resources.

8. Today you will use the College Search to find colleges that match your interests.

9. The College Search feature allows you to search for colleges based on several criteria including:
Type of School
Location
Major
Enrollment

10. At any point in the college search you can click on “Show Matches,” and view a list of colleges that meet your criteria
Once you have a list of matching colleges you can select that college to learn more detailed information about that school.

11. Now that you have selected a college you can view information regarding admissions, financial aid, majors and student life.
If this is a college that you like
you can add it to your list of colleges that you are thinking about.

12. This college will now appear in your list of “colleges that you are thinking about.”
Now you can continue to research other schools and visit the Naviance site to review your information.

13. You can also use the colleges tab to locate scholarship, summer programs, college maps and other resources

14. Your Assignment Connection.naviance.com/sjla
Complete the College Finder
Using the Naviance Orientation power point, navigate your way to the Family Connections portal and log in. Once you are logged in locate the colleges tab, select College Search, and complete the assessment.
Identify possible colleges
Once you have finished the college survey, identify 3 or more colleges in which you have an interest. Add these to your colleges I’m thinking about list
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15. Your Assignment Connection.naviance.com/sjla Lastly – Journal Entry
Find and select the tab all “About Me”
Next find the “Journal” link
Once you have found the link and selected it add a new journal entry and in the subject line title it as “First College Search Reaction”
Share this entry with your counselor, teachers, and parents.
Your journal entry should address the questions below
Describe three things that you learned from the completing the College Search Activity.
What impact did completing the activity have on your thoughts about your future educational options?
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16. Scavenger Hunt

17. Scavenger Hunt - Rules
Teachers may not give answers but they may provide assistance through guided questions if students become “stuck.”
Students can work individually or in a team.
Students must use the Naviance program to answer all questions.
Students may not use cell phones, google or any other resources to find answers to the questions. Naviance only.

18. Scavenger Hunt-Questions
How many colleges are located in California?
How many colleges are located in San Francisco?
How many 2-year colleges are located in California?
Name 2 Colleges that offer a degree in Architectural Engineering?
Name 5 Colleges that offer degrees in Nursing or a Nursing related field?
Name 3 colleges that offer a degree in Carpentry AND Masonry.
Name 5 colleges in California that offer a 2 year degree.
How many colleges in California have 20,000 or more students? List those colleges.
Name 5 majors offered at the Harvard University.
How many colleges in San Diego offer Basketball at the Division III level?
Name 3 majors offered at Stanford.
How many colleges in California charge $5,000 or less for tuition?
How many students attend Penn State University – University Park Campus?
How many students attend UC Berkley?
If you wanted to study Graphic Design at a 2-year college, where could you go?