Navigate Staff
Navigate Staff is an online student success management system for advisors, faculty and staff. You can use it to:
- Identify and prioritize students who could benefit from additional assistance.
- Initiate conversations with students who may be experiencing academic or personal challenges.
- Simplify student intervention through campaigns.
- Issue referrals and early alerts/progress reports to initiate proactive student outreach.
How to Access Navigate Staff
If you're logged in to Outlook or another Microsoft application with your employee ID (A-ID@mail.niu.edu), you should be able to access the Navigate Staff website.
If you need help accessing Navigate Staff, submit a request via the Navigate help form.
Navigate Staff Resources
Success Stories
Ted Hogan
Rather than wait until the end of the semester, Navigate gives us a chance to intervene early and it is a great avenue to help students succeed. With the help of these alerts, significantly fewer students are falling through the cracks. The message that comes across is, teachers show their students they are cared about individually and their success matters. It’s extremely satisfying to help students along the way to their career success, and it’s good to have Navigate as part of our tool set to work with.
Ted Hogan, associate professor in the Department of Engineering Technology
Roxana Fotovat
I have noticed that issuing an alert helps students stay on track and become more engaged with the course. It increases their awareness of their standing and the consequences of falling behind. This motivates them to take action such as completing missing work or seeking help, which ultimately results in finishing the course on a much stronger note than they started.
Roxana Fotovat, instructor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry