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
Anne Hardy
If a student expresses concern about paying for school or financial aid, a faculty or staff member can create a case and send that our way. From there, we will reach out to the student directly to answer their questions, set up an appointment and do what we can to assist. This works well and it’s easy to make these referrals, then have students get the assistance they need, without having to take any extra steps.
Anne Hardy, director of Scholarships and Student Financial Advising Services