USING NAVIANCE FOR TEACHER RECCOMENDATIONS Your Naviance Teachers

USING NAVIANCE FOR TEACHER RECCOMENDATIONS Your Naviance Teacher’s Desk account allows you to upload recommendation letters for your students for electronic submission to the colleges and universities to which they are applying. Before you can do this, you need to determine 2 things: § 1: Is this school a school that accepts electronic documents? § (the vast majority do, but some still deal only with paper) § 2: If so, Does this school use the Common Application? If they do, you must also complete the Common Application Teacher Evaluation form. The next slides will show you how to complete these steps If a school does not accept electronic documents, you must mail the recommendation letter or give it to the student to mail.

IF YOUR STUDENT HAS ADDED A REQUEST FOR A LETTER THROUGH NAVIANCE, FOLLOW THE STEPS BELOW: On your naviance teacher’s desk homepage, click on the “manage and complete my college recommendations. If your student logged the request, their name should be there. Next, click on “prepare forms” next to the student you are working with, click on the “prepare forms” link. This will open up the student’s edocs page.

DOES THIS SCHOOL ACCEPT ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS? If your student hasn’t logged their request in NAVIANCE yet, you will need to find them a different way. From your Teacher’s Desk account, select “find students” from your main homepage. You can search by typing the name, clicking the letter, etc. Once you have located your student, click the “colleges” tab….

THE ICONS WILL TELL YOU WHAT TO UPLOAD A stamp icon indicates the school does not take electronic documents. A paper letter must be mailed. A computer screen with a CA inside indicates the Common Application. You must upload a letter and common app teacher evaluation form An empty computer screen indicates the school accepts electronic documents. You only need to upload your letter

NEXT, CLICK ON THE “EDOCS” TAB

UPLOADING YOUR WRITTEN LETTER Click on the “Prepare” button on the task bar under the edocs tab. From here, click on the “Add” button next to “Teacher Documents” (located below the Documents Checklist). Then follow the directions for locating the letter on your hard drive, and upload it to the student’s edocs page.

COMMON APP TEACHER FORM The Common App Teacher Form replaces the paper copy you would normally fill out. Be aware if a student gives you a paper copy, that you can do this online. Be sure to answer all questions and the rating scales. You will need to check “YES” next to “Do you complete applicant’s academic ratings” in order to see the rating scales. It will pre-populate your name, title, contact info, etc. When finished, select “save form”

RELEASING YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS Once your documents are uploaded, it is time to release them to the colleges. In order to do this, select the “send” option from the “edocs” tab. From here, click the “Expand All” button.

RELEASING YOUR REC. CONTINUED Check the box for the school(s) you are sending to, and make sure your particular document boxes (letter, common app form) are checked. Note: You will only be authorized to send what you authored.

Once this step is completed, select review and confirm. Once you have reviewed your selections, hit “submit”. Your documents will be instantly transferred to the college or university. Andy Scappaticci

To check the status of your documents, select “submission status”.