Staff
August 20-23: Orientation for new students. Students will be downloading the Navigate360 Student App & completing the intake survey. Advisors can review the survey responses on the student profile under the Checklist tab.
August 28-September 18: Instructors issue Nanook Navigator Early Engagement Reports &
September 28: Advisors Spring 2027 Registration Starts *Two weeks before the course list is available.
October 16: Instructors enter midterm grades in UAOnline. Grades are available in the .
December 16: All for the semester are to be closed out by this date. On December 17, the cases are
closed out by the Nanook Navigator Team using the “Unknown if Staff Contacted� outcome.
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Log into Nanook Navigator:
Learn how to log into your Nanook Navigator profile, switch roles, view assigned students, search for students, and change your profile semester data.
Review the getting started guide here.
Review the user settings guide here.
Review the .
How to access the help center and help center articles
The Staff Dashboard is a feature designed to give you an at-a-glance, actionable information about students who are assigned to you and an overview of ongoing or recent activity. Users can create custom tiles from V3 Reports to be more productive and strategic when managing your unique student caseload.
Events allow staff to reach out to specific student populations to encourage them to sign up for events.
Send text messages to students through Nanook Navigator.
- Please review the Nanook Navigator Text Message Policy before texting.
- Here is the communications video: .
- Here is the handout on how to create a messaging campaign.
Send e-mails to students, advisors or instructors in Nanook Navigator.
- Here is the communications video: .
- Rich Text Editor handout.
- and (log into help center to access)
- Here is the handout on how to create a messaging campaign.
Run an advanced search to get a quick list of student names and students IDs. Staff and faculty advisors can utilize this list for creating watch lists, communicating to students, scheduling appointments, and use in combination with several other Nanook Navigator features.
NOTE: Transfer students will show up as "enrolled" for the term that their transfer courses are evaluated in. You may have transfer students who are not matriculating until a future term that may populate on your current term results. You can use the to ensure the student is enrolled in UA courses for that term.
Here is the advanced search training video:
- Department accounts in Nanook Navigator are a tool to utilize the unit/department advisor code for serving our students in a coordinated care manner.
- Create a prospective student profile handout or - this profile can then later be merged with the matriculated student profile. Use this manual profile to track appointments and reports on appointments before the student is a UA matriculated student. Recommendations: track the student profiles you create and merge in Nanook Navigator. Here is a .
- and : schedule appointments for the office/department/unit through the unit/department account
- Department Account- Drop-In Availability
Getting Started
Getting Started
- Getting Started Guide (Coming Soon!)
- Access Request Forms
- Join us for hands-on training. Review the Training Outline & Details and sign up!
- provides a variety of information, articles, data, handouts, and initiatives to the public. Anyone with an alaska.edu email address may create a profile in EAB to access more information, articles, data, handouts, and initiatives.
Student Profile
- Student Profile Guide (Coming Soon!)
- Create a Prospective Student (Coming Soon!)
Data feeds in from Banner nightly. Note that it can take 8-24 hours for data to populate in Nanook Navigator or the mobile app.
Appointments
These guides provide the steps to set up appointment availability, sync your Google Calendar, schedule appointments, create and manage appointments, report on the appointments, and track appointment attendance. These steps will set up an academic advisor or support staff for creating appointment campaigns, managing the campaign, and streamlining the appointment documentation.
Appointment Availability
Appointment Campaigns
Appointment Scheduling
Appointment Summaries
Appointment Center
& Kiosk
All appointments and subsequent appointment reminders are scheduled in Alaska Standard Time (AKST)/Alaska Time (AKT).
Students view the appointment slots in the mobile app based on their device’s set time zone.
For example, if an appointment slot is available at 12 pm Alaska Time (AKT), and the student’s phone is set to Central Time (CT), the slot will appear for 3 pm CDT on their mobile app.
See the for more information.
Active students can access the mobile app and mobile app desktop to schedule appointments using staff appointment links (PALs), appointment campaign invitations and links, or the scheduling center.
Note: staff who are not active students can not test links in the mobile app.
The staff organizer the student is scheduling with will need current and active that matches the location, services, and dates the student is using.
If the staff organizer’s Google Calendar and Nanook Navigator calendar are full with busy blocks and appointments, then the student will need to click a couple of weeks out on the scheduling calendar to populate the next 30 days of open appointment slots.
Staff Checklist:
- Is the student an active student with access to the mobile app?
- Does my availability include the dates the student is using?
- Is my appointment availability correct for the appointment type (appointment, drop-in, campaign)?
- Does my appointment availability include the service the student is using?
- Are there open/free times on my Google Calendar?
- Does the student have class during my open times?
- Did the student click out a couple of weeks from today to populate the next 30 days?
See more information on appointments . Note: Some locations have restrictions in place based on category.
Default appointment lengths are controlled at the Location level, not by individual users. You can view current service settings by location in our . Any changes apply to all users at that location, including all staff and faculty advisors.
That said, staff can set their own appointment length when within their Appointment Campaigns.
These errors occur when one’s appointment availability does not match the specifications of the Define Appointment Campaign page. Please check your appointment availability for the following:
- Type of Availability: Campaigns in dark gray on your appointment availability.
- Services: The service listed on the define campaign page must be in the appointment campaign availability.
- Date Range: The date range on the define campaign page must be within the dates of the appointment campaign availability.
- Location: The locations listed on the define campaign page must match the appointment campaign availability.
See the "" and sections for more information.
Path 1: The appointment was scheduled outside of Nanook Navigator or the student dropped-in with no appointment.
- Appointments scheduled outside of Nanook Navigator are treated as drop-ins. You can associate them with your campaign by completing an that matches your campaign criteria (location, date range, and service). As you fill out the summary, a new dropdown will appear allowing you to select and associate the campaign. See for a screenshot and additional detail.
Path 2: The appointment was scheduled in Nanook Navigator but not through the campaign link (e.g. via PAL, Appointment Center, Staff, wrong appointment summary, etc.), and it does match the campaign criteria (Scheduling Window Dates, Location, Service).
- Use the tab to associate these appointments with the campaign. Open the tab, select the appointment, and choose Associate Appointments from the Actions menu. The appointment will then be counted toward your campaign data.
Path 3: The appointment was scheduled in Nanook Navigator but not through the campaign link (e.g. via PAL, Appointment Center, Staff, wrong appointment summary, etc.), and it does not match the campaign criteria (Scheduling Window Dates, Location, Service).
- The appointment details will need to be updated to match the campaign specifications. Staff can through the Staff Home Appointments Tab to access and update the report details accordingly (location, date range, and service).
Documentation & Communication
These guides cover the tools available in Nanook Navigator for communicating with students and documenting your outreach.
Documentation
Communication
- Email & Text Message Content Templates (EAB Help Center Article)
- Nanook Navigator Text Message Policy
- Email Templates & Best Practices (Coming Soon!)
Appointment Survey Metrics & Responses
- Pre-Appointment Questions from Students &
- Appointment Feedback from Student &
Alerts, Referrals, & Case Management
Alerts can be configured to automatically open a Case, which is essentially an electronic case file where staff can coordinate for a single student across departments. A case is an electronic “case file� where staff and instructors across departments (e.g., financial aid, bursar, tutoring, and advising) can coordinate and collaborate on the follow-up with students. Cases create a more formalized next step for action or intervention on an issued alert.
Include Comments in Case Closed email to Alert Issuer
Detailed comments include: outreach methods (text, email, call, etc.), more details on the results of the outreach, how the student engaged, next steps for the alert issuer and student, what steps will be taken next by the case owner (support will continue, an appointment is scheduled, etc.).

Data
Users can access Banner and Nanook Navigator-created data through features like the Advanced Searches, Reports, Analytics, Dashboard, and more.
Dashboard
- (Coming Soon!)
Student List
Common Reports
Advanced Searches
Reports
Assigned Students
Automations
- (Coming Soon!)
Analytics
- (Coming Soon!)


