Creating Your Academic Plan in Navigate Without an Advisor Draft Plan

This workflow guide explains how you can create an Academic Plan to graduation using the Next Generation Academic Planner in Navigate, even if your advisor has not sent you a plan to use as a guide.

Log in to Navigate

Go to https://lakelandcollege.navigate.eab.com/ and log in to Navigate using your Laker Hub or Canvas credentials. Contact navigatehelp@lakelandcollege.edu if you have difficulty logging in to Navigate.

Start Creating an Academic Plan

To start creating your Academic Plan, select the Planner link from the menu at the top of your Navigate site.

Adding a Template

You are now in My Planner. The next step is to add a program template to your plan. In the Planner Tools, click Templates, then click the Add Templates link. The center panel now displays the Add Additional Templates page. A list of templates is on this page. Choose the template for your program by selecting the Add to My Templates button.

To view the selected template, click on Back to Planning at the top of the center panel. The program requirements will appear in the middle column. Here, you can choose to show matched courses by toggling the Show Matched Column. You can also choose to add multiple courses to a plan at once by toggling Bulk Add to Term.

Show and Add Terms

Next, begin building your plan using the terms in the right-hand column. To show terms that you have completed, select Show Completed Terms from the Draft Plans hamburger menu. To add a new term, click the Add a Term button and choose a term from the dropdown. You can then add more terms by repeating these actions. Once finished, you can add courses from the template or by using enhanced search.

Adding Courses from Template

Once you’ve added all of your terms, you can use the program template to create an Academic Plan. The Matched columns indicate courses that are already on a student’s plan because they have either planned, registered for, or completed the course.

Bulk Add to Template

To assign multiple courses to an Academic Plan at once, turn on the Bulk Add to Term toggle. Click on the arrow in front of the name of the course(s) requirement – also called a placeholder – to expand the placeholder to view the course(s) that meet each program requirement. Select the box in front of the placeholder or the specific courses you want to add to a term.

After selecting the courses and placeholders to add to the term, click the Add to Term button and select the term you want to assign them to. If you select a placeholder, you must later select the actual course section to schedule and register for. This reminder appears in the Academic Plan.

You can also add courses to the Academic Plan from the template individually when Bulk Add to Term is toggled off. Add an actual course by expanding a recommendation using the button and then clicking the menu and selecting Add to Term from the dropdown, followed by selecting the term.

Search For and Add Courses

You can also search for and add courses not included in the template to the Academic Plan. The link is located in the Planning Tools menu under the Course Catalog tab in the left column. The Search Courses page opens in the center panel. Use the filters to find courses and then click Search. Results will then show.

To add a course to the plan, select the checkbox in front of the course and choose a term from the dropdown at the top of the results. Then select Add to Term.

Courses then appear in the My Academic Plan panel. Repeat these actions to add more courses to the Academic Plan. Continue adding courses to your plan from the template or from the course schedule until you have created an academic plan that includes all requirements of the degree.

Degree Audit

You can access your degree audit from the Degree Audit tab at the bottom of the left-side panel. Click on Open My Degree Audit to be directed to Self-Service, where you will be able to view your Progress (Degree Audit) report.