This recorded Navigate training session walks through the Skills Assessment, from how students complete it to how staff review results.

What this session covers

  • What the My Skills module is and how the skills assessment helps students understand their employability starting point.
  • How students start, complete and review their skills assessment results.
  • How students build their skills you're developing list for the year ahead.
  • How staff view an individual student's assessment results from the student record.
  • How staff use the assessment reports to review cohorts and spot non-completers.

For students: taking and using the assessment

  1. Log in to Navigate using Login using Microsoft, Login using Google or email and password, then open the My Skills module.
  2. Click Start a new skills assessment, choose a target completion date and select the assessment name, for example the Personal and Professional Skills Assessment.
  3. Answer each question honestly, leaving and returning as needed, then view your results, which are grouped into themes and RAG rated per skill.
  4. From your results, add a few skills to the skills you're developing list, then log those skills against activities and placement attendance so your evidence count grows.

For staff: viewing results and reports

  1. Use Quick Links to search for a student by name or number, then open their student record to view their assessment results and distance travelled.
  2. Open the Reports module and go to the assessment section, then use Starting Point and Distance Travelled to view average scores per skill for a cohort.
  3. Open the Assessment Completion report, filter by assessment, then sort the Assessments Taken column to bring blanks to the top and identify students who have not completed.