Navigate for Faculty

Welcome to the spring semester!  We invite all faculty to use Navigate to help strengthen our coordinated efforts to support students.  Through early alerts and progress reports triggered by faculty, advisors and other student success staff, we will be able to intervene and support students earlier. This will help them achieve successful academic outcomes.

Below, please find the 2026 Spring Progress Reporting Schedule:

Full Term Undergraduate Courses

  • Attendance Verification: January 12 - January 18
  • Early Alerts: January 19 - February 8
  • Midterm Alerts: February 16 - March 11

First Half Term Undergraduate Courses

  • Attendance Verification and Early Alerts: January 12 - January 18
  • Midterm Alerts: January 22 - January 27

Second Half Term Undergraduate Courses

  • Attendance Verification and Early Alerts: March 16 - March 22
  • Midterm Alerts: March 25 - March 30

Midterm Only Undergraduate Courses

  • First Five: January 15 - January 21
  • Second Five: February 20 - February 25
  • Third Five: April 3 - April 8
  • First Ten: February 6 - February 11
  • Second Ten: March 20 - March 25

Midterm Grades in Navigate: What to Know About Canvas Grading Schemes

As we prepare for the Spring 2026 midterm grade and progress reporting period, we want to share an important clarification related to how letter grades appear in EAB Navigate and how faculty choice remains central to this process.

How Letter Grades Appear in Navigate

For a letter grade to automatically populate in Navigate, a grading scheme must be active in Canvas for the course,

  • When a grading scheme is in Canvas, the corresponding letter grade flows directly to Navigate.
  • When a grading scheme is not enabled, Navigate will display only the current course score, and a letter grade will need to be selected manually.

Faculty Autonomy Remains Central

To support instructional autonomy and varied grading practices:

  • Faculty decide whether or not to associate a grading scheme in Canvas.
  • There is no requirement to enable a grading scheme.

The Tradeoff to Be Aware Of

  • No grading scheme = no letter grade automatically populated in Navigate.  You must select from a drop-down menu.
  • Active grading scheme = a simpler, faster midterm grade submission process.

Enabling a grading scheme reduces duplicate entry and streamlines reporting, making it easier to submit midterm grades while ensuring students receive timely academic feedback.

Canvas to EAB Grade Syncing

The Canvas Course Score, Canvas Current Course Grade, and Midterm Grade Submission columns with the student feedback form are updated at 10:00 PM nightly.  All activity in Canvas, grading included, occurring BEFORE 10:00 PM is expected to be updated in this platform the next day.  Any activity within Canvas taking place AFTER 10:00 PM becomes available the day after that.

Canvas Grade Scheme Questions and Assistance

For questions or assistance with enabling a grading scheme, please review this knowledge base article or contact the following for assistance:

Technology HelpDesk Support

Tech Center, Bracken Library, Room BL 101

  • M-Th, 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
  • F, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Online and Strategic Learning, BC 220

Navigate Support

The Navigate implementation team has developed a series of helpful resources for faculty and staff to learn more about EAB Navigate.  These resources include:

Training Opportunities  Additional Resources

Questions

Please contact navigate@bsu.edu.

Technology HelpDesk Support

Tech Center, Bracken Library, Room BL 101

  • M-Th, 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
  • F, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM