D E G R E E N A V I G AT O R :

D E V RY U N I V E R S I TY ’ S
DEGREE AUDIT SERVICE
STUDENT REFERENCE GUIDE

Publication Date: 06-22-04 © All Rights Reserved.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Degree Navigator: ......................................................................................................................................... 1
DeVry University’s Degree Audit Service...................................................................................................... 1
Student Reference Guide.............................................................................................................................. 1
Disclaimer...................................................................................................................................................... 2
Your Guide to Degree Navigator................................................................................................................... 4
Overview ....................................................................................................................................................... 4
Accessing Degree Navigator......................................................................................................................... 4
Degree Navigator Main Menu ....................................................................................................................... 5
Degree Navigator – An “Island” Overview .................................................................................................... 6
Viewing Your Program of Study.................................................................................................................... 7
Interpreting (Viewing) Academic Progress.................................................................................................... 8
Color Coding......................................................................................................................................... 11
Unused Stack ....................................................................................................................................... 12
Selected Courses ................................................................................................................................. 12
WV-Elect Island .................................................................................................................................... 14
Viewing Your Course List............................................................................................................................ 14
Academic Progress Reports ....................................................................................................................... 15
Other Degree Navigator Reference Guides................................................................................................ 17

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Your Guide to Degree Navigator

Overview
Degree Navigator is a view-only application used to assist you in assessing
your progress in a particular program of study. You’ll find it includes all
course descriptions, course relationships and degree programs with the
related requirements. You can access Degree Navigator at any time and from
any computer that offers an Internet connection.

This document has been developed to introduce you to DeVry’s new web-
based degree audit service. The manual is designed primarily to aid you as
you explore its many attributes.

Accessing Degree Navigator

Once connected to the Internet, you may type in the following URL to access
the MyDeVry portal. You will enter Degree Navigator from here.

http://my.devry.edu

Due to the sensitive nature of

the information available to
users of the system, an initial
login screen is presented
requiring entry of specific
information to allow you to
continue.

After gaining access to the MyDeVry portal “Welcome”, access Degree

Navigator by clicking the link located under the Navigator portlet.

The screen below will be displayed, click the ‘Access Degree Navigator’
button.

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Click the ‘Access

Degree Navigator’
button

Degree Navigator Main Menu

The ‘Access Degree Navigator’ button will take you to the main menu. From
here you can navigate to information about your program of study and
academic progress as well as view a course list and reports.

Currently, the Main Menu screen contains four major sections:

1. ACADEMIC PROGRESS
o Displays the course status panel, which contains a list of
Unused Courses and Selected Courses for future
terms and a Legend for courses on the islands. Please
note this area will be grayed out until you have selected
Note: the My Program button.
To get a printable copy of
these features visit the 2. MY PROGRAM
Quick Reference Card o Displays your academic progress towards completion of
section of your portal to your selected program of study.
access the Degree
Navigator guide “at a 3. COURSE LIST
glance”.
o Displays the courses you have taken and the associated
grades received.
4. REPORTS MENU
o Pop-up of various reports to display and/or print. Similar
to the Academic Progress button, this area will be
grayed out as well until you have selected the My
Program button.

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X Y Z [
Main Menu

We will review each of these sections throughout the guide.

Degree Navigator – An “Island” Overview

Degree Navigator uses an island concept to display different programs of
study and academic progress towards those offerings. This means each
degree requirement is an island as are groups of courses within a
program of study.
Top Level
X (Disciplines)
This level represents
search islands, which
are typically groups of
program offerings. You
would click one of
these to view a specific
program of study.

Y 2nd Level
(Program
Offerings)
This level represents
related program
offerings for the
selected program of
study.

Z 3rd Level
(Course
Requirements)
The 3rd level
represents the courses
required to complete a
program of study.

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[ Final Level
By clicking on one of
the islands in the final
level, you can see the
course designator of
the individual’s
required courses.

Viewing Your Program of Study

To view your program of study, click the My Programs button at the top of
the screen. Notice the screen defaults to the undergraduate programs of
study.

My Program Screen

To change the view of the programs of study to graduate, follow the steps
below.

3. Select Graduate.
1. Click
Display from
the menu bar.

2. Select
Grad/Undergrad from
the drop down list.

Click on any of the

categories to view
the degrees
offered in each
discipline.

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Follow the same steps to change the view back to Undergraduate.

Please note it is not necessary to display specific program offerings to view

your individual program(s).

Interpreting (Viewing) Academic Progress

Viewing your degree completion progress is easy! Simply click the Academic
Progress button at the top of your screen.

Each island represents a set of courses as outlined in the catalog: Core,

Program Specific, Electives and Capstone (For Graduate).

Academic Progress Screen

The courses (disks) on each island are the courses you must choose from to
complete the requirement.

Courses (disks)

In the screenshot below, you’ll notice there is a number assigned to each

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island. These numbers represent either the number of courses or the number
of credits required to satisfy the degree requirements.

Sometimes when viewing your academic progress, you may see a WV-Elect
Island appears. This happens if you waived any courses and must take
electives to replace them. If you have not waived any courses, this island will
not appear at all (Graduate Only).

Graduate Students Only

The number shown in the pie chart illustrates the number of credits required
to complete the program.

If you had successfully completed any courses this number would have the
number of courses complete in front, for example “40/45”.

By clicking anywhere on one of the programs will raise the course tower,
stack of all courses, as shown below. This allows you to see the individual
course designators that make up the tower.

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Course Tower
or Stack

If you hover your

cursor over any of
the course disks,
you will see the
option to ‘Select
course or get its
description.

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Click on the course

number and select
Course Description.

The course
description for the
selected course is
now displayed.

Click the OK button

to exit.

Color Coding
There are a lot of colors found in Degree Navigator and each has a specific
meaning. The list below provides an explanation of what each means. Notice
they are also marked numerical in the illustration.

Orange Disks: Degree Requirement Satisfied

Pink Disks: Currently Enrolled Degree Requirements

White Disks: Degree Requirements Not Yet Satisfied

Orange Island Tags: Entire Island Requirements Are Satisfied

Green Disks: Selected Courses

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Course Status
Panel

Y
\
X
[

Unused Stack
At left of the screen in the course status panel is a set of unused courses. The
courses that make up this category are not applicable to the degree in which
you are enrolled:

• Requisite Skills Courses, i.e. GM400, IS525, MTH090, ENGL034

• Failed or Withdrawn (Incomplete) Courses

• Courses that do not apply to the current program, may apply to

other programs in which you are enrolled.

Selected Courses
A selected course(s) is a course you plan to take in an upcoming term, for
example (insert example). If a course is selected, it is shown as a green disk
in Degree Navigator.

Important Note: Selecting a course does not register you or reserve

a seat for you in that course. You will still need to follow the
procedures establish at your campus/center to register in person
or through Student Self Service.

This feature of Degree Navigator is a useful tool to assist you with planning
out your remaining courses.

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The steps to selecting a course are similar to those discussed above for
viewing a course description.

Follow the steps illustrated in the screens below.

To select a particular
course, click on the course
disk and click Select.

The screen below will appear.

You will see a reminder message stating
by selecting the course you are NOT
registered for the course.

The second note is verifying you want

to select the course you have chosen. X
Y Z

1. Select the term in which you would like to take this course.

2. Click the ‘Select Summer 04’ button (the selected term will be shown
on the button).

3. Use the Cancel button if you do not wish to proceed with the
selection.

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You will notice the course disk is now green.

The selected
course is now
shown on the
course panel
status.
Notice the color
of the course
corresponds with
that of the actual
term (Summer 04)
for which it is
selected, shown
directly below it.
WV-Elect Island
This was explained earlier in this section, but to reiterate, if you have waived
courses the first electives that you take will be placed in the WV-Elect set
until you have replaced all waived courses.

Viewing Your Course List

To view a report of all the classes you have taken, the grades achieved and
the term in which they were taken, click the Course List button at the top of
the screen. Courses are displayed whether or not they apply to any of your
programs of study.

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This is what you will see after you have selected the button. You have a
“snapshot” of all your courses.

When in Degree Navigator to exit the Course List screen, click the “x” at the
top right corner to close, similar to closing other applications.
Note:
The term listed on the
course list represents the
registration term Take a look at the
equivalent to the term in Degree Navigator –
which you started the
Reports QRC for
program.
more details.

When in Degree Navigator

to exit the Course List
screen, click the “x” at the
top right corner to close,
similar to closing other
applications.

Academic Progress Reports

By selecting Reports Menu from the top of your screen, you are presented
with a drop-down list to select a report to view.

Reports Menu Screen

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Report List Dropdown

Each report
contains the
following
information
in slightly
different
formats:

• Degree Requirements and Completion Status (“satisfied” or

“unsatisfied”)

• Term in which the courses were taken and the grade received for
each

• GPAs

o Term: All program courses for each individual session

o Cumulative: All program courses from the beginning term

through present

o Capstone (Graduate Only): All required courses as listed in

the catalog (core, program-specific, etc.)

There are several reports from which you can chose. The more popular
based on the information you are looking for are the Mini Report, Full
Report and Status Report.

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Other Degree Navigator Reference Guides

Again, this document has been developed to introduce you to Degree
Navigator and primarily to aid you as you explore its many attributes.

Also available to you are additional quick reference cards, which breaks
down the components of Degree Navigator “at a glance”. The cards can be
found in the Quick Reference Card section of your portal.

• Degree Navigator – “At a Glance”

• Degree Navigator – Reports

Should you have additional questions about Degree Navigator, please
contact the Registrar’s office at your location.

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