Using Family Connection

On-line Resource for Planning & AdvisingOverview for Parents

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Overview

What is Family Connection?How do I access it?How do you register?What can I do with it?How does it help career and college planning?

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What is it?

Web-based resource that supports course, career, and college planningSpecific to our schoolLinked with Counselor’s Office, a service that we use in the counseling office

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How is it accessed?

Family Connection is on the Web http://connection.naviance.com/coventry

Parent accountsStudent accounts

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How do you register?

Each parent and student receives a code Use code to create a personal account Codes are random and alphanumeric for

security reasons Codes can be used only once

On your first visit, enter the code in the New User box, then follow on-screen instructionsOn subsequent visits, sign in using the Returning User box

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What can it do?

Share plansComplete surveysCompare collegesLinks to selected third-party resourcesTrack deadlinesProduce scattergramsShow schedule of college visits

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Main Page

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After Sign in

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College Profile

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Surveys

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College Compare

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Scattergram

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Visit Schedule

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How does it help?

Shared resource linking home to schoolOn-line tool for collaboration among counselors, students, and parentsAccurate, complete records about student choices from our schoolRealistic assessments of your child’s chances of admission at colleges where prior graduates have applied

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Questions

For more information, please contact your child’s counselor