Planner

A step-by-step guide for how to create a Course.

Create a Course

This article explains the Previous Coursework setting and how to display it on the student's Course Plan.

Display Previous Coursework

This article explains equivalent courses and how to set them up in Planner.

Equivalent Courses

This article explains how to Favorite a Course in the Course Catalog and then add that Course to My Course Plan.

Favorite a Course

A step-by-step guide for how to update an existing Course.

Update a Course

How to view a list of all Courses in a District. This can be sorted by Subject, Grade, School, and Archived Courses.

See a List of All Courses in a District

This article explains how to access and use the Course Catalog for your school.

Overview of the Course Catalog

A step-by-step guide for how to Replace an existing Course.

Replace a Course

This article explains the Students Per Course report and how to use it.

Report:  Students Per Course

This article explains the Guided Welcome process and how to navigate through it so you can start selecting your courses.

Guided Welcome

This article provides an overview of the filters and features found on the Students page as used by a Counselor.

Overview of Student Landing Page

This article explains how to view and clear notifications sent to you from your counselor.

View Your Notifications

Unlock the full potential of Pathful with our extensive library of user resources.

Resource Center and Training Page

Browse short step-by-step videos designed to help you quickly learn key features, complete common tasks, and troubleshoot issues. These bite-sized tutorials provide fast, practical guidance so you can get answers quickly.

Quick Video Tutorials

Integrations & Rostering

Canvas - Adding LTI External Tool to an Assignment

Blackboard - Adding External Tool Link to Course

Canvas - Adding Course Navigation LTI External Tool

Canvas - Disabling Course Navigation Placement

Moodle - Adding External Tool Link to a Course

District and school settings, LMS integrations (Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle), accessibility tools, email settings, system requirements, and IT configuration including domain whitelisting.

Setup & Administration

Pathful provides many accessibility options via UserWay.

Accessibility Options

Closed Captions are available on all Job Shadowing and Life Skills videos.

Closed Captions

What sites does my school need to whitelist for a smooth connection to Pathful?

Pathful Domains for IT to Whitelist

This page provides a list of system requirements required for Pathful.

Pathful System Requirements

Review this article for assistance using Zoom for your live Pathful connection.

Setting Up Zoom for Live Pathful Connections

This article explains how to set the number of required alternative courses at the School level.

Set the Number of Required Alternative Courses- School Level

Track work-based learning experiences, add reflections, manage instances, and handle experience approvals. For both students logging experiences and educators managing them.

Experience Tracker

Sort your Experience Tracker dashboard by Experiences assigned to you.

View Experiences Assigned to Me

View the list of experiences that need your approval.

View My Pending Approval List

This article explains how to access the Student Tracker. The Student Tracker is a comprehensive view of all artifacts a student has created in Pathful.

View the Student Tracker

Build employability skills through videos, journals, resumes, cover letters, and course management. Includes the recognition program, badges, bookmarks, and playlists.

Employability & Skills

Download a PDF of your cover letter for easy access and printing.

Download a Cover Letter

Download a Resume

Explore careers through job shadowing videos, Career Central profiles, career journals, pop quizzes, and job and internship searches. Includes video playlists, favorites, and career filters.

Career Exploration

Find a career and watch a job shadowing video.

Locate a Career Video

Manage user accounts, groups, passwords, roles, and Single Sign-On (SSO). Includes adding, editing, and deleting users, bulk uploads, rostering, and group management.

Account & User Management

Google - How to download metadata XML

Google - How to Manage Access

These are the steps for setting up your Google custom SAML application.

Google - How to Setup a Google Custom SAML Application

Google - How to Setup Google API Service Account with Google G-Suite

Google - How to Update Certificate

Google - How to Verify Application Settings

This article will give you instructions to use the bulk upload feature for your staff and admininstrators.

Guide to Completing a Bulk User Upload

How to Download Google Chrome Logs

How to Log In to Your Pathful Account

Quickly locate shared groups for ease of use and editing as needed.

Locate a Shared Group

A step-by-step guide for how to log in to Pathful.

Log in Process

How to log in to Pathful Explore with your Google account.

Log In with a Google Account

Manage Users

This article explains how to Add and Delete users as well as how to Edit user information.

Manage Users:  User Profile

OneRoster Specifications

This article contains important information to remember when creating Groups.

Overview of Groups Management

This article explains how to search for users, add new users, edit user information, and search for groups.

Overview of User Management

In support of Pathful’s commitment to transparency, below is information regarding our use of sub-processors:

Pathful Subprocessors

Portal Rostering Methods

Rostering ensures that data from the school's internal roster is automatically kept in sync with the user list in Pathful Explore.

Rostering

Locate a Group you created or a Shared Group.

Search for a Group

Use filters to quickly locate a user and make changes to their profile.

Search for a User

How to create a report of the videos being viewed by your users.

See the Videos My Users Are Watching

A step-by-step guide for how to send a message to a group of students.

Send a Message to a Group of Students

This article explains how to send a message to an individual student.

Send a Message to a Student

It can be helpful to share groups with others on your license. You can share a group as you create it or share an existing group later. This article explains how to do both.

Share a Group

Single Sign-On is the ability to log in to multiple websites or systems without having to remember passwords from all of the websites or systems.

Single Sign-On

Complete a Common App student recommendation form within Pathful.

Student Recommendation Form

This article explains how to alternate between roles if, as a user, you have dual roles within Planner.

Switch Between Dual Roles

Overview of User, Staff, and Administrator roles and their access levels within the platform.