New to Northstar? This quick start guide will walk you through the major features of Northstar. Most items include video tutorials.
Quick Start Guide for Staff: All staff with admin portal access can view assessment results, manage learners in Northstar Online Learning, and access the Northstar curriculum.
After opening the launch page, enter your name in the fields or log into your Northstar account. Then, select an assessment to take.
Note: if you are logged in to the Admin Portal, you will receive a warning message. This message is to prevent you from giving an assessment to a learner while logged in. You can disregard the warning for this quick start walk-through.
View your result and missed questions
Explore Northstar Online Learning (NSOL)
You can navigate to Northstar Online Learning via the top right menu in the Admin Portal.
Work through several topics.
Note: NSOL practice and instruction is only available for select topics. We hope to release more topics' practice as funding allows.
Add a Learner to Northstar Online Learning
Explore the classroom curriculum
In the Admin Portal, click on the Curriculum tab.
Read the Teacher Guide and sample a few lessons.
Explore the Admin Portal
The tabs at the top of the Admin Portal link to most major functions of Northstar.
Tab descriptions:
Learners: View current learner accounts and invite new learners.
Assessments: Start proctoring sessions and view results.
Reports: Generate reports on location-wide assessment results.
Location Info (admins only): Invite new staff members and edit Northstar location info.
Resources: Various resources including the manual, FAQs, curriculum, printable flyers, and link to request email help.
Quick Start Guide for Proctors
Take a proctored assessment via Proctor PIN
Note: if you are logged in to the Admin Portal, you will receive the warning message shown below. This message is to prevent you from giving an assessment to a learner while logged in. You can disregard the warning for this quick start walk-through.
Print a certificate for your result
Practice setting up a proctored session via test-taker request