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About Compass
About Compass is a project page detailing the Compass initiative's user-centered design approach to improving discoverability of Earth science education resources across SERC-hosted and partner websites, featuring its iterative design cycle, Community Discovery Advisors, NSF funding, and team of principal investigators driving the effort. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Compass: Advancing Earth Education Resource Discovery
Sean Fox, Carleton College
The Compass project page outlines an initiative to enhance discovery of high-quality Earth education resources by improving SERC's infrastructure, understanding educator search behaviors, and expanding access to partner-hosted materials, featuring updates on DEIJ resources, accessibility, navigation tools, and activity classification. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Compass Community Discovery Advisors
Profile page listing the Community Discovery Advisors (CDAs) for the Compass project, detailing their professional backgrounds, institutional affiliations, research interests, and contributions to advancing Earth education resource discovery. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Year 3 Plan
A project planning webpage outlining SERC's Compass initiative from spring 2023 to 2024, detailing goals in search engine optimization, cross-project navigation, partnerships, community engagement, and evaluation, with timelines and strategic priorities for improving Earth education resource discovery. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Scoring Complete, Thank You!
This confirmation page, part of the SERC Carleton Compass platform, acknowledges user contributions to scoring search results to improve the resource discovery system, featuring a form to opt out of public recognition, provide contact preferences, and submit feedback on better SERC-hosted pages. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Search the Compass Site
A search interface page for the Compass project, an Earth education resource discovery platform hosted by SERC, featuring site-wide search functionality, filtered results, and information on geoscience education initiatives, community involvement, and project planning. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Year 1 Plan
A strategic planning document outlining SERC's Compass initiative from spring 2021 to 2022, detailing goals to improve resource discovery through enhanced navigation, search optimization, accessibility, community-focused curation, cross-project user scaffolding, external partnerships, and infrastructure upgrades, supported by research, evaluation, and usability testing. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

New Navigation Tools
The Compass project has advanced a pair of new navigation tools for visitors to SERC hosted sites. The 'Where I've Been Feature' allows you to review and revisit content that you've visited ...

The SERC front page has been redesigned.
We dug deep into the data around historical use of our front page to understand how it could better support our visitors. This led to new front page structures that we hope will better guide users toward productive ...

Discover Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ) Resources
The Compass project has developed a new search interface for finding SERC-hosted resources that support diversity, equity, inclusion and justice in geoscience education. Through a new DEIJ vocabulary you can ...