Read our step-by-step guide below, or watch the video walkthrough at the end of this article.
Please note: there is a slight difference with terminology in the video due to language changes in Compass+, but the core functionality of creating Compass evaluations remains the same.
1. Log in to Compass+ using your email address and password - https://auth.careersandenterprise.co.uk/compassplus
2. From the main navigation bar go to Evaluations > Compass evaluation:
3. Click on the green 'Start new evaluation' button:
4. Click on the green 'Next' button to continue.
5. A new Compass evaluation will open. Each section of the Compass evaluation asks you questions about your provision under each of the eight Gatsby Benchmarks. There is a progress bar at the top of the screen that tracks your completion of the Compass evaluation:
Please note: In the 'Institution' section:
- You will see learner numbers for each year group that have been captured from your Management Information System (MIS). If these numbers are incorrect, you can edit them, and we would also recommend contacting your IT/Data Manager to let them know
- There are additional questions in this section about Workplace Experiences and Personal Guidance. Your responses to these questions will give us expert insights that will form a national picture of practice, and will also allow you to reflect on these areas of delivery within your own careers programme.
6. Work through each of the sections, clicking the green 'Next' button to move on, or if you need to save your progress at any point and complete the rest of the Compass evaluation later, you can do this by clicking on the ‘Save and complete later’ link:
7. When you have completed the Compass evaluation, you can instantly see your evaluation results by clicking 'Save and view results':
8. On the Results page you can view your institution's Gatsby Benchmark scores, together with the progress since your last Compass evaluation. Click on 'Show details' to drill down into the result for each benchmark:
9. You can resume a Compass evaluation that has been previously started by:
- Going back to the Compass evaluation section from the main navigation bar ('Evaluations > Compass evaluation'
- Find the evaluation that is in progress and the one that you want to resume
- Click on the + symbol in the Actions column
- Select 'Resume evaluation'
From the Compass evaluation landing page, you can also view, print, share, delete or copy and update completed Compass evaluations. Click on the + symbol in the Actions column, then select the relevant option from the dropdown:
How to create Compass evaluations video walkthrough.
Please note: there is a slight difference with terminology in the video due to language changes in Compass+, but the core functionality of creating Compass evaluations remains the same.