This week I was looking at things on the compass 2g website, the website used to consolidate classes, grades, and information for most of the classes at U of I. I had never really paid much attention to this website other than the links to my class pages, but there were a few things I noticed this time. For one, you can customize the page, although the only customization offered is changing the color of the banners (whee). I also saw that there was a tag on the left that said “personal information”. Curious, I clicked on it to see what personal information about me it had.
Apparently you can volunteer information like your name, address, and contact information on here. Although I don’t know why you would want to; as far as I know the only people who can see your compass page are yourself and your teachers. This page just made me think that the people who created compass wanted it to be a bit more of a school social network, having kids connect to each other on here. But as far as I know, it has never been used for that.