CARL + Compass

Plan it. Teach it. Track it.
One connected system.

AI lesson planning and curriculum coverage that talk to each other.

CARL builds your curriculum-aligned lessons. Compass tracks what you’ve taught, planned, and still need to cover. Start in either one — book a lesson in Compass and build it in CARL, or build it in CARL and book it into Compass. You only enter it once.

Plan in CARL Track in Compass One workflow Teacher-controlled
How they connect

Start in either tool. You only book once.

Whether you begin in Compass or CARL,
create, plan, and track in one connected workflow.

Start in Compass build in CARL
1

Book the lesson

On your Compass plan calendar, book the day and the outcome you’re covering.

2

Build it in CARL

Copy the booked lesson into CARL and it builds the full, curriculum-aligned plan.

Already tracked

You booked it in Compass first, so your coverage already counts it. No re-booking.

Start in CARL book in Compass
1

Build the lesson

Start in CARL and build a curriculum-aligned lesson from a topic, a doc, or scratch.

2

Book it in Compass

Push the finished plan onto your Compass calendar in a click.

Coverage updates

Once it’s booked, Compass tracks it toward your curriculum coverage automatically.

Either way, the lesson lives in CARL and the coverage lives in Compass — booked once, tracked automatically.

See it in action

From gap to lesson and back, in one loop.

The whole journey on screen: Compass finds the gap, CARL builds the lesson, and the loop closes on your calendar.

Start in Compass → build in CARL 4 steps
1 · In Compass

Spot what needs attention

Your Plan view shows what is taught, planned, and still to do across the curriculum. Pick an item that needs attention and choose Cover this.

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The Compass Plan view with a to-do curriculum item and its Cover this button highlighted
2 · In Compass

Get Plan Ideas

Choose how to cover it: log a plan you already have, or Get Plan Ideas for smart suggestions before anything is written. Nothing commits until you pick one.

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Compass asking how to cover a curriculum item, with Get Plan Ideas highlighted
3 · Compass → CARL

Copy the plan to CARL

Found the right plan? Open its record and choose Copy to CARL. The goal, learning objectives, and curriculum links travel with it.

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A Compass plan record with the Copy to CARL button highlighted
4 · In CARL

Build it, and the gap is covered

In CARL’s create screen, attach the copied plan with /compass or the attachments menu, and CARL builds the full lesson from it. That closes the loop: the outcome you picked in Compass is now a real, aligned lesson, no round-trip needed.

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CARL's create screen with the /compass attach option highlighted
Start in CARL → book in Compass 3 steps
1 · In CARL

Start with an idea

Open CARL and start from whatever you have, a topic, a document, or a curriculum outcome, and it drafts a full, curriculum-aligned lesson with materials.

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CARL's create screen: a Start planning prompt where you type a topic or attach a document
2 · CARL → Compass

Book it on your calendar

Send the finished lesson back the other way: Book in Compass schedules it for the class and date you pick. Syncing only happens when you choose to send or import, nothing moves on its own.

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CARL's Book in Compass dialog with a calendar date picker for scheduling a unit plan
3 · In Compass

Watch the loop close

Back in Compass, the item shows as planned with the lesson linked to it. Teach it, choose Mark Taught, and your year coverage climbs, then the next gap is ready when you are.

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Compass showing the curriculum item as planned with the linked lesson and Mark Taught in the sidebar
Why it’s better together

Two tools, one workflow.

Plan once, no double entry

Lessons you build in CARL flow into Compass as coverage. You’re not retyping your week into a spreadsheet.

Gaps become your next lesson

Compass shows what’s still To Do. CARL turns those gaps into ready-to-teach plans.

Two apps, one seamless workflow

CARL and Compass are separate apps with their own accounts, linked by a secure connection. Nothing syncs until you choose to send or import.

From plans to coverage

Your teaching, turned into coverage.

Lessons you build and teach in CARL show up here in Compass as curriculum coverage. AI suggests the links; you confirm what counts. Nothing is marked taught until you say so.

English 7/8 · year coverage

13Taught
4Planned
14To do

13 taught, 4 planned · 31 outcomes this year

Good to know

A few things you might be wondering.

No. CARL works on its own for planning, and Compass works on its own for tracking. They’re just better together.
Yes. Begin with either one and connect the other whenever you’re ready — nothing is lost.
No — you book it once, in whichever tool you start in. Book it in Compass and CARL builds what you booked (it’s already on your calendar, so nothing to re-book). Or build it in CARL and book the finished plan into Compass. Either way it’s never double entry, and you confirm what counts before coverage updates.
There’s a combined CARL + Compass plan, or you can subscribe to each on its own — whatever fits how you work.

Plan and track in one connected system.

Start with either app, connect the other when you’re ready.