Steps to Getting Started
- Download the Responsibilities and Expectations of U.S. GLOBE Partners.
- View the Partner User Guide Padlet - a launching pad that includes resources and links which Partners may find useful in their work.
US Partners
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U.S. Partners' Roadmap
Welcome to GLOBE!
To help U.S. Partners navigate the GLOBE Program and website, we've created this roadmap that contains common steps Partners might take once becoming a Partner. Click on a section header to display links to related GLOBE content, resources, and available tutorials.
See What You Can Do as a U.S. Partner
View the Tutorial to learn about the GLOBE Partner Capabilities on the Website.
Find resources for U.S. Partners.
- Access the GLOBE US Partner Forum - This forum provides additional information focused on U.S. partners
- See the Latest News and Events in the U.S.
- View U.S. Partner Opportunities and useful Templates
- Access the GLOBE Partner Yearbooks - GLOBE Partners across the country are engaging in activities and events to support students, educators, and citizen scientists in collecting data and carrying out GLOBE research.
Your Account
- Access your account settings
- Manage your personal information and password
- Upload a profile image
- Check your training records
- Check to make sure you're in the correct GLOBE organization
Go to your My Observations+ page to find your observations, manage and track guest observations (if you created Guest accounts), and find additional account information.
Click on the profile icon at the top right of any page and then select 'My Observations+' to access the page.
Users and Organizations
View the tutorial to learn how to:
- Access and setup your partner site.
- Learn how to create and manage News and Events.
- Update your partner contact page.
- See all of your teachers/educators and schools/organizations under your partnership.
- View educator profiles to update their personal information and organizations.
- View schools/organizations to update addresses, Lat/longs and other information
- Use the Partner Dashboard to quickly get a summary of the users in your country and their account statuses.
- See Account Requested users (those who need their account approved to get trained) to review and approve them.
- See your workshop statuses.
- Communicate with your users.
- See the activity levels of the schools/organizations in your partnership.
- Which schools/organizations are the most active?
- Which schools/organization have been inactive?
- Send out emails to the educators
- Use the Workshop Admin Tool to setup and manage your workshops. Workshops can be In-person or virtual.
- Access the Workshop Tool by opening the Admin Menu > Manage > Workshop Administration
Data
Download the GLOBE Observer app, available for free in Google Play or the App Store.
The GLOBE Observer app includes some measurements you can enter immediately: Clouds, Mosquito Habitat Mapper, Land Cover, Trees, and Eclipse when appropriate.
The other GLOBE protocols require additional training. After training is complete, you can use the app to enter data for that protocol.
Get eTrained or Attend an In-Person / Virtual Workshop
What’s covered in the training:
- Get an in-depth overview of the GLOBE program and teacher involvement.
- Get an introduction to the Earth Science Sphere that interests you.
- Learn about your selected GLOBE protocol(s), how to define data sites, take measurements and analyze the data.
Once you complete a training for a GLOBE Protocol, you will be able to enter data for that protocol through the app or website.
Log in to the GLOBE Observer app or use the desktop version to setup data sites and enter observations.
Explore the tutorial to learn how to:
- Setup data sites
- Navigate the data entry forms
- Use Bundles
- Connect Weather Stations to GLOBE
- Track Your Observations
Use one of the 3 tools on the website to view and download your students' data:
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Visualization System - Good for viewing data on a map or chart and for comparing data from multiple sites.
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Advanced Data Access Tool (ADAT) - Good for downloading large amounts of data to a spreadsheet.
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GLOBE API - The GLOBE API is focused on supporting developers who want to use a programmatic interface to retrieve GLOBE data.