Learning Webinars & Community Meetups
Here you can find all the upcoming learning webinars and upcoming meetups for Regional Bluenotes Chapters and Community Interest Groups, as well as all past learning webinars.
Learning webinars for Bluenotes community members are one example of how you can globally connect and share experiences with improvement in mind. Created and presented by experts from Blue® powered institutions and experts from Explorance, these sessions will give you an opportunity to learn best practices from real Blue users.
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The Blue community is all about learning from one another. Join the long list of Blue institutions that have shared their best practices with their fellow Bluenotes community members. Let us know below if you are interested in presenting the next session.
If you want to explore sharing via a webinar, please contact us at bncommunity@explorance.com.
Bluenotes Midterm Surveys CoP Meetup: January 23
Members in the Bluenotes Midterm Surveys Community of Practice are meeting on Thursday, January 23, 2025 @ 1pm ET to connect and share experiences. Please specify the topics you want to discuss together as a community as you register.
Date: Thursday, January 23, 2025
Time: 1pm Eastern Time
Facilitated by CoP Co-Chair: Lisa Votodian, University of Pittsburgh
MLY 3.0 Release Q&A Webinar
Join us for the MLY 3.0 release webinar, where we will discuss the exciting new features and enhancements in MLY. The MLY 3.0 release includes redaction functionality; a new Summary analysis to provide high-level insights into your comment data; tagging, pinning, and discussion threads; multi-lingual capabilities, and more!
If you have any specific questions on MLY 3.0 that you would like us to consider while preparing for this webinar, please feel free to let us know on your registration form or via this community’s webinar discussion forum post.
This learning webinar is scheduled to be delivered three times for our community members in different time zones worldwide. Register in a time zone that best fits your schedule.
Date: Wednesday, July 17 , 2024
Time: Three sessions are scheduled for community members in different time zones worldwide. Select a session that best fits your schedule.
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- January 28, 9pm ET / January 29, 1pm AEDT, mainly for customers in the APAC regions
- January 29, 8am ET / 3pm SAST, mainly for customers in the Europe/Africa/Middle East regions
- January 29, 2pm ET, mainly for customers in the Americas regions
Presented by: Erika Cost, Explorance
Bluenotes Lone Star CoP Meetup: February 6
Members in the Bluenotes Lone Star Community of Practice are meeting on Thursday, February 6, 2025 @ 1pm CT to connect, share experiences, and continue discussions on topics such as transitioning to Blue 9, best practices for increasing student / faculty engagement to improve response rates, and qualitative comment analysis using MLY. If you have any specific topics you wish to share and/or discuss during this meetup, please feel free to let us know as you register, or on the Bluenotes Lone Star CoP discussion forum.
Date: Thursday, February 6, 2025
Time: 1pm Central Time / 2pm Eastern Time
Facilitated by CoP Co-Chair: Steven Szeszko, Alamo Colleges District
Bluenotes Down Under CoP Meetup: February 12
We are excited to announce a new community of practice for Blue-using institutions in the Australia and New Zealand region - the Bluenotes Down Under Community of Practice! Join your like-minded colleagues for the inaugural Bluenotes Down Under CoP meetup on Wednesday, February 12 at 2pm AEDT to connect, share experiences, and continue discussions on topics relevant to you. Please specify any topics you wish to discuss together as a community at this and future meetups as you register!
Exclusive To: Members in the Bluenotes Down Under Community of Practice
Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Time: 2pm AEDT
Bluenotes Atlantic Hurricanes CoP Meetup: February 13
Members in the Bluenotes Atlantic Hurricanes Community of Practice are meeting on Thursday, February 13, 2025 @ 1pm ET to connect together and continue discussions on topics relevant to the Mid and South Atlantic region. Feel free to continue discussions and asking questions on the Bluenotes Atlantic Hurricanes community discussion forum and specify the topics you want to discuss together as a community as you register!
Exclusive To: Members in the Bluenotes Atlantic Hurricanes CoP
Date: Thursday, February 13, 2025
Time: 1pm Eastern Time
Facilitated by CoP Co-Chairs: Heather Thompson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Adam Flanders, University of Maryland Global Campus
Boost Response Rates by Automating Course Component Selection for Students in Course Evaluations with 3-Level Relationships
Institutions often ask students to evaluate main course components like the Lecture and Main Instructor, while also offering the option to assess additional components such as Tutors and Lab Assistants. This can be overwhelming for students juggling numerous evaluation options, leading to potential errors and survey fatigue.
Join us in this webinar as we elevate evaluations to a whole new level—the 3rd level! Explorance solution experts will demonstrate how automating the pre-selection of secondary components can make evaluations more relevant and efficient for students. With just one form, students can seamlessly evaluate every aspect of their courses, eliminating the hassle of figuring out who or what to evaluate.
If you have any specific questions that you would like us to consider while preparing for this webinar, please feel free to let us know on your registration form or via this community’s webinar discussion forum post.
This learning webinar is scheduled to be delivered three times for our community members in different time zones worldwide. Register in a time zone that best fits your schedule. This learning webinar will also be delivered in French. To register for the French session, please see the separate registration form.
Date: Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Time: Three sessions are scheduled for Community members in different time zones worldwide. Select a session that best fits your schedule.
- February 18, 9pm ET / February 19, 1pm AEDT mainly for customers in the APAC regions
- February 19, 8am ET / 3pm SAST, mainly for customers in the Europe/Africa/Middle East regions
- February 19, 2pm ET, mainly for customers in the Americas regions
Presenters: Explorance's Solutions Architecture Team
Améliorez les taux de réponse en automatisant la sélection des composants de cours pour les étudiants dans les évaluations de cours avec des relations à 3 niveaux
Les établissements demandent souvent aux étudiants d'évaluer les principaux composants d'un cours, comme le cours magistral et l'instructeur principal, tout en offrant la possibilité d'évaluer des composants supplémentaires, comme les tuteurs et les assistants de laboratoire. Cela peut être accablant pour les étudiants qui jonglent avec de nombreuses options d'évaluation, entraînant ainsi des erreurs potentielles et une fatigue face aux sondages.
Rejoignez-nous dans ce webinaire pour élever les évaluations à un tout nouveau niveau - le 3ème niveau ! Les experts en solutions d'Explorance démontreront comment l'automatisation de la présélection des composants secondaires peut rendre les évaluations plus pertinentes et efficaces pour les étudiants. Avec un seul formulaire, les étudiants peuvent évaluer de façon transparente tous les aspects de leurs cours, éliminant ainsi le problème de savoir qui ou quoi évaluer.
Si vous avez des questions spécifiques que vous aimeriez que nous prenions en compte lors de la préparation de ce webinaire, n'hésitez pas à nous en faire part sur votre formulaire d'inscription ou via le forum de discussion du webinaire de cette communauté.
Date : Mercredi 19 février 2025
Heure : 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Heure de l'Est
Présenté par : L'équipe d'architecture des solutions d'Explorance
Bluenotes R1 Universities CoP Meetup: February 20
Members in the Bluenotes R1 Universities Community of Practice (Blue-using R1 universities in the United States) are meeting on Thursday, February 20, 2025 @ 1pm ET to connect and share experiences. Please specify the topics you want to discuss together as a community as you register.
Date: Thursday, February 20, 2025
Time: 1pm Eastern Time
Facilitated by CoP Co-Chairs: Lisa Emery, University of Michigan & Paul Creed III, Kent State University
Bluenotes Reporting & Analytics CoP Meetup: February 27
Bluenotes Community members are meeting for the Reporting & Analytics Community of Practice (CoP) meetup on Thursday, February 27, 2025 @ 1pm ET to exchange ideas and continue discussions on new and unique reporting setups to share in the Bluenotes Community Sharing Sandbox Instance (now on Blue 9.3). Feel free to submit any specific topics you would like to discuss together as a community as you register. You can also continue discussions and asking questions on the Reporting & Analytics CoP discussion forum.
Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025
Time: 1pm Eastern Time
Facilitated by CoP Co-Chair: John Jordi, University of Florida
Ask an Expert! About 3-Level Relationships, Data Preparation, and Project Setup
As a follow up to the “Boost Response Rates by Automating Course Component Selection for Students in Course Evaluations with 3-Level Relationships” learning webinar on February 19, Explorance solution experts will answer pre-submitted questions** from you on the topics of 3-Level Relationships, data preparation, and project setup (the recording of the February 19 learning webinar will be available within 3-5 days after the learning webinar, in case you weren’t able to join or you’d like to revisit the content). Please submit your questions on the registration form below and continue asking questions and discussing this topic in the community discussion forum post.
**while we do our best to cover all questions submitted, at times we may not be able to fit all the content in the time allotted. Rest assured that any question not covered, will be answered in the community discussion forum post after the webinar.
This learning webinar is scheduled to be delivered three times for our community members in different time zones worldwide. Register in a time zone that best fits your schedule. This learning webinar will also be delivered in French. To register for the French session, please see the separate registration form.
Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Time: Three sessions are scheduled for Community members in different time zones worldwide. Select a session that best fits your schedule.
- March 11, 9pm ET / March 12, 1pm AEDT mainly for customers in the APAC regions
- March 12, 8am ET / 3pm SAST, mainly for customers in the Europe/Africa/Middle East regions
- March 12, 2pm ET, mainly for customers in the Americas regions
Presenters: Explorance's Solutions Architecture Team
Demandez à un expert ! À propos des relations à trois niveaux, de la préparation des données et de la mise en place du projet
Pour faire suite au webinaire d'apprentissage « Améliorer les taux de réponse en automatisant la sélection des composants de cours pour les étudiants dans les évaluations de cours avec les relations à 3 niveaux » du 19 février, les experts en solutions d'Explorance répondront aux questions** que vous aurez soumises au préalable sur les relations à 3 niveaux, la préparation des données et la configuration du projet (l'enregistrement du webinaire d'apprentissage du 19 février sera disponible dans les 3 à 5 jours suivant le webinaire, au cas où vous n'auriez pas pu vous y joindre ou que vous aimeriez en revoir le contenu). Veuillez soumettre vos questions sur le formulaire d'inscription ci-dessous et continuez à poser des questions et à discuter de ce sujet dans le post du forum de discussion de la communauté.
** Bien que nous fassions de notre mieux pour répondre à toutes les questions posées, il se peut que nous ne puissions parfois pas traiter l'ensemble du contenu dans le temps imparti. Soyez assurés que toutes les questions non couvertes trouveront une réponse dans le forum de discussion de la communauté après le webinaire.
Date : Mercredi 12 mars 2025
Heure: 10am ET
Présenté par : L'équipe d'architecture des solutions d'Explorance
Bluenotes U15 CoP Meetup: March 13
Members in the Bluenotes U15 Community of Practice (community members that are a part of the U15 Consortium - a group of Canadian Research Universities) are meeting on Thursday, March 13, 2025 @ 1pm ET to connect and share experiences. Please specify the topics you want to discuss together as a community as you register.
Date: Thursday, March 13, 2025
Time: 1pm Eastern Time
Facilitated by CoP Co-Chair: David Greaves, University of Saskatchewan
Bluenotes Medical & Health Sciences CoP Meetup: March 19
Members in the Bluenotes Medical & Health Sciences Community of Practice are meeting on Wednesday, March 19, 2025 @ 1pm ET to connect together and continue discussions on how to conduct clinical evaluations in Blue. Please specify any topics you wish to discuss together as you register. You can also continue discussions and asking questions on the Bluenotes MHS CoP discussion forum.
Date: Thursday, March 19, 2025
Time: 1pm Eastern Time
Facilitated by CoP Co-Chairs: Christina Pomykal, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and Lawrence Williams, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)