Upcoming Bluenotes Chapter Events
Here you will find a list of all upcoming Bluenotes chapter events.
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Setting up the Blue Dashboard Workshop (Part 1 of 4) | Connecting & Organizing: Projects, Questions, Groups, & Demographics
Wednesday, October 7th 2026, 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM Eastern TimezoneThis is session 1 of the 4-part workshop series designed to guide Blue Administrators through the configuration of the Blue Dashboard from set up and customizations to assigning access and MLY integration.
This first session of the Blue Dashboard workshop covers the fundamental connections of adding recurring Blue projects, linking the same questions across projects, creating groups for similar or thematic questions, and adding appropriate demographics.
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 the community’s webinar discussion forum post.
Date: 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.
- October 6, 9pm ET / October 7, 12pm AEDT, mainly for customers in the APAC regions
- October 7, 8am ET / 1pm BST, mainly for customers in the Europe/Africa/Middle East regions
- October 7, 2pm ET, mainly for customers in the Americas regions
Presented by: David Norenberg, Senior Product Training Specialist, Explorance

Bluenotes Midterm Surveys CoP Meetup: October 8
Thursday, October 8th 2026, 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Eastern TimezoneCommunity members in the Bluenotes Midterm Surveys Community of Practice are meeting on Thursday, October 8, 2026 at 1pm ET to connect, share experiences, and continue discussions on topics including implementing midterm surveys using Blue, best practices for using formative feedback, strategies to engage faculty and students, closing the loop with midterm feedback results, and more. Please feel free to specify any topics you would like to discuss together as a community when you register.
Date: Thursday, October 8, 2026
Time: 1pm Eastern Time
Facilitated by CoP Chair: Lawrence Williams, Oregon Health and Science University

Bluenotes East Central CoP Meetup: October 14
Wednesday, October 14th 2026, 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Eastern TimezoneMembers in the Bluenotes East Central Community of Practice are meeting on Wednesday, October 14, 2026 at 2pm ET to connect, share experiences, and continue discussions from Explorance World 2026. Please specify the topics you want to discuss together as a community as you register.
Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Time: 2pm ET
Facilitated by CoP Chair: Adrea Hernandez, University of Notre Dame

Bluenotes Atlantic Hurricanes CoP Meetup: October 21
Wednesday, October 21st 2026, 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Eastern TimezoneMembers in the Bluenotes Atlantic Hurricanes Community of Practice are meeting on Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 2pm ET to connect together and continue discussions on topics relevant to the Mid and South Atlantic region. Please specify any other topics you would like to discuss together as a community as you register, or feel free to continue the conversation on the Bluenotes Atlantic Hurricanes CoP Discussion Forum.
Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Time: 2pm Eastern Time
Facilitated by CoP Co-Chairs: Heather Thompson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Adam Flanders, University of Maryland Global Campus

MLY CoP Meetup: October 22
Thursday, October 22nd 2026, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Eastern TimezoneMembers in the MLY Community of Practice are meeting on Thursday, October 22 at 10am EDT (3pm BST) to connect, share experiences, and discuss topics including developing documentation and guidelines/processes for handling different types of concerning comments.
Date: Thursday, October 22, 2026
Time: 10am ET / 3pm BST

Setting up the Blue Dashboard Workshop (Part 2 of 4) | Customizations: Time Scales, Widgets, Thresholds, and Display Options
Wednesday, October 28th 2026, 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM Eastern TimezoneThis is session 2 of the 4-part workshop series designed to guide Blue Administrators through the configuration of the Blue Dashboard from set up and customizations to assigning access and MLY integration.
This second session of the Blue Dashboard workshop explores ways to configure the Dashboard to best fit how an organization works and its language. We will review calendar/time scales, display defaults and options, and executive summary widgets. We will also review the different thresholds used to protect confidentiality. 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 the community’s webinar discussion forum post.
Date: 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.
- October 27, 9pm ET / October 28, 12pm AEDT, mainly for customers in the APAC regions
- October 28, 8am ET / 1pm BST, mainly for customers in the Europe/Africa/Middle East regions
- October 28, 2pm ET, mainly for customers in the Americas regions
Presented by: David Norenberg, Senior Product Training Specialist, Explorance

Setting up the Blue Dashboard Workshop (Part 3 of 4) | Assigning Access, DRA, and Publishing Workflows
Wednesday, November 18th 2026, 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM Eastern TimezoneThis is session 3 of the 4-part workshop series designed to guide Blue Administrators through the configuration of the Blue Dashboard from set up and customizations to assigning access and MLY integration. This third session of the Blue Dashboard workshop focuses on access. We will walk through the process of assigning the Individual Dashboards and then review Dynamic Role Access (DRA) generally and then show, specifically, how to create and grant role‑based access for the Aggregate Dashboard. Finally, we’ll review the use of Preview and Publish versions of the dashboards.
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 the community’s webinar discussion forum post.
Date: 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.
- November 17, 9pm ET / November 18, 12pm AEDT, mainly for customers in the APAC regions
- November 18, 8am ET / 1pm BST, mainly for customers in the Europe/Africa/Middle East regions
- November 18, 2pm ET, mainly for customers in the Americas regions
Presented by: David Norenberg, Senior Product Training Specialist, Explorance

Setting up the Blue Dashboard Workshop (Part 4 of 4) | MLY Integration: Alerts, Comment Analysis, and Summary Insights
Wednesday, December 2nd 2026, 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM Eastern TimezoneThis is session 4 of the 4-part workshop series designed to guide Blue Administrators through the configuration of the Blue Dashboard from set up and customizations to assigning access and MLY integration. This final session of the Blue Dashboard workshop focuses on MLY integration. We will review the process of integrating MLY comment analysis into the Dashboard, the Text Analysis page, and the MLY alert blocks available for the Aggregate Dashboard. We will also talk conceptually about how the data flows from Blue and MLY into the Dashboard. We will also cover redaction workflows and differentiating the use of MLY, MLY in Blue Reports, and MLY in the Dashboard.
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 the community’s webinar discussion forum post.
Date: 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.
- December 1, 9pm ET / December 2, 12pm AEDT, mainly for customers in the APAC regions
- December 2, 8am ET / 1pm BST, mainly for customers in the Europe/Africa/Middle East regions
- December 2, 2pm ET, mainly for customers in the Americas regions
Presented by: David Norenberg, Senior Product Training Specialist, Explorance