Blue Training Camps at Bluenotes GLOBAL 2023

The Blue Report Master Certification (BRMC) Training Camp at Bluenotes GLOBAL 2023 is a 3-day instructor-led training workshop, intended to elevate your knowledge and skillset on Blue’s report building blocks and functionalities. With enhanced understanding of the Blue reporting functions, you will be able to better analyze the data collected while understanding and visualizing what the data is revealing, in such a way that allows for improved data-driven, well-informed decision making for continuous improvement at your institution. Upon successful completion of the BRMC Training Camp, you will be awarded the Blue Report Master Certificate and therefore be certified a Blue Report Master.

Who Should Attend?

This certification training is intended mainly for:

• Data analysts or research analysts who are responsible for analyzing data collected through Blue to provide reports with the findings and insights, or
• Blue administrators who are responsible for designing and delivering reports to their institutions.

Participants must have a basic knowledge of Blue and have been involved in a Blue project for a minimum of one term. Completion of the Blue Administrator Certification (BAC) training is required, prior to attending the BRMC training camp.

Learning Objectives and Key Benefits

By attending the Blue Report Master Certification Training Program, you will be able to:

• Deepen your knowledge and understanding of Blue’s report building blocks and functionalities at a mastery level, enabling better analysis and interpretation of the data collected
• Apply your enhanced Blue reporting skills to various institutional situations, developing more reports with actionable insights for data-driven informed decision making

The ability to apply the skills that a BRMC participant acquires during the certification camp to any situation is particularly important, as institutions “discover” their reporting needs over time for actionable insights.

The key benefits of attending the Blue Report Master Certification training include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Acquire the mastery in using advanced Blue report building blocks and functionalities through hands-on experience with building reports for various Higher Education use-cases (reports for instructors, reports for departments, reports for administrators, etc.)
• Have exposure to various reporting needs to deliver actionable insights and learn how to best address the needs with other BRMC training participants through creative, critical, and problem-solving capabilities
• Learn about the Blue features and functionalities on report administration, such as report access management and report delivery management through various channels such as LMS and email
• In addition to becoming a master in Blue reporting, you will also meet other Blue Report Masters, expanding your network of like-minded cohorts for continual learning and sharing of best practices

Topics Covered

• Blue report blocks and functionalities available to build reports: from basic to advanced
• How to build and customize reports that deliver stories with actionable insights at various levels: instructor-level, departmental-level, program-level, etc.
• Report administration such as on-going report access management and report delivery management via various channels, to effectively work with Blue Administrators and Blue Experts
• Best practice tips for testing and troubleshooting

View the Blue Report Master Certification training camp agenda for full details.

When

This in-person 3-day Blue Report Master Certification training camp is scheduled on July 28 – July 30, before the Bluenotes GLOBAL 2023.

Fees and Terms

Registration Fees:

The BRMC registration fees are as follows:

• Early Bird Price (ending April 28, 2023): $3,450 USD
• Regular Registration Price: $4,950 USD
• Check out the Special Learning Bundles for Bluenotes GLOBAL 2023 registration + BRMC training camp

This fee includes:

• 3-day instructor-led, face-to-face training camp
• Blue Report Master Certificate upon successful completion of the BRMC camp
• 1-hour online post-certification follow-up session with the trainer
• Breakfast, lunch and refreshments throughout the training
• Networking dinner

Registration Terms:

• There are only 12 places available for each virtual instructor-led training camp
• Places are allocated on a ‘first-come, first-served’ basis
• Travel and lodging fees are not included in the training registration fee

Register for a Training Camp at BNG 2023*

The Blue Expert Certification (BEC) training camp at Bluenotes GLOBAL 2023 is designed to further develop your expertise and skills in using advanced Blue features so that you can implement any feedback process at varying degrees of complexity. Becoming a certified Blue Expert requires approximately 40 hours of your time. This Blue Expert Certification training is to be delivered in a face-to-face, instructor-led format where hands-on training at the certification camp is combined with pre-camp self-directed learning activities. At the end of this hands-on BEC training camp, the camp participant will be at the certified Blue Expert level, thus given the Blue Expert Certification.

• Self-directed learning module before the camp: this self-directed online review activity consists of approximately 15 hours of materials that a BEC camp participant is expected to review and complete before the camp. You can complete this self-directed module at your own pace. This self-directed module is designed to allow you to review/refresh key Blue concepts that certified Blue Administrators are expected to be familiar with such as Question Personalization, Subject Management, and relational demographics, along with practice exercises to apply these concepts in creating a Blue project. This self-direct module must be completed prior to the BEC training camp, to ensure that you will be ready to fully participate in for an expert-level learning and complete the training camp with Blue Expert Certification. The instructor will work with you to plan and finish the self-directed module before the BEC training camp.
• Instructor-led camp: this face-to-face camp consists of approximately 24 hours of learning activities, including a certification activity. It offers hands-on learning participation and training required to be certified as a Blue Expert. Upon finishing the certification activity at the end of the camp, you will receive your Blue Expert Certification.

Who Should Attend?

This certification training program is intended for:

• Certified Blue Administrators with experience in implementing a Blue project autonomously at least in one evaluation or survey cycle, or
• Those with an equivalent level of Blue knowledge and experience

Becoming Certified

The Blue Expert Certification (BEC) training camp is designed to further develop your Blue expertise and skills, by teaching you how to:

• Implement an advanced level of end-to-end automation of your feedback processes
• Merge cross-listed courses to enable unified report building
• Implement dynamic report distribution to support your decision makers, as personnel changes
• Gain greater autonomy in the use of Blue and its companion modules and products to administer any feedback process
• Optimize your Blue implementation to best address your own institution’s needs
• Experience how your expert knowledge and skills in using advanced Blue features and functionalities can help your institution and be a sought-after Blue Expert in your institution and by your colleagues!

Upon finishing the certification camp, a Blue Expert Certificate is issued to you!

Key Benefits and Learning Outcomes

With the completion of the Blue Expert Certification training camp, a training participant will be able to:

• Acquire expert knowledge and skills in using advanced Blue concepts and functionalities to further automate feedback processes (course evaluations, institutional surveys, and 360 evaluations), end to end, in order to provide a greater level of autonomy to end users and distribute reports with actionable insights to decision-makers
• Learn how DST (Data Sync Tool), DIG (Data Integrity Gateway), BPI (Blue Portal Integrator), Blue Connector, and Blue Feedback Dashboard can be used with Blue to further realize its value in your environments
• Find solutions to current challenges and opportunities that you are facing in your institutions, by discussing them with the instructor and other experienced Blue users in your BEC training cohort
• Be part of the Blue Expert community, and have access to Blue BETA functionality in a shared sandbox environment
• Have the access to the training sandbox use for one year post the BEC training camp, which gives you access to the latest Blue releases and all modules regardless of your product licenses, as well as the ability to upload your own data for testing prior to implementing these releases in your own institution

View the Blue Expert Certification training camp agenda for full details.

When

This in-person 3-day Blue Expert Certification training camp is scheduled on July 28 – July 30, before the Bluenotes GLOBAL 2023.

Fees and Terms

BEC Training Camp Registration Fee:

• Early Bird Price (ending April 28, 2023): $3,450 USD
• Regular Registration Price: $4,950 USD
• Check out the Special Learning Bundles for Bluenotes GLOBAL 2023 registration + BEC training camp

This fee includes:

• 3-day instructor-led, face-to-face training camp
• Access to the learning sandbox to review and practice at your own pace (pre-camp and post-camp)
• 1-hour post certification session with the instructor
• Blue Expert Certificate upon successful completion of the certification training camp

Training Registration Terms:

• There are only 12 places available
• Places are allocated on a ‘first-come, first-served’ basis
• Travel and lodging fees are not included in the training registration fee

Register for a Training Camp at BNG 2023*

Who Should Attend and Why?

If you answer “yes” to any of the following questions, this one-day onboarding training camp is for you!

• Have you just finished your first Blue implementation with an Explorance Professional Services consultant and are not sure what’s next for you as your institution’s Blue Administrator?
• Are you curious to learn about what you’d need to do as your institution’s Blue Administrator after the Blue implementation with an Explorance Professional Service consultant is done?
• Did you recently join your institution’s Blue Admin team and are wondering where to begin?

What You Will Leave With

This one-day Blue Administrator Onboarding Training Camp (BOC) is built to ease your mind about where to start by providing an easy-to-digest walk-through of the data journey with Blue from preparing the data, to building the evaluation instrument, and to delivering reports with insight to the different stakeholders.

You will walk away with a big picture overview and confidence to forge forward, understanding the data journey with Blue through hands-on experience about what you need to do for your next course evaluation project implementations in Blue and why.

Topics Covered

• Course Evaluations Overview in Blue
  • Learn what process, stakeholders, and technologies are involved in the implementation of course evaluation projects and reports in Blue
• Launching your Course Evaluation Project
  • Have hands-on experience in copying your course evaluation project, preparing and validating it for the new semester, and launching it
• Managing Live Course Evaluations
  • Learn how to monitor response rates, change evaluation dates, add/remove evaluations, and send notifications to stakeholders
• Distributing Reports
  • Get hands-on experience in copying your reports, preparing and validating them for the new semester, and distributing the reports to the designated stakeholders – via static reports viewers and dynamic report viewers
• Change Management and Extending the Power of Blue
  • Learn about various Blue features and functionalities that allow you to build a more automated and engaging course evaluation process, how you can go about planning to implement changes, and the resources that you can count on for support

View the Blue Administrator Onboarding Training Camp Agenda for more details.

When

This in-person one-day Blue Administrator Onboarding Training Camp is scheduled on July 29, before Bluenotes GLOBAL 2023.

Fees and Terms

Blue Administrator Onboarding Training Camp Registration Fee:

• Regular Registration Price: $995 USD
• Check out the Special Learning Bundles for Bluenotes GLOBAL 2023 registration + Blue Administrator Onboarding Training Camp (35% discount and more)

This fee includes:

• One-day instructor-led, face-to-face training camp
• Access to the learning sandbox to review and practice at your own pace
• 1-hour post-camp session with the instructor

Training Registration Terms:

• There are only 15 places available
• Places are allocated on a ‘first-come, first-served’ basis
• Travel and lodging fees are not included in the training registration fee