BoodleBox Training Resources

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BoodleBox Basics – February 17th

This session provides a solid introduction to the software and covers the fundamental basics of the system to help you get started.

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Bot Design Deep Dive – March 19th

In this hour of learning, attendees will learn about real-world examples of bot successes and failures. They will discover what makes for quality bot design and how to employ best practices such as stress testing, maintenance, and collaboration. There will be time for Q and A and exploration of individual and collaborative use cases.

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Using AI for Meaningful Collaboration – March 30th

The hour will focus on how collaboration can be achieved within the BoodleBox platform. Attendees will learn about best practices, use cases, ethical implementation, and experience hands-on exploration. Attendees will have ideas and implementation strategies upon which they can build beyond the session. There will be time for Q and A.

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Reimagining Online Teaching in the Age of AI – April 30

This 90-minute working session shares the latest findings in online learning and moves into hands-on work integrating AI into online work. This includes stress-testing real assignments and examining what students are experiencing. We’ll tackle hard questions around academic integrity and assessment design in online contexts. Participants will leave with strategies for transformative learning within the online space.

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BoodleBox Faculty AI Champions – Exclusive Workshop – May 13

As an identified BoodleBox AI Champion, you are invited to this special session reserved for champions and pioneers of AI integration across campus. There will be time for workshopping and developing personal use cases. You will learn approaches to AI-integration, including how to guide others of varying abilities and views within your respective discipline and/or department. The session will close with Q and A.

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More Canvas Strategies for Faculty Success & Student Learning

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Led by: Tyler Shadick, Kate Robertson, Natalie Upson, and Kari Bjerke

Dates: Monday, March 9, 2026 – 12noon-1 pm  

Location: Lakeshore Room

As we continue to get more comfortable with Canvas as a university community, this program will focus on ideas for streamlining your Canvas use. Come to this program to learn about using the Canvas App, better organizing your gradebook, and strategies for differentiating learning. Bring your laptop and any questions for the team.

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Faculty Wellness Lunch n’ Learn

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Led by: Nicole Muth, Nichole Ostrowski, Lisa Adams-Qualls

Date: February 25th, 12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Location: Lakeshore Room 

Holding Space While Holding Ourselves: Trauma-Informed Tools for Faculty Well-Being is a faculty-led, practical training designed to support CUW educators navigating the emotional realities of today’s classrooms. This session explores the cost of caring, the impact of student trauma on faculty, and core principles of trauma-informed teaching. Participants will gain simple, usable tools for responding when students disclose distress, setting healthy boundaries, and replenishing their own energy. Emphasizing psychological safety, choice, and sustainability, this session offers strategies faculty can use immediately to care well for students and themselves.

Self-care Assessment

Wellness Wheel

Self-Care Checklist

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Using Tests and Quizzes in Canvas for Meaningful Student Learning

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Led by: Tyler Shadick, Kate Robertson

Dates: Thursday, February 12th, 2026 – 12:00 – 1:00 PM

Location: Lakeshore Room

Come to this program to learn how and why to use tests and quizzes in Canvas. This program will focus both on the pedagogical decisions behind designing tests so students can demonstrate meaningful learning and the technological “how-to” of setting up tests in Canvas. Bring your laptop and any questions for the team.

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Quizzes and Exams Training PowerPoint

Respondus Lockdown Browser Training PowerPoint

Using Studio to Increase Student Engagement

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Led by: Tyler Shadick, Mary Buenz, Jackie Pomeranke, Seth Westfall

Tuesday, January 13, 2026 – 12noon-1 pm – Lakeshore Room

Come to this program to learn how to use Studio in Canvas to increase student engagement with you, other students, and the content of your course. This program is geared toward all faculty, but attendance is strongly encouraged for any faculty who currently utilize VoiceThread in their courses, as our university VoiceThread subscription is ending. You will learn all the basics of Studio, as well as have time to ask questions.

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Canvas Studio v. VoiceThread Handout

Successful Department Chair 2025

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Dr. Leah Dvorak

The Successful Department Chair

October 13, 12noon-1 pm (1-2 AA), Zoom

The audience for this program is Department Chairs and Program Directors. What are the expectations for the role of Department Chair or Academic Program Director? An effective chair or academic program director manages faculty, staff, programs, courses, and processes vital to student success. The effective chair also fosters a healthy departmental culture and establishes efficient, collaborative decision-making processes. A strong department chair or program director uses both management skills and leadership skills to create and sustain a successful department in which faculty and staff feel engaged and energized.

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Mathematica Hands-On Training Seminar

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Mathematica Hands-On Training Seminar

Tuesday November 10, 1-3pm on Pharmacy 149

Stay the entire time, or drop in for part of the time.

Click here to register.

Seminar presented by Neil Andrews from Wolfram, the makers of Mathematica. This will be an introduction to the software and hands-on help. Concordia University has purchased a site license. All faculty and students can download and activate the software for free, but it may be especially helpful for those in the math or sciences areas.

Downloading and installing Mathematica is easy through the Wolfram user portal (https://user.wolfram.com/portal/login.html).  You need to create a Wolfram account.  You can then download Mathematica and request an activation key.  Anyone with a @cuw.edu or @cuaa.edu email should have no trouble obtaining an activation key.

Here is a link to a 6 minute overview of Mathematica: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0QPUemRnPU

The session will be recording for those who cannot attend.

Panopto: How to move recordings from a folder that is scheduled for deletion

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Due to the high utilization of Panopto, academic recordings will need to be archived after three semesters. Folders that are four semesters or older will be deleted from the Panopto server after each semester.  An example is a folder with a term code of 201410 (Fall 2013) will be removed from Panopto at the start of the 201610 (Fall 2015) term. There are many folders that are unlabeled, these will be removed as well if they are more than four semesters old.

If your current classes require videos from older terms it will be the responsibility of the folder owner to move the recordings from those folder slated for deletion. If you share a folder with another faculty member, please work together to keep only recordings you need. Instructions for moving videos to a recent folder can be found here.

If you have any questions about videos falling under the policy stated above, please feel free to email Rob Erbes at robert.erbes@cuw.edu.

Using Videoconference Stations (Polycomm) – all locations

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If you are having trouble, and you cannot reconnect as described below, call the AV number 262-243-4370.

Using the Polycomm HDX Remote (handout)

How to Make a Connection to Another Site (handout)

Emergency Plan of Action if Trouble Arises (handout)

Best Practices for Teaching with Videoconference (handout)

Sign up here for the self-paced Videoconference Course for faculty (Mequon or Ann Arbor locations). Center faculty contact your center director to be registered for the Center version.