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Upcoming Webinars and Events
AAC&U Presentation, October 2026
From Participation to Persistence: Proven Community Learning that Improves Retention and makes AAC&U’s VALUE Rubrics Visible”
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Faculty Panel: What Makes Courses Feel Like Community?
Most faculty can tell you exactly which course felt like a community. The students talked to each other, not just to the instructor. People came back after a hard week....
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Webinar and event recordings
Summer Refresh: A First Look at New Features and Future Horizons
What’s New in Yellowdig, and What’s Coming Next A first look at the newest features and the roadmap ahead, so you can plan your next term with the latest tools...
Spring Forward·Power User Moves and Advanced Strategies
What Your Yellowdig Data Is Already Telling You A closer look at using analytics to understand what’s working, catch what isn’t, and scale it across your courses.
...Winter Warm-Up: Moving Beyond the Basics to Deeper Engagement
Moving Beyond the Basics: Strategy That Keeps Conversations Going Explore how a few intentional design choices turn early participation into engagement that holds up through the rest of the term.
...Dig Into the Season: A Yellowdig series to improve your skills
Four seasons, four skill levels, one Yellowdig community that gets stronger all year. Register once to attend all four, free. 🎁 Attend live and unlock free access to launch your...
Orientation Reimagined: Human Connection Before Classes.
Explore how online communities create meaningful human connections before classes begin, complementing (not replacing) AI-powered onboarding tools.Why this mattersOrientation shouldn’t feel automated. This webinar explores how online communities create meaningful...
Designing Courses Students Want to Engage, Even in the Age of AI
Explore how course design decisions shape participation, and what changes when interaction no longer depends on constant instructor effort. Why this matters Many engagement challenges are treated as motivation problems....
Build Community — Cut Workload: Faculty Tools That Actually Help
AI promises efficiency, but faculty still want deeper conversation and stronger student connection, not more tools to manage. In this session, we explore teaching frameworks and community-based tools that reduce...
Leadership Roundtable: Engagement, Retention & Belonging in 2026
A strategic conversation for higher education leaders shaping what comes next. Higher education leaders are navigating enrollment pressure, accelerating AI transformation, and rapidly shifting student expectations. This leadership roundtable explores...
Learner Engagement Summit 2023
Hear from leaders, instructors, and designers from across academia who presented on a wide range of topics around learner engagement during the 2023 summit. The Summit by the Numbers: 2 days – 20 sessions 📽️ Speakers from over 15 institutions 🏫 Over 500 live attendees 🎉 Preview of the sessions:
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Learning Network Design with Boston University's Online MBA: How to Deliver a Quality Program at Scale
In this 60-minute webinar, the Yellowdig team will dig into the success of Boston University’s Online MBA with Paul Carlile, Senior Associate Dean for Innovation at Questrom School of Business, and Aanchal Singh, Director of Program Innovation for the Online MBA at Boston University Questrom School of Business. They will...
Removing Barriers to Engagement with Yellowdig's UDL-Aligned Platform
Removing Barriers to Engagement with Yellowdig: Presented by NC StateThe Universal Design for Learning framework removes arbitrary barriers to engagement and participation – barriers that are artifacts of how we create educational experiences – so students can focus on the desirable challenges that come along with learning new things. In...
Education 3.0: Connecting the Learning Experience
Request Previous Episodes from the Series Shaunak Roy discuss pressing questions with education leaders. This is a must-watch for anyone looking to stay up to date on the latest needs of modern learners and strategies that institutions at the forefront of education are using to navigate this unpredictable future. The...
Rethinking Learning Experiences: From MOOCs to In-Person Classes
Dr. Lisa Finkelstein, an instructor from Northern Illinois University, will dive deeper into her experience innovating around the student experience for her classes. She previously shared a summary of her experiences in Yellowdig’s latest e-book titled “Student and Instructor User Satisfaction Report.” Brian Verdine, PhD, VP of Academic Product Engagement...
Yellowdig Guest Webinar Featuring Mark Rom of Georgetown University
Hear from Mark Rom of Georgetown UniversityHear from Dr. Mark Rom, an Associate Professor of Government and Public Policy at Georgetown University. Dr. Rom will share his first-hand account of the genuine community that formed in his Yellowdig communities, where students discussed pressing topics related to American politics and how...