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Explains CrowdStrike Falcon, the antivirus and endpoint security solution installed on all Bowdoin-issued faculty and staff computers. Covers what CrowdStrike does, how it works, what data it collects, and what faculty and staff need to do (nothing — it runs automatically).

An overview of Zoom at Bowdoin — what it is, who can use it, how licensing works for faculty, staff, and students, when to consider Microsoft Teams instead, and what IT support is available.

A LibreChat prompt that builds a clear, student-friendly grading rubric as a table, with measurable criteria and observable performance-level descriptions aligned to your learning outcomes. For Bowdoin faculty who want transparent, fair, and rigorous evaluation criteria for any assignment.

An interactive LibreChat prompt that guides Bowdoin faculty through analyzing course context, brainstorming assessment strategies, and developing a chosen real-world assessment aligned to course objectives. Produces a structured assessment overview with description, alignment, competencies, and implementation process.

A LibreChat prompt that drafts clear, professional, accessibility-aware emails tailored to Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff. It produces subject-line options plus short and standard versions in the tone and for the audience you specify, with FERPA-aware guardrails. For any faculty or staff member who writes campus email.

This policy describes how the College provides, replaces, maintains, and reclaims computers used primarily by faculty in their offices and related workspaces, including standard models, the four-year replacement cycle, use at home or while on leave, and return of equipment at the end of an appointment. It applies to faculty office computing, not to student workspaces or laboratories.

What happens to a departing faculty or staff member's Bowdoin email, data, and technology when they leave or retire — including account disable timing, the no-forwarding policy, the 90-day mailbox deletion, manager-access rules requiring HR approval, how staff versus faculty data is handled, and the requirement to return Bowdoin-purchased equipment and stop using licensed software. Applies to departing faculty and staff.

How Bowdoin faculty, staff, and students get started with Qualtrics for online surveys — signing in at qualtrics.bowdoin.edu, the first-time account creation steps, creating a new project, how to request access to view individual responses, and who to contact for help. Applies to all Bowdoin community members using Qualtrics.

Step-by-step instructions for faculty on scheduling a recurring Zoom meeting through the Canvas Zoom integration, so that all occurrences share the same meeting ID, link, and settings throughout the semester.

Explains how instructors enable and use NameCoach in a Canvas course so name pronunciations are available on the course roster. Covers turning on the NameCoach navigation link, authorizing the connection between Canvas and NameCoach, and reviewing student recordings. Applies to Bowdoin faculty teaching in Canvas.

An orientation guide to Canvas, Bowdoin's Learning Management System (LMS), for faculty and staff. Covers the Dashboard, left-hand navigation menu, course building tools (Modules, Pages, Assignments, Files), publishing content, course settings, and how to get help or training.

A complete walkthrough for setting up a Microsoft Bookings calendar so students or others can self-schedule appointments during office hours. Covers logging in, creating the calendar, configuring business settings and services, setting up the staff profile, and publishing the booking page. Applies to Bowdoin faculty and staff, who get Microsoft Bookings at no additional cost with their Microsoft 365 account.

Overview of Padlet for instructors at Bowdoin, covering how to access Padlet using Bowdoin SSO, how students access Padlets through Canvas, and where to find Padlet training resources for classroom use.

Azure course folders are cloud-based shared folders for Bowdoin courses, accessible from within an Azure Virtual Desktop or from any on-campus or VPN-connected computer. This article explains how to request an Azure course folder and how to connect to it.

Step-by-step instructions for faculty on enabling the Microsoft Teams integration in a Canvas course, including activating Microsoft Sync and adding the Teams link to the course navigation menu so students can access their class team directly from Canvas.