Office Hours

Level up your Bugwood Tools skills.

Bugwood Office Hours are virtual sessions provided to support anyone using our products. Users can join a session and receive one-on-one support and personalized guidance from our Team. If you have an issue to be addressed, please join within the first 30 minutes of the session or leave a comment on the registration form.

Sessions may include brief informational presentations with open Q&A, guided instruction on tool use and features, work sessions to help users with our products, general technical support, or guest presenters sharing applied use cases. Breakout rooms are used to offer one-on-one support and personalized guidance.

Bugwood Office Hours are held every other Friday from 1-3 p.m. Eastern Time.

2026 Bugwood Office Hours Schedule

DateTopic
October 2What is Citizen Science? How to be prepared....
October 16
(World Digital Preservation Day)
Preserving Your Legacy.
Bugwood Tools Tutorial: Bugwood Images
October 30TENTATIVE: JoroWatch 2026 Wrap-Up
November 13How Verifiers add iNaturalist Observations to EDDMapS
December 11Open Tech Support Session
Bring your questions about EDDMapS, EDDMapS Pro, Wild Spotter, and other Bugwood tools. We'll provide live guidance, troubleshooting, and answers during this open tech support session.

Bugwood Office Hours Recordings

DateTopic
May 29, 2026Connect - The Importance of Completing Your Connect Profile (a Bugwood Tools tutorial)
June 12, 2026Connect Collaborations - Set-up and Member Onboarding (a Bugwood Tools tutorial)
July 24, 2026Wild Spotter in Action at Huntsville Botanical Garden featuring Cameron Oldham, Cultivated Areas Supervisor and Class of 2025 Invasive Species Ambassador
August 7, 2026LIVE DEMO: How to Build an EDDMapS Query
August 21, 2026LIVE DEMO: EDDMapS Verifier Management Process for Verifier Admins
September 4, 2026EDDMapS App vs EDDMapS Pro App: Which Should You Use?
Learn the differences between the two apps, who they're designed for, and how to choose the right tool for your reporting and management needs.