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Kognito Training

Conversations Change Lives

Gain tools to help yourself or someone in need of additional support.

Kognito is an online avatar based simulation for students, staff and faculty to learn new skills for giving support and referring someone to services on campus. The training provides the opportunity to practice talking with a student about their experience and provide support. During the conversation, you can choose different responses to see how your choices impact the conversation and get feedback in real time. To participate in the Kognito online course, sign in with your UW-Green Bay email and password and complete DUO authentication. Students should select the "student" course. Faculty and staff should select the "faculty" course.

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What is Kognito?

The Kognito simulation is designed to enhance the mental health literacy of all individuals who work with distress. The interactive simulation provides practice conversations through role-plays with virtual students and may be completed at the user's desired pace. Our mission is to help college students improve their mental health while supporting administrators and staff in their efforts to create safe campuses which foster an inclusive community.

The simulation teaches users how to recognize the signs of emotional distress, initiate a conversation leveraging evidence-based communication strategies and how to make a referral to support services.

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Kognito Modules

Kognito offers a variety of experiential learning simulations that give users the confidence to start more conversations around complex topics such as mental health, substance use, sexual misconduct and suicide prevention. Currently, the following modules are available.

At Risk Mental Health Training

This Kognito simulation is designed to enhance the mental health literacy of all individuals who work with distress. The interactive simulation provides practice conversations through role-plays with virtual students and may be completed at the user's desired pace. The simulation teaches users how to recognize the signs of emotional distress, initiate a conversation leveraging evidence-based communication strategies and how to make a referral to support services.

Time Commitment
The training requires about an hour to complete. The training is comprised of:
  • Pre-training assessment (5-8 minutes)
  • Self-paced simulation (45 minutes)
  • Post-training assessment (5-8 minutes)

If you are unable to commit an hour for the training, the training can be paused at any time and will resume where you left off in the simulation.

For Instructors

If you would like to assign the Kognito "At-Risk Mental Health For Students" simulation training to your students in a Canvas course, we have created a customizable assignment template you can quickly import into your Canvas course. This assignment includes instructions for students which outline how to access the Kognito training and upload their certificate of completion as an assignment submission.

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Cultivating Inclusive Communities Training

This Kognito simulation enables students, faculty and other members of the university to have courageous conversations which foster an inclusive campus community.

Time Commitment
The training requires about an hour to complete. The training is comprised of:
  • Pre-training assessment (5-8 minutes)
  • Self-paced simulation (20 minutes)
  • Post-training assessment (5-8 minutes)

If you are unable to commit 20 minutes for the training, the training can be paused at any time and will resume where you left off in the simulation.

For Instructors

If you would like to assign the Kognito "Cultivating Inclusive Communities” simulation training to your students in a Canvas course, we have created a customizable assignment template you can quickly import into your Canvas course. This assignment includes instructions for students which outline how to access the Kognito training and upload their certificate of completion as an assignment submission.

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Alcohol & Other Drugs Misuse Prevention Training

This Kognito simulation focuses on increasing insight and awareness regarding substance use and motivation toward behavioral change.

For Instructors

If you would like to assign the Kognito "Alcohol & Other Drugs Misuse Prevention Training" simulation training to your students in a Canvas course, we have created a customizable assignment template you can quickly import into your Canvas course. This assignment includes instructions for students which outline how to access the Kognito training and upload their certificate of completion as an assignment submission.

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Sexual Violence Prevention Training

This Kognito simulation equips college students with the skills to navigate difficult situations related to sexual misconduct in a safe and private practice environment.

For Instructors

If you would like to assign the Kognito "Sexual Violence Prevention Training" simulation training to your students in a Canvas course, we have created a customizable assignment template you can quickly import into your Canvas course. This assignment includes instructions for students which outline how to access the Kognito training and upload their certificate of completion as an assignment submission.

Import Kognito to Canvas
Lissa Balison, UW_Green Bay Counselor

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Meet Lissa Balison, one of our counselors at UW-Green Bay. If you have questions about how to complete Kognito Training, please reach out to her or any one of our qualified counselors.

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