University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Academic Technology News

DoIT Academic Technology supports instructors through a variety of services tailored to help strategize, design, develop and integrate technologies to improve learning outcomes.

Learn@UW Newsletter, week of Jan 30

What’s happening? Zoom in Canvas – Known issue: Non-Students in a course affect “Auto Record” Setting Learn@UW has become aware of a known issue with the Zoom integration in Canvas. In short, the presence of non-UW-affiliated attendee or host in a Zoom session will disable the setting for auto-recording the session. The recording function can …

Learn@UW Newsletter, week of Jan 16

What’s happening? Honorlock – Update, January 22 On Thursday, January 22, from 7:00 a.m. (CST) until approximately 8:00 a.m., Honorlock will release a new update. This update includes the following enhancements. Cleaner results New flags More intuitive filtering For full details about the update, click here. Canvas – Two new opt-in features Instructors may now …

Get AI basics with Learn@UW

Are you curious about AI tools, but just don’t know how to get started — or which tools are safe to use? We’ve got you covered with hands-on virtual workshops. Learn the basics and benefits of using Microsoft Copilot and Google Gemini. Feb 9 & Mar 9.

Learn@UW Newsletter, week of Jan 2, 2026

HAPPY NEW YEAR! What’s happening? TidyUP – Coming January 7 On January 7, Learn@UW will launch TidyUP as the newest addition to our suite of learning technologies. TidyUP is a maintenance and clean-up tool that will show you unused files and pages inside your Canvas course so you can “tidy things up.” For more information, …

Learn@UW Newsletter, week of Dec 19

What’s happening? TidyUP – Coming January 7 A new tool is coming to the Learn@UW suite! TidyUP will show you unused files and pages inside your Canvas course so you can tidy things up. Check out this news article for more information. Top Hat – Office hours in January In January, Top Hat is hosting …