Learn@UW Newsletter, week of August 16 - UW–⁠Madison Information Technology

What’s happening?

Atomic Assessments – User interface update

Atomic Assessments has a new Simplified View. For details on how to toggle the Simplified View on and off, refer to this KB Article. On January 8, 2025, this new view will be made permanent by Atomic Jolt.

If you or an instructor are actively choosing to leave this new UI turned off, please, let us know why (learnuwsupport@wisc.edu). We will ensure your feedback is seen by the vendor.

UDOIT – Checking your course accessibility

Now is a good time to scan your Canvas course for accessibility barriers with UDOIT. UDOIT will scan the entire course and provide a list of errors and suggested fixes. Don’t know where to start? Try the “easiest to fix” filter on the Home screen. We have a series of short videos that cover the most common suggested fixes!

HelioCampus AC – Release 3.105, September 16

We can expect a HelioCampus AC update to be installed in our production environment on Monday, September 16. Details of this release can be reviewed in the release notes. The most impactful elements of this release concern two areas:

Behavior and appearance of the widgets on the HelioCampus AC dashboard
Redesign of the Report Library interface

Canvas – Summary of recent changes

Several changes have been introduced to our Canvas instance over the summer. Here is a recap of the highlights:

Discussions and Announcements Redesign – June
New Analytics – July
New Inbox Features – August
Smart Search – August
Course role of “Librarian” redefined – August
Kaltura My Media menu change – August
Changes to Syllabus & Course Summary – Released today

Canvas – New Quizzes pilot

This fall, Learn@UW–‍Madison is conducting a small pilot test of the Canvas “New Quizzes” quizzing engine to learn more about it. We’re seeking fall courses to participate. If you know of courses that would be willing to participate, please sign them up in this Google spreadsheet.

Turnitin – Maintenance August 18

Turnitin will undergo scheduled maintenance on August 18 from 8am-4pm and may be unavailable. For more details refer to this KnowledgeBase news item.

Learn@UW–‍Madison – Training begins next week!

With Fall 2024 just around the corner, Learn@UW–‍Madison will be hosting over 30 hours of training across the next two weeks (starting on Monday, August 19). Topics include Canvas, Kaltura, UDOIT, Top Hat and learning analytics.

All 15 courses will be delivered during each week. Come to as many courses as you can, and stay as long as you like. Refer to the Upcoming events section below for dates, times and registration.

If you are unable to attend the sessions, recordings of many of these courses may be found in our Learn@UW–‍Madison Training Video Library, and written versions of the content may be found in our Learn@UW–‍Madison Training Manual Library.

(If you have suggestions for improvements to our training offerings, please, contact learnuwsupport@wisc.edu.)

Upcoming events

Canvas Non-Credit Community of Practice, August 21

Join us for an engaging Community of Practice event next Wednesday, August 21st at 10:30 am! Discover invaluable Tips & Tricks for utilizing Canvas and enhancing your teaching/training experience. Don’t miss out—expand your Canvas skills and connect with fellow educators! No registration necessary. You can find a link to the meeting on the flyer, or visit the SharePoint Board for the Non-Credit Community of Practice. Join our growing community!

We are constantly seeking new members for the Non-Credit Community of Practice SharePoint board. Request access today to stay updated on all events and valuable information available. Use the SharePoint Board link to navigate to the page and on the right side of the page, select Join this Community. If you already have a MySite, the community you just joined will be added to your list of followed sites.