What’s happening
Canvas – Summer and fall courses coming soon
The new Canvas course shells for summer 2026 and fall 2026 will be created soon. Remember to allow a couple hours for all courses to appear on instructors’ dashboards.
- Summer 2026: Coming March 30
- Fall 2026: Coming April 13
Canvas – SCORM updates in April
Instructure has scheduled two dates for maintenance on the Canvas SCORM component. During the following six-hour windows, instructors and training course owners should anticipate SCORM-reliant course elements being unreliable.
- April 7, 10:00 p.m. (CDT) to April 8, 4:00 a.m. (CDT)
- April 14, 10:00 p.m. (CDT) to April 15, 4:00 a.m. (CDT)
Engage – Order period for FA26
Since UW–Madison launched Engage in 2018, it has saved students millions of dollars on course materials. Instructors can now order Engage materials for fall classes. (The ordering period for summer semester has closed.) See the dates for ordering Engage materials.
Upcoming events
Canvas Training
Prepare Your Canvas Course for Next Semester
Canvas course shells for summer and fall semesters will soon be here. This one-hour session provides you with guidance for building out your Canvas course content.
Canvas: Final Grading Strategies
HelioCampus AC – Training
It is time for HelioCampus AC departmental administrators to start thinking about their course surveys. The following training and Q&A sessions are now available to help set up your department (or school) for success.
HelioCampus Q&A
Learn@UW Demystifies AI
This hour-long, fully remote session provides an overview of artificial intelligence for employees of UW–Madison. All faculty and staff are invited to attend any of the following sessions.