UW–Madison’s Division of Information Technology (DoIT) is the principal locus of the university’s IT operations.
DoIT’s approximately 550 staff provide IT services & support to more than 25,000 faculty and staff, and to nearly 50,000 students.
Here you can find information about DoIT’s focus areas, departments and people as well as some notable initiatives and interesting numbers in the world of DoIT.
Focus areas
DoIT is organized into 4 areas of focus: university mission, core services, enterprise and information security services, and business services. Click below to see details on the departments and leaders in each area.
University mission
University mission departments support the teaching, research and outreach mission of the university.
Enterprise & information security services
2 departments provide services that support the enterprise business systems and cybersecurity operations of the division.
Core services
Core services departments form the backbone for all university technology operations.
Business services
3 departments provide services that support the business operations of the division.
Notable DoIT Initiatives
IT project portfolio
This collection of DoIT internal and university collaborative projects charts a new course for information technology at UW–Madison.
Women in IT
UW Women in IT (WIT) develops strategies to improve the recruitment, retention and advancement of women working in IT on campus.
IT governance
IT governance gives formal structure and process to IT decision-making about priorities, policies, budgets and effectiveness.
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Latest DoIT news & posts
List of articles
Learn@UW Newsletter, week of August 16
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, …
Students say Top Hat ‘makes large lectures feel smaller‘
Find out what UW–Madison students think about Top Hat—a tool instructors can use to bring real-time polling and other feedback interactions into their classrooms. Top Hat training sessions: Aug 20 & 30 via Zoom.
Learn@UW Newsletter, week of August 2
What’s Happening? Canvas – New “Smart Search” Available as Feature Preview A new Canvas “Smart Search” course search tool is available as a feature preview for instructors to enable. Students and instructors can use the …
Accessibility with UDOIT: Text styling in Canvas
UDOIT is a tool that helps instructors fix digital accessibility barriers directly within Canvas. Learn more about how screen readers interpret text styling, and how to make your course better for students who use them.
Learn@UW Newsletter, week of July 19
What’s Happening? Canvas – New Course Analytics Tool Coming to All Courses Tomorrow, July 20 A refreshed version of Canvas course Analytics, called “New Analytics,” has been available as an instructor opt-in feature in the …
