What’s Happening?
Canvas – Pre-semester checklist
With the fall semester beginning in four days, instructors may wish to review their Canvas courses one last time to make sure it’s ready to go. Learn@UW–Madison has compiled a short list of the most frequently considered items. Those items are captured in this convenient reference document.
HelioCampus AC – Release 3.105, Sept. 16
HelioCampus AC will install their 3.105 release 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 – Ongoing issues with SCORM
Courses in Canvas that use SCORM are reporting delays in marking of completion in Canvas. SCORM is commonly used within training or compliance courses, such as “U Got This!”, within our instance of Canvas. Learn@UW–Madison has reported the issue to the vendor, whose engineering is working to remediate by adding additional hardware to the SCORM processing engine to improve capacity and dependability. We have seen improvement but are keeping the DoIT outage open while we monitor things.
Canvas – Reminder: New Analytics
This semester will be the first for Canvas’s New Analytics tool. The tool is enabled by default in all Canvas courses and will appear in the course navigation bar unless removed.
For details about the tool, reference this Canvas Guide.
The tool provides data visualizations for both instructor and students. To review the student-side of the tool, visit this Canvas Guide.
Learn@UW–Madison – Have a great semester!
Here we go again! Fall 2024 starts in just four days!
Your friendly Learn@UW–Madison colleagues wish you and your people (students, faculty & staff) a successful upcoming semester. UW–Madison continues to be a powerful player in the international academic scene, in large part because of your efforts at providing world-class instruction and instructional support. Keep up the great work!
We are proud to stand with you and provide support when we can.
Upcoming Events
Honorlock – Vendor Training
The following sessions are hosted and presented by the vendor. Click the hyperlink below to register.
“We are hosting a webinar series where our experts will guide you through best practices for successfully utilizing Honorlock to secure your exams. We will cover how Honorlock works within Canvas, how to customize exam settings to support your integrity goals, and tips to minimize test anxiety.”
Thursday, September 5 – 2:00 pm CT