What’s happening

Turnitin – Scheduled maintenance, July 18

Turnitin will be performing scheduled maintenance Saturday, July 18, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. There could be some disruption in service during this timeframe.

Gradescope – Scheduled maintenance, July 18

Gradescope will be performing scheduled maintenance Saturday, July 18, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. There could be some disruption in service during this timeframe.

Canvas – Free-For-Teacher Access, July 27-28

Instructure is temporarily re-opening access to their Canvas Free-For-Teacher tool from July 27 at 11 p.m. until July 28 at 10:59 p.m. This final access window offers the opportunity to view and retrieve course materials. More information is available at this Instructure Community blog post.

Upcoming events

Non-Credit Community of Practice

The next session of the Non-Credit Community of Practice will be Tuesday, July 28, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. via Microsoft Teams.

Our focus will be the Workday Learning Management System. We will be joined by Amy Russell, Learning Technologies Manager within the Office of Human Resources. Amy will provide an overview of Workday LMS and discuss some technical details. She will also discuss Workday’s security roles, and how to get courses into Workday LMS.

If interested in joining, contact Andy Posselt (aposselt@wisc.edu).

Learn@UW – Fall 2026 Training Blitz

Learn@UW is proud to present our Fall 2026 Training Blitz. Listed below are 29 sessions covering the most useful functions and features of several of the supported learning technologies. All sessions will be facilitated by your friendly Learn@UW team, remotely, via Zoom. The sessions are open to all UW-Madison faculty and staff. We look forward to seeing you there.

Canvas training

Canvas Fundamentals

• Wednesday, August 19, 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
• Wednesday, August 19, 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
• Thursday, August 27, 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Student Assessment in Canvas

• Thursday, August 20, 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
• Thursday, August 20, 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
• Thursday, August 27, 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Managing the Canvas Gradebook

• Thursday, August 20, 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
• Thursday, August 20, 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Friday, August 28, 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Canvas – Things You Might Have Missed, Part 1

• Monday, August 24, 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
• Monday, August 31, 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Canvas – Things You Might Have Missed, Part 2

• Monday, August 24, 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
• Tuesday, September 1, 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Canvas – Making Sure Your Course is Ready

• Tuesday, August 25, 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
• Tuesday, September 1, 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Other tools training

Overview of Learn@UW Tools

• Wednesday, August 19, 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
• Thursday, August 27, 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

Using Kaltura MediaSpace to Share Media in Canvas

• Friday, August 21, 1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
• Friday, August 28, 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Fundamentals of Gradescope

• Friday, August 21, 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
• Friday, August 28, 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Using Zoom in Canvas

• Tuesday, August 25, 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
• Monday, August 31, 1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Top Hat

• Tuesday, August 25, 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
• Monday, August 31, 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Making Your Canvas Course Accessible with UDOIT & TidyUP

• Tuesday, August 25, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
• Monday, August 31, 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Fundamentals of DesignPLUS

• Tuesday, August 25, 2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
• Monday, August 31, 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

UDOIT Advantage Summer School 2026

Cidi Labs is hosting two hours of UDOIT training this summer. All educators and instructional support staff are welcome to join.

• Day 1: Wednesday, August 12, from 12:00 p.m. CT to 1:00 p.m. Learn how to identify and remediate common accessibility issues in Canvas pages, assignments, discussions, and other course content using UDOIT Advantage.
• Day 2: Thursday, August 13, from 12:00 p.m. CT to 1:00 p.m. Learn how to scan your Canvas course files for accessibility issues and create alternate formats that improve accessibility and support different ways students engage with course materials.

Access more information and register.

(This training is provided by the vendor.)

Center for Teaching, Learning & Mentoring

Enhancing Online Education summer programs

Enhancing Online Education helps instructors adopt evidence-based methods for successful online teaching. This summer’s topics are:

• Instructional Materials
• Fostering Community
• Cultivating Inclusivity

Access more information and register.