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On this page, you’ll find curated articles related to the tools we support as well as articles related to the teaching and learning technology space. If you need technical assistance with our tools, please search our KnowledgeBase or contact the DoIT Help Desk.

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  • Distance learning

    TidyUp: coming January 2026

    TidyUp will be available in Canvas on Jan 7. Learn how this tool can help instructors and course designers clean up their files in Canvas.

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    Learn@UW Newsletter, week of Dec 5

    See important dates, upcoming trainings and Learn@UW events across December 2025 and January 2026.

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    Learn@UW Newsletter, week of Nov 21

    See what's happening at Learn@UW the last week of November 2025.

  • LinkedIn Learning now integrated with Workday Learning

    You still have access to this great service, but your learning history won’t carry over to your Workday Learning transcript. If you want to keep your learning history, follow these instructions before Dec 1.

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    Change to student access tokens in Canvas

    If you wish to use an access token, you’ll now need to request one.

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    DesignPLUS available now

    DesignPLUS is a time-saving tool that allows instructors and course designers to build engaging, stylized Canvas courses.

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    Learn@UW Newsletter, week of Nov 7

    Canvas scheduled maintenance, Honorlock User Group (Virtual) Meetup, Top Hat release notes, HelioCampus AC survey deadline, and lots of training!

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    Learn@UW Newsletter, week of Oct 24

    What’s happening? Gradescope – Planned outage, October 25 Gradescope will be conducting six hours of maintenance from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 25. There may be some interruptions in service during that …

  • Distance learning

    DesignPLUS: coming November 2025

    Beginning November 4, DesignPLUS will be available in Canvas through the Learn@UW teaching and learning suite of tools. What is DesignPLUS? DesignPLUS is a time-saving tool that allows instructors and course designers to build and …

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    Learn@UW Newsletter, week of Oct 10

    What’s happening? Engage – Spring ordering period begins October 20 At UW–‍Madison, instructors use Engage to manage and deliver eTexts and digital learning tools (DLTs) for their courses. The ordering period for these digital options …

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