Learn@UW news
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.
Top services
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Learn@UW Newsletter, week of Sep 25
What’s happening Learn@UW – Checking for and reporting tool outages Unfortunately, technology outages and service interruptions happen. As a reminder: Engage – Ordering period for spring 2027 Instructors can use Engage to…
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Join Top Hat representatives for a hands-on workshop
Top Hat representatives will be on campus in early October to provide a hands-on workshop and drop-in office hours. Learn more about Top Hat’s latest features and capabilities.
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Honorlock: Side-Angle Camera/Dual Camera feature
The Honorlock Side-Angle/Dual Camera feature is currently in beta testing. Learn when this feature may be available at UW–Madison.
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Learn@UW Newsletter, week of Sept 11
What’s happening Engage – Ordering period for spring 2027 At UW–Madison, instructors use Engage to manage and deliver eTexts and digital learning tools (DLTs) for their courses. The ordering period for these…
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Learn@UW Newsletter, week of Aug 28
What’s happening Kaltura – New captioning features Beginning August 24, 2026, Kaltura began adding human-generated captions and computer-generated extended audio descriptions for all videos if you: Turnaround for these captions and extended…
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Learn@UW pre-semester training opportunities
Join Learn@UW for a series of pre-semester training sessions on topics such as Canvas, Gradescope, Top Hat and more.
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Teaching Tools registration now open
Learn@UW is holding two sessions designed to help instructors leverage Canvas, Piazza, TopHat, and other teaching tools in their upcoming courses.
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Learn@UW Newsletter, week of July 31
Blue is coming, Top Hat offers a toolkit, and lots of training in August.
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Learn@UW Newsletter, week of July 17
Gradescope & Turnitin scheduled maintenance, Canvas Free-for-Teacher Access, and lots of training in August!
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Learn@UW Newsletter, week of June 26
An Honorlock update, two Canvas updates, and a lot of Learn@UW training sessions.
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Academic Technology events
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October 5AOS/CPEP Joint Colloquium – Miguel HilarioMeasurements of the July 2026 Canadian wildfire smoke event by the SPARC mobile laboratory
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