Connecting & supporting our digital campus
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 digital options for spring 2027 begins on Monday, October 19, and runs through Monday, December 7. To explore the tool and how it …
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 audio descriptions is four days. For more details and to learn about exceptions to this process, refer to How Human Captioning and Machine …
What’s happening Canvas – Customizable learner Dashboard On August 15, we will enable a feature which allows learners to customize their Canvas dashboard, by adding, rearranging, or deleting certain widgets. For more, see How do I customize my Dashboard as a student? Canvas – New Portfolio tool Canvas has transitioned to a new Portfolio. For …
Blue is coming, Top Hat offers a toolkit, and lots of training in August.
Gradescope & Turnitin scheduled maintenance, Canvas Free-for-Teacher Access, and lots of training in August!
An Honorlock update, two Canvas updates, and a lot of Learn@UW training sessions.
What’s happening Honorlock – New LTI version 1.3 Early this morning (June 12), Honorlock rolled out the new 1.3 version of its Canvas integration, which introduces enhanced security features. We delivered notification emails to instructors using Honorlock this summer to help guide them in ensuring their exam settings are not lost in the upgrade. But instructors should …
Cidi Labs summer training for UDOIT and DesignPLUS, updated information on Engage’s new eReader, and several events hosted by CTLM.
This week in Learn@UW: Demystify AI, Top Hat summer camp, DesignPLUS summer school, and more.
Highlights from Learn@UW for the week of April 24.