University of Wisconsin–Madison

Author: Whitney Jacobson

New tools to support course accessibility

Three new tools have been integrated into Canvas and help make teaching and learning easier and more accessible. Learn more about these tools — and how to harness their powers to break accessibility barriers in your courses.

ITSM Tool Replacement Project update: Sprint 21

Get the latest on the IT Service Management Tool Replacement Project. The team has successfully delivered key improvements across several functional areas.

Smart Access January 2026 update

Smart Access work is active, focused on advancing Zero Trust with the tools we already have. Learn more about the current work and what’s next.

Learn how to safeguard data during Data Privacy Week

You can‘t always control how information is gathered or shared, but you can control how you treat and protect information — at work and at home.

For students: Mark your calendars for Love Data Week

Love Data Week is a celebration held yearly during the week of Valentine’s Day. Learn how to make well-designed visualizations, protect your personal data, archive public datasets, and more.

For faculty & staff: Mark your calendars for Love Data Week

Love Data Week is a celebration held yearly during the week of Valentine’s Day. Join online and hybrid events to learn best practices for creating accessible charts, archiving public datasets, using protected institutional data responsibly, and more.

Elevate your instruction this spring with Learn@UW

Learn@UW is faculty and staff’s go-to hub for teaching tools, learning opportunities, and resources that help foster and support instruction. Get the latest updates as we start the new semester.

Stay connected with cybersecurity colleagues through MIST

Are you a member of the university’s distributed IT community? Monthly meetings of the Madison Information Security Team (MIST) are a great way to hear from security experts across campus and network with colleagues.

New Data Classification Initiative

This effort will simplify how we — as an organization — categorize and protect information. As this work gets underway, we‘ll develop “just-in-time” guidance and automation to help everyone understand how to appropriately use, store and share data.

TidyUp your Canvas courses

TidyUp is now available in Canvas. Learn how this tool can help instructors and course designers clean up their files.