What’s happening Canvas – Summer and fall courses coming soon The new Canvas course shells for summer 2026 and fall 2026 will be created soon. Remember to allow a couple hours for all courses to …
Academic Technology News
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Learn@UW Newsletter, week of Mar 13
What’s happening Top Hat – Release note highlights Top Hat is expecting to deliver several upgrades and improvements in coming weeks: Video Questions – This new assessment type enables students to record a video response …
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Learn@UW Newsletter, week of Feb 27
What’s happening Canvas – Emerging AI features You may be hearing about new Canvas features released under the umbrella name IgniteAI. IgniteAI is a new Canvas feature line from Instructure that groups together AI‑driven functionality. …
Learn@UW Newsletter, week of Feb 13
What’s happening Honorlock – Update, February 17 On Tuesday, February 17, Honorlock will release an update for web application (10.45.0) and the extension (6.68.0). The process will start at 7:00 a.m. (CT), and is expected …
Learn@UW Newsletter, week of Jan 30
What’s happening? Zoom in Canvas – Known issue: Non-Students in a course affect “Auto Record” Setting Learn@UW has become aware of a known issue with the Zoom integration in Canvas. In short, the presence of …
Learn@UW Newsletter, week of Jan 16
What’s happening? Honorlock – Update, January 22 On Thursday, January 22, from 7:00 a.m. (CST) until approximately 8:00 a.m., Honorlock will release a new update. This update includes the following enhancements. Cleaner results New flags …
Elevate your instruction this spring with Learn@UW
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TidyUp your Canvas courses
TidyUp is now available in Canvas. Learn how this tool can help instructors and course designers clean up their files.
Learn@UW Newsletter, week of Jan 2, 2026
HAPPY NEW YEAR! What’s happening? TidyUP – Coming January 7 On January 7, Learn@UW will launch TidyUP as the newest addition to our suite of learning technologies. TidyUP is a maintenance and clean-up tool that …