University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Academic Technology News

DoIT Academic Technology supports instructors through a variety of services tailored to help strategize, design, develop and integrate technologies to improve learning outcomes.

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.

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 digital options for spring 2027 begins on Monday, October 19, and runs through Monday, December 7. To explore the tool and how it …

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 audio descriptions is four days. For more details and to learn about exceptions to this process, refer to How Human Captioning and Machine …

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.

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.

Learn@UW Newsletter, week of July 31

Blue is coming, Top Hat offers a toolkit, and lots of training in August.

Make it Accessible guides are now on the Digital Accessibility Hub

This set of comprehensive resources gives you tips and tools to make digital environments more accessible.

Learn@UW Newsletter, week of July 17

Gradescope & Turnitin scheduled maintenance, Canvas Free-for-Teacher Access, and lots of training in August!

Learn@UW Newsletter, week of June 26

An Honorlock update, two Canvas updates, and a lot of Learn@UW training sessions.

Learn@UW Newsletter, week of June 12

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 …