On July 20, Canvas courses will begin using the redesigned Discussions and Announcements features, affecting in-progress summer courses. Find out what this means for you.
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Requesting a Canvas course shell
Canvas shells are blank Canvas courses in which you can create and deliver course content, blank “canvases” for instructors and course designers to use as a sandbox for experimentation or to house supplemental content.
Introducing Learn@UW–Madison’s Training Manuals Library
This new library features written content sourced from our regular sessions on teaching and learning tools, including Canvas, Kaltura and Top Hat.
Instructors: Order your digital course materials by Mar 25
Save money and unlock learning experiences. Instructors must order eTexts and digital learning tools in Engage before the deadline to ensure they’re available in the upcoming summer term.
Engage eText: Order for spring semester by Dec 1
If you’re an instructor interested in ordering Engage digital materials for your spring semester courses, the ordering period is open.
Get paid to help build a better digital campus
Students employed at UW–Madison can join our research panel to provide your perspective on websites and apps. Participants earn $25 per session.
3 things you can do to start building a more accessible digital campus
Our goal at UW–Madison is to ensure that all people, regardless of their ability, can use all of our public websites, applications, digital documents and experiences. Learn about the new policy—and what you can do to help.
Engage eText: What students need to know
If your fall semester courses offer digital textbooks via Engage, here’s what you need to know—including how much money students have saved on print textbooks. (Hint: It’s more than enough to satisfy a sweet tooth…)
Brush up on Canvas & other teaching tools
Learn@UW–Madison’s virtual training sessions have been recorded for just-in-time viewing. Meant for faculty and staff, both new and veteran, the sessions focus on Canvas, Kaltura MediaSpace, UDOIT Accessibility Checker and more.
Academic Technology’s software development teams merge on Jul 2
Next month, Academic Technology’s 2 software development teams will merge under the Teaching & Research Application Development (TRAD) name.