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Learn@UW Newsletter, week of August 16

Posted on August 16, 2024

What’s happening? Atomic Assessments – User interface update Atomic Assessments has a new Simplified View. For details on how to toggle the Simplified View on and off, refer to this KB Article. On January 8, …

Posted in Academic Technology News, Learn @ UW News

Students say Top Hat ‘makes large lectures feel smaller‘

Posted on August 13, 2024

Find out what UW–‍Madison students think about Top Hat—a tool instructors can use to bring real-time polling and other feedback interactions into their classrooms. Top Hat training sessions: Aug 20 & 30 via Zoom.

Posted in Academic Technology News, IT News, Learn @ UW News

Learn@UW Newsletter, week of August 2

Posted on August 2, 2024

What’s Happening? Canvas – New “Smart Search” Available as Feature Preview A new Canvas “Smart Search” course search tool is available as a feature preview for instructors to enable. Students and instructors can use the …

Posted in Academic Technology News, Learn @ UW News

Accessibility with UDOIT: Text styling in Canvas

Posted on July 26, 2024

UDOIT is a tool that helps instructors fix digital accessibility barriers directly within Canvas. Learn more about how screen readers interpret text styling, and how to make your course better for students who use them.

Posted in Academic Technology News, Digital Accessibility, Learn @ UW News

Learn@UW Newsletter, week of July 19

Posted on July 19, 2024

What’s Happening? Canvas – New Course Analytics Tool Coming to All Courses Tomorrow, July 20 A refreshed version of Canvas course Analytics, called “New Analytics,” has been available as an instructor opt-in feature in the …

Posted in Academic Technology News, Learn @ UW News

Canvas: Changes coming to syllabus & course summary features

Posted on July 16, 2024

If you use these features as an instructor or instructional designer, find out about changes coming Aug 16.

Posted in Academic Technology News, IT News, Learn @ UW News

Learn@UW Newsletter, week of July 5

Posted on July 10, 2024

What’s Happening? Canvas – Discussions/Announcements Redesign Coming July 20 On July 20, all Canvas courses will begin using the redesigned version of “Discussions/Announcements.” For the past several semesters, using the redesigned versions of Discussions and …

Posted in Academic Technology News, Learn @ UW News

Learn@UW Newsletter, week of Jun 21

Posted on June 21, 2024

What’s Happening? Canvas – Discussions/Announcements Redesign Coming July 20 On July 20, all Canvas courses will begin using the redesigned version of “Discussions/Announcements.” For the past several semesters, using the redesigned versions of Discussions and …

Posted in Academic Technology News, Learn @ UW News

Changes to Canvas Discussions and Announcements tools coming Jul 20

Posted on June 20, 2024

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.

Posted in Academic Technology News, Learn @ UW News

Requesting a Canvas course shell

Posted on June 18, 2024

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.

Posted in Academic Technology News, Learn @ UW News
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