Top Hat is a digital tool that allows instructors to engage students by soliciting real-time ideas and feedback, even in the largest lecture.
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New guide helps university instructors harness generative AI
Check out the university’s new “AI Prompt Cookbook,” a practical introductory guide to help instructors create course content, brainstorm assignments and more.
Learn@UW Newsletter, week of December 20
What’s happening? Honorlock – Enhanced Session Viewer Honorlock released an update to its Session Viewer. The feature will now open in a new tab, facilitating easy review of exam flags with a side-by-side screen view. …
Learn@UW Newsletter, week of December 6
What’s happening? Honorlock – Preparing for final exams Honorlock can be a powerful partner in the design and delivery of final exams. With two weeks remaining in the semester, there is plenty of time to …
Final grade submissions: Canvas tips for UW–Madison instructors
Do you teach large-enrollment courses? This tool in Canvas is designed to help you easily and accurately transfer final grades into the MyUW Faculty Center.
MyUW Course Schedule app adds functionality, simplifies access
MyUW’s new Course Schedule app received an update that adds new functionality and improves the overall user experience when viewing course and final exam schedules.
Learn@UW Newsletter, week of November 22
What’s happening? Canvas – Course shells for spring 2025 The new Canvas course shells for spring 2025 were created last week. They should now be available for instructors to begin development. For a reminder on …
Curious how to make your Google docs accessible? Try Grackle
Explore Grackle for clear guidance to make your Google docs, presentations and spreadsheets more accessible to all.
Learn@UW Newsletter, week of November 8
The Learn@UW newsletter features short articles with tips and tricks for instructors, faculty, teaching assistants, instructional designers, and others to aid your instructional and classroom experience.
UW–Madison prepares for compliance with new federal rule on digital accessibility
Universities must make digital resources accessible by Apr 24, 2026, under a new Justice Department rule. Learn about the committee tasked with identifying barriers and resources needed for compliance.