University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Academic Technology News

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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. IgniteAI features are moving from the conceptual phase into the Feature Preview stage. Feature Previews are optional for us to …

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 to run one hour, with no downtime. Notable improvements include a fix to a problem encountered when launching Chrome, and …

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 non-UW-affiliated attendee or host in a Zoom session will disable the setting for auto-recording the session. The recording function can …

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. See full details about the update Canvas – Two new opt-in features Instructors may now choose to enable two new features in Canvas. Both …