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.

Learn@UW Newsletter, week of September 12

What’s happening? Honorlock – Frequent updates & releases Anyone using or interested in Honorlock should keep an eye on their frequent updates and releases–the most recent releases have occurred on September 3, 5 and 11. See the Honorlock release notes for details. Atomic Assessments – September 9 updates For our colleagues using Atomic Assessments, a …

Learn@UW Newsletter, week of August 22

What’s happening? UDOIT – Upgraded to Advantage on August 18 For several semesters, UW–‍Madison’s installation of UDOIT has scanned thousands of Canvas courses to identify and help remedy countless accessibility issues. On August 18, we upgraded to UDOIT Advantage. This new variation brings more comprehensive searches, more functionality, a refined interface, and a more powerful …

Learn@UW Newsletter, week of August 8

What’s happening? Gradescope – Now available Gradescope is now officially available to all instructors as part of the suite of tools supported by Learn@UW. This powerful assessment and feedback tool will help instructors more quickly and efficiently perform their grading tasks in Canvas. Learn more on the Gradescope KB. To attend one of two live, …

Learn@UW Newsletter, week of July 25

What’s happening? Canvas – New Quizzes now available UW–‍Madison has now enabled New Quizzes in all Canvas sub-accounts. At this point, use is entirely optional; instructors can decided whether to enable New Quizzes in any given course. Further, when creating any quiz, instructors can decide whether to use New Quizzes or to continue using the …

Learn@UW Newsletter, week of July 11

What’s happening? Learn@UW – Training Schedule set for Fall 2025 In late-August and early-September, Learn@UW is hosting a large array of training sessions focusing on several of our learning technologies. These sessions are 100% remote, and are intended for instructors and instructional staff all across the UW–‍Madison campus. Come when you can; leave when you …