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 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 …

Learn@UW Newsletter, week of June 13

What’s happening? Honorlock – Update released, June 9 The latest release for the Honorlock web application and extension brings several improvements impacting performance and accessibility. Learn all the exciting details. Canvas – Known Issue, Watermark in DocViewer In a recent upgrade to Canvas, a watermark began appearing on previously loaded “presentation files” such as Microsoft …

Learn@UW Newsletter, week of May 30

What’s happening? Atomic Assessments – New features Two new functionalities were recently added to Atomic Assessments. Find further information on these features and a full list of release notes (including those coming up on June 3rd). If you need support for Atomic Assessments, refer to our KnowledgeBase articles or contact the DoIT Help Desk. Course Evaluations …

Learn@UW Newsletter, week of April 18

What’s happening? HelioCampus AC – Evaluations have begun Earlier this morning, most HelioCampus AC course evaluations began. They will run for two weeks, ending at 11:59pm on Friday, May 2. HelioCampus AC departmental administrators can monitor the response rates of the course evaluations in their department. For suggestions on how to improve the response rates, …