University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: IT News

Learn@UW Newsletter, week of Sept 11

What’s happening Engage – Ordering period for spring 2027 At UW-Madison, instructors use Engage to manage and deliver eTexts and digital learning tools (DLTs) for their courses. The ordering period for these digital options for spring 2027 begins on Monday, October 19, and runs through Monday, December 7. To explore the tool and how it …

Learn@UW Newsletter, week of Aug 28

What’s happening Kaltura – New captioning features Beginning August 24, 2026, Kaltura began adding human-generated captions and computer-generated extended audio descriptions for all videos if you: Turnaround for these captions and extended audio descriptions is four days. For more details and to learn about exceptions to this process, refer to How Human Captioning and Machine …

Cybersecurity tips & resources for students

New year, new you, new opportunities to be scammed online. Learn how to recognize phishing attempts and how to bolster your cybersecurity knowledge and vigilance.

Let’s win the Big Ten Online Cyber Championship!

Join your peers for an online game to test your cybersecurity abilities. Sponsored by the Big Ten Academic Alliance and the National Cybersecurity Alliance. Oct. 1., noon via Zoom.

From the Notebook to the Cluster workshop series

UW–Madison researchers who work with R are invited to attend a three-part, hands-on workshop illustrating how to create reproducible, portable, and scalable projects.

Call for proposals: Information & Technology Leadership Conference 2026

Share your leadership insights at UW⁠–⁠Madison’s annual IT leadership conference this fall. Submit your proposal by Oct. 4.

Virtual Office Hours with CIO Didier Contis

We’re canceling the Sept. 11 Virtual Office Hours to prepare for an emergency patch that requires our focused attention. We’ll be back next Friday, Sept. 18, with an “ask me anything” session.

New format, new home for ‘Inclusive language guide for IT terminology’

The Inclusive language for IT guide just got easier to search, link to and use.

Digital accessibility: What are titles & headings?

Learn how titles and headings can help you create more accessible digital content.

Free access to computers, printing & equipment on campus: InfoLabs explained

InfoLabs give you free computer access, equipment checkout, specialized software and printing at more than 20 locations across campus.