Drawing from her experience leading transformative IT initiatives at the University of Michigan, Laura McCain Patterson outlined 4 ‘critical capabilities’ that technology leaders need to be successful at the 2024 Information & Technology Leadership Conference on Dec 3.
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Final grade submissions: Canvas tips for UW–Madison instructors
The Faculty Center Grade Prep tool in Canvas is designed to help instructors of large-enrollment courses easily and accurately transfer their final grades into the Faculty Center.
Virtual Office Hours with Lois Brooks & Cara Streekstra
Fridays, 9:15am via Zoom. Unscripted conversations with our chief information officer. The Dec 6 guest is Cara Streekstra, living collections manager, Botany Garden & Greenhouse.
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.
Meet Gemini, Google’s conversational AI chatbot
Google Gemini can help you draft text, summarize documents, create images, write code and more. Sign in with your UW Google Workspace account and start exploring what this smart tool can do.
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 …
Get help with end-of-semester assignments
Software Training for Students provides 1-on-1 help for class assignments, personal projects or anything in between!
Digital marketing trends: Will ChatGPT steal your design job?
Whether you’re a designer, a marketer, or you’re simply interested in how generative AI is transforming the workplace, this UW Design Community talk is for you. Dec 5: 1pm via Zoom.
Stay informed about IT outages & planned maintenance
Is Zoom dragging? Can’t get into Canvas? Check the Outages page for helpful information when services are down.
Join the EDUCAUSE ‘Adapting to the Future’ webinar
In this Dec 9 webinar, explore how higher education leaders can adapt more rapidly to change, opportunities and crises. Also: Build your artificial intelligence literacy with the EDUCAUSE AI series.