University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: IT News

Virtual Office Hours with CIO Didier Contis

Fridays, 9:15am via Zoom. Unscripted conversations with UW–Madison’s Chief Information Officer.

Join us: KnowledgeBase User Group Meeting

Aug. 3 to 7 via Zoom. Attend our virtual sessions to brush up on content strategy, accessibility, knowledge management practices and more. Registration is open through Aug. 7.

Learn@UW Newsletter, week of July 31

Blue is coming, Top Hat offers a toolkit, and lots of training in August.

What is digital accessibility?

Digital accessibility means that everyone can access information easily and independently. Learn more about this important work and why it matters.

Teaching Tools registration now open

Learn@UW is holding two sessions designed to help instructors leverage Canvas, Piazza, TopHat, and other teaching tools to enhance their upcoming courses.

FREE webinars & info from EDUCAUSE

Topics include rethinking instructional continuity after the Canvas outage, chatbots and virtual assistants, and modernizing identity and access management.

Make it Accessible guides are now on the Digital Accessibility Hub

This set of comprehensive resources gives you tips and tools to make digital environments more accessible.

NEW email scam targeting faculty

UW–Madison faculty members are being targeted by a new phishing scam. Please be sure to report all suspicious-looking emails.

Smart Access July 2026 progress update

Active work is focused on developing a Zero Trust framework as well as a Smart Access roadmap, kicking off Elastic Cloud migration, and expanding device compliance.

Learn@UW Newsletter, week of July 17

Gradescope & Turnitin scheduled maintenance, Canvas Free-for-Teacher Access, and lots of training in August!