University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: IT News

Learn@UW Newsletter, week of Jan 16

What’s happening? Honorlock – Update, January 22 On Thursday, January 22, from 7:00 a.m. (CST) until approximately 8:00 a.m., Honorlock will release a new update. This update includes the following enhancements. See full details about the update Canvas – Two new opt-in features Instructors may now choose to enable two new features in Canvas. Both …

Box Sync to reach end of life Dec. 1

Users should switch to Box Drive, which offers a faster, smarter and more secure way to access your cloud content — directly from your desktop.

Elevate your instruction this spring with Learn@UW

Learn@UW is faculty and staff’s go-to hub for teaching tools, learning opportunities, and resources that help foster and support instruction. Get the latest updates as we start the new semester.

Introducing Zoom Hub

This new feature in Zoom Workspace gives you quick and easy access to meeting summaries, recordings, whiteboards and more — allowing for easier organization and collaboration.

Stay connected with cybersecurity colleagues through MIST

Are you a member of the university’s distributed IT community? Monthly meetings of the Madison Information Security Team (MIST) are a great way to hear from security experts across campus and network with colleagues.

Help plan the 2026 IT Professionals Conference

We’re looking for creative, enthusiastic people like you to help plan our next conference. Attend an informational meeting to learn more about the committee and planning process. Jan 22, 1pm via Teams.

New Data Classification Initiative

This effort will simplify how we — as an organization — categorize and protect information. As this work gets underway, we‘ll develop “just-in-time” guidance and automation to help everyone understand how to appropriately use, store and share data.

TidyUp your Canvas courses

TidyUp is now available in Canvas. Learn how this tool can help instructors and course designers clean up their files.

New design tool: Adobe Express Higher Education

FREE for students! Create professional-quality graphics, videos and presentations — and gain access to over 200 million royalty-free Adobe Stock photos, videos, music tracks and design elements. New to design? No problem. Log in with your NetID to get started.

Learn@UW Newsletter, week of Jan 2, 2026

On January 7, Learn@UW will launch TidyUP as the newest addition to our suite of learning technologies. TidyUP is a maintenance and clean-up tool that will show you unused files and pages inside your Canvas course so you can “tidy things up.”