University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: IT News

Learn@UW Newsletter, week of Oct 24

What’s happening? Gradescope – Planned outage, October 25 Gradescope will be conducting six hours of maintenance from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 25. There may be some interruptions in service during that time. For details, see this maintenance announcement from Gradescope. Honorlock – Update release, October 28 On Tuesday, October 28th, Honorlock …

DesignPLUS: coming November 2025

Beginning November 4, DesignPLUS will be available in Canvas through the Learn@UW teaching and learning suite of tools. What is DesignPLUS? DesignPLUS is a time-saving tool that allows instructors and course designers to build and style high-quality Canvas courses that make learning engaging and accessible for all students. The main feature of DesignPLUS is the …

Learn@UW Newsletter, week of Oct 10

What’s happening? Engage – Spring ordering period begins October 20 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 2026 begins on Friday, October 20, and runs through Friday, December 1. To explore the tool and how …