University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: IT News

Exploring AI in teaching

June 27, 1pm via Zoom. Ben Rush from Radiology will discuss prompt engineering principles, and demonstrate brainstorming and real-time problem solving with Copilot and ChatGPT. Explore this session and other summer programs.

Learn@UW Newsletter, week of June 13

What’s happening? Honorlock – Update released, June 9 The latest release for the Honorlock web application and extension brings several improvements impacting performance and accessibility. Learn all the exciting details. Canvas – Known Issue, Watermark in DocViewer In a recent upgrade to Canvas, a watermark began appearing on previously loaded “presentation files” such as Microsoft …

Social media for all of us: Making content accessible & inclusive

Watch June’s session for insights on best practices for social media design—and why making your sites more accessible benefits every part of your work.

Meet the winners of the 2025 IT Recognition Awards

University IT professionals celebrated the exceptional achievements of their peers at the 6th annual UW–‍Madison IT Recognition Awards on May 29 during the IT Professionals Conference. Meet this year’s honorees.

Watch recordings from the 2025 IT Professionals Conference

This year’s hybrid conference featured 20+ thought-provoking IT-focused sessions, the IT Recognition Awards and a keynote by CIO Lois Brooks. Did you attend? Complete our survey to share your experience and help shape next year’s event.

Free retirement resources for UW–‍Madison employees

As university employees, we can take advantage of free retirement planning services from UW–‍Madison Benefits. But you may also get emails from non‑UW retirement services looking to solicit information. Know the difference.

MFA-Duo updates

On June 2, important updates were made to the Duo multi-factor authentication (MFA) service. Find out what changed—and how it will improve your login experience and better protect your NetID account.

Take a Workday break: IT Connects networking event June 24

IT Connects is pleased to invite UW–‍Madison IT employees to take a break with us at our summer networking event. Tue, June 24, 3pm to 5pm, Memorial Union Terrace.

Learn@UW Newsletter, week of May 30

What’s happening? Atomic Assessments – New features Two new functionalities were recently added to Atomic Assessments. Find further information on these features and a full list of release notes (including those coming up on June 3rd). If you need support for Atomic Assessments, refer to our KnowledgeBase articles or contact the DoIT Help Desk. Course Evaluations …

Learn@UW Newsletter, week of May 16

What’s happening? Effective this morning, HelioCampus AC evaluation data is available for instructors to review. Read about this and more.