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 it all works, refer to Learn@UW’s extensive library of Engage KnowledgeBase articles.
To review what resources (i.e. textbooks) are available in digital form, open the Engage order tool, and browse the catalogs.
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 could be some interruptions in service during that time. For details, see this announcement from Gradescope.
Learn@UW – New training
Always looking for ways to improve and expand our services to the UW–Madison learning technology community, Learn@UW is offering several new and exciting training events this fall. Check out the details in the “Upcoming events” section below.
Upcoming events
Learn@UW Demystifies AI
Get introduced to the basics of two UW–Madison generative artificial intelligence tools in our one-hour overview workshop. No registration required. Click the links below for Zoom room links.
Mid-semester Canvas training
Using Canvas to Prepare for Next Semester
It’s that time of the semester when some instructors start looking towards the next iteration of their Canvas courses. This one-hour session will help you think through some good strategies and will introduce several Canvas functions and features that will make that process more effective.
Faculty Center Grade Prep Tool
This is a 30-minute introduction and demo to a nice time-saving tool that will facilitate your transference of grades from Canvas into the Faculty Center.
- Thu, Dec 4, 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
- Fri, Dec 5, 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
- Mon, Dec 8, 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
- Thu, Dec 11, 2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
- Wed, Dec 17, 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
HelioCampus AC training
For all departmental and school HelioCampus AC administrators, we offer the following courses to help you prepare for this semester’s post-course evaluation. Click on any of the links below to attend.
Creating Survey Forms
Scheduling Surveys & Assigning Course Sections
HelioCampus AC – Q&A
- Monday, November 3, 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
- Thursday, November 6, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
- Tuesday, November 11, 11:00 a.m to 12:00 p.m.
UDOIT – Course accessibility webinar, October 21
Cidilabs, the vendor that brings us UDOIT, is hosting a webinar on October 21 titled “Mythbusting: Accessible Courses Need Not Be Boring!” The session is free. Register here .