What’s Happening? Canvas – Discussions/Announcements Redesign Coming July 20 On July 20, all Canvas courses will begin using the redesigned version of “Discussions/Announcements.” For the past several semesters, using the redesigned versions of Discussions and …
Changes to Canvas Discussions and Announcements tools coming Jul 20
On July 20, Canvas courses will begin using the redesigned Discussions and Announcements features, affecting in-progress summer courses. Find out what this means for you.
CommunITea on summer hiatus
The weekly socializing event for IT and IT-adjacent folks will be on summer break until fall. Join us again in September!
ITA students help 5th graders play out their gaming ideas
Elementary schoolers were able to bring their zombie battles and dungeon quest ideas to life, with help from high school students in UW–Madison’s Information Technology Academy pre-college program.
Marking 10 years of empowering women in IT at UW–Madison
A message from Chief Information Officer Lois Brooks: UW Women in IT was founded 10 years ago by a dedicated group of IT professionals who set out to improve the recruitment, retention and advancement of women in technology roles at the university.
Requesting a Canvas course shell
Canvas shells are blank Canvas courses in which you can create and deliver course content, blank “canvases” for instructors and course designers to use as a sandbox for experimentation or to house supplemental content.
SpectrumU going away for faculty, staff & students
Effective Jul 1, UW–Madison will no longer offer SpectrumU to all faculty, staff and students on campus.
June 2024 BigFix patch notes
Jun 18 is our monthly patch day. We will be applying various operating system and application updates to managed computers.
Take a look inside UW’s 175th anniversary campaign
Join the Design Community and learn about UW’s 175th anniversary campaign—including branding strategy, a comprehensive website rollout and representing rich history. Jun 13, 11am via Zoom.
Vishing be vanquished
Vishing scams (phishing over the phone) cost Americans millions every year. Learn how to recognize and protect yourself against these convincing scams.