Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning (CETL)

As the university community continues to prepare for the upcoming April 2026 digital accessibility deadline, instructors are encouraged to take the following steps in November to ensure Spring 2026 course materials are digitally accessible:

The 11th annual Teaching and Learning Symposium will take place in-person on Thursday, January 15, 2026. The symposium includes a keynote and series of presentations where the teaching and learning community share best practices and celebrate accomplishments. The return of the in-person Teaching and Learning Symposium offers faculty, staff, and graduate students a valuable opportunity to connect, collaborate, and share. CETL invites proposals that offer practical strategies instructors can implement in alignment with the theme of Engaging Today's Students.

Submit your proposal by Friday, November 7, 2025 at 11:59 p.m.  

Every semester, our Thank an Instructor program collects notes from students and alumni thanking an instructor who made a positive impact on their educational journey. We celebrate Dr. Julia Snethen who is truly making waves on campus with her students. Below is one of the notes written by her students.

Midterm feedback is a powerful tool for improving teaching and learning while a course is still in progress. Unlike end-of-semester evaluations, midterm feedback allows instructors a chance to pause, reflect, and recalibrate before a course ends. Review the Gathering Midterm Student Feedback resource for examples and ideas on how to implement feedback mechanisms in your course. 

Meet the TILT Assessment Agent. TILT stands for Transparency in Learning & Teaching, and this TILT agent was created in Microsoft Co-Pilot to serve as an expert agent in instructional design, specializing in assessment and assignment design, with deep knowledge of the TILT model. 

Login with your UWM email and password to access the TILT Assessment Agent in Co-Pilot. Once on the TILT Agent page, there are pre-made prompts that will help you begin to enhance transparency of assignment design to students. 

This resource is intended to help instructors create learning environments that are flexible, predictable, and inclusive from the start. While targeted towards supporting the experience of neurodivergent students, the practices shared often improve the experience for all students. 

Have questions about what is unfolding with the Universities of Wisconsin general education discussions? Review this Gen Ed FAQ that is regularly updated as new questions and information becomes available. 

Please note the textbook selection deadline for Spring 2026 courses are due by Nov. 10. All course material adoptions should be submitted to the eCampus Bookstore so that students know what the course texts will be for their courses. If the total cost of course materials is less than $25, ask your departmental course scheduler to assign the no/low-cost attribute to your course section in the Schedule of Classes. Review the guide to textbook and course content selection for more information.

In this session, we’ll explore how Stuart Moulthrop designed and introduced a custom GPT to support reading-based discussion and scholarly experimentation in a theory course. 

Register for in-person or virtual sessions on high-impact practices from 12:30-1:00 p.m. including: 

Watch recordings and review resources from past trainings or register for a digital accessibility training during the month of November including: 

You are invited to share your thoughts and experience with Academic IT to help inform discussions of the university IT governance committees. Mark your calendars for these Academic IT Focus Groups. Registration not required.

Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning
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Milwaukee, WI 53211