University of Wisconsin–Madison

Audience: Faculty

NameCoach

NameCoach is a cloud-based service that allows students and instructors to record their name, in their own voice.

Research Object Storage (S3)

Research Object Storage (S3) is an object file storage solution for eligible researchers and their research group members.  It is hosted on premise by UW–‍Madison and is not a public cloud application, such as Amazon Web Services (although it is based on the AWS S3 protocol).  

Digital signage

DoIT can provide digital signage solutions using Visix solutions. Digital signage can be used to communicate information to wide audiences using large format displays with customizable content.

SharePoint Online

SharePoint in Microsoft 365 provides the content services for all files in Microsoft 365, including files stored and shared within Teams, Groups, and Outlook. SharePoint manages files (including permissions management), and powers content collaboration across the Microsoft 365 suite of services. SharePoint enables sites, portals, news, pages, lists, and a platform for business apps.

Grackle Workspace (free accessibility checker)

Grackle Workspace is a suite of extensions to Google Docs, Google Slides, and Google Sheets. When added, each extension automatically checks for accessibility issues and guides users through correcting them.

Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat

Microsoft Copilot is a generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot that is freely available to all UW–‍Madison students, faculty and staff.

1Password

1Password is a free-to-use, DoIT supported enterprise password manager that allows faculty, staff, and students to securely store, manage, and share credentials used for university purposes.

Gradescope

Gradescope is an assessment tool that allows instructors and graders the ability to quickly and efficiently provide feedback to students via dynamic rubrics and grouping of answers. It handles both physical and digital submissions.