The Center for User Experience has published a new Document Testing guide that walks users through checking accessibility in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Google Docs, Slides and PDFs, using each platform’s built-in tools. The guide offers practical tips and testing methods to help identify and fix accessibility barriers when creating course materials, reports, presentations, and more.

As part of the Administrative Transformation Program (ATP), UW‒Madison will transition to Workday, a cloud-based software platform that will streamline and simplify administrative processes. This includes procurement tasks completed by staff who place orders or approve purchases and payables. Starting in July 2025, most of the steps in the procurement process that take place in ShopUW+ will move into Workday, while use of the ShopUW+ catalogs will be retained. Learn more about procurement in the ATP What’s Changing series. You can access these and other What Workday Means for You resources with your UW login.

The 2025 WIAA State Tournaments kick off this week. The UW–Madison campus will host more than 125,000 visitors for individual wrestling (Feb. 27–March 1) and boys’ basketball (March 20–22). These events will impact parking and traffic around the Kohl Center. Permit holders who are asked to relocate will receive notification from Transportation Services. For details, visit transportation.wisc.edu.

Learning and Talent Development is assessing interest in a new Community of Practice (CoP) focused on coaching. Coaching is an approach that can help others be more effective, using dialogue to create awareness and encourage action. Coaching skills are useful for managers and can also be helpful when working collaboratively with colleagues. The new Coaching CoP will be open to all UW–Madison employees regardless of past coaching experience or role on campus. To express interest, please complete the online interest survey by March 15. Those who complete the survey will be added to the list to be notified of future meetings.