This document describes the “Our Wisconsin” noncredit course, and explains troubleshooting and referral steps for common issues in the course.
About Our Wisconsin
Our Wisconsin is an inclusion education program created to raise awareness of the diversity within our student population and to encourage an environment in which students are free to share their experiences and identities. Students are required to complete an Our Wisconsin interactive online module, which they access from Canvas.
Navigate to Canvas, and log in using your NetID and password.
Open the courses tab from the left sidebar.
On the courses page, select Our Wisconsin (the current semester) to open the course.
On the registration page you may be asked for additional information to complete the creation of your account. You will not need to create an additional username or password.
Note: When progressing through the online content, do not log out until you click the Next button or you will have to repeat the previous section. To log back into your account, always access Our Wisconsin from Canvas and follow steps 2 and 3.
To check whether you have completed the Our Wisconsin course, select the Grades tab from the Canvas course page. If you have a score recorded on your Grades page, you have completed the course.
“We were not able to log you in” error.
You may see an error titled we were not able to log you in. Usually the error appears after you do this:
Open the Our Wisconsin course in Canvas.
Open a link on the homepage called Our Wisconsin - Interactive Module
After the content loads (using a tool called Vector), the error occurs. Note: To confirm whether Canvas or Vector is causing the error, check the URL in the address bar.
If you encounter this error:
Perform basic browser troubleshooting and check grades for proof of completion (see previous sections)