• OWL was updated on July 18th

    The update included fixes and improvements to Calendar, Gradebook, Tests & Quizzes, Assignments, Lessons, and other parts of OWL.

    For information about what has changed, check out the OWL Release Notes for details. The Known Issues page in OWL Help has also been updated to reflect the issues that were resolved with this update.

    Please clear your browser cache if you experience any unusual behaviour.

    If you have any questions or experience any issues, please contact the WTS Helpdesk.

    Course sites to be unpublished on July 30, 2019

    As previously communicated, OWL course sites for Fall 2017, Winter 2018, and Summer 2018 courses will be unpublished on July 30, 2019. Once unpublished, students will no longer be able to access content (including assignments and resources) in these OWL sites. Instructors and site maintainers will still have access to the course sites.

    Students: please save or download any required content from your affected sites before July 30, 2019.

    For more information about the course site unpublishing process, please see the OWL Help course sites policies page. If you have any questions, please contact the WTS Helpdesk.

    Looking for your course in OWL?

    Check your "Official Course Enrolments" page:

    1. Log into OWL
    2. Go to "Membership" on the left
    3. Go to "My Official Course Enrolments"

    Your official course enrolments will be listed (with links to the course site, if available).

    If you've changed courses or sections recently, you'll see the change in OWL within 24 hours.

    The My Official Course Enrolments page listing courses and links to course sites

    Introducing OWL Help

    OWL Help is the official site of documentation for OWL:

    The My Official Course Enrolments page listing courses and links to course sites

    Customized for Western, OWL Help provides getting-started guides, step-by-step instructions about each of OWL's tools, and other OWL-specific information.

    OWL Help is available from three places on most pages in OWL:

    1. as the last item on the Tool Menu at the left
    2. as contextual help linked from the top right
    3. from the "Help & Support" page linked at the bottom

    OWL Help replaces the former OWL Documentation site, which was decommissioned on August 17th, 2018.

    Instructors and Site Maintainers:

    Course sites can be set up for the Spring/Summer and Fall terms. Start by going to Worksite Setup and then "New". If you do not see a section that you are teaching, please confirm with your department that you are the "approved instructor for the correct term".

    Using a Non-Person Account (NPA) to log into OWL?

    As part of the IDM Project Attribute cleanup, there have been some changes to attributes for non-person accounts (NPAs). If you have previously used a non-person account to log into OWL and you experience any issues logging into OWL with that NPA after August 9th, 2018, please contact the WTS Helpdesk (https://wts.uwo.ca/helpdesk/index.html) and access will be restored.