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Workday Finance Training

As campus acclimates to Workday, Business Services content experts are fielding questions, providing guidance, and fine-tuning finance-related processes. During this time, we have paused many of our Canvas courses and live virtual trainings. The Universities of Wisconsin offers a robust collection of training, job aids, and resources for finance personnel on their Workday for Finance Professionals web page. As unique circumstances and needs are identified at UW-Madison, the Division of Business Services will offer supplemental finance support, which will be announced on this page.

Property Control resumes offering themed Q&A sessions

Join Property Control staff for any or all of their monthly Q&A sessions. They will begin each session with a short presentation on the designated topic. Following the presentation and answering questions related to the topic, they will then open it up to all capital equipment questions.

Fall semester schedule of Capital Equipment Q&A sessions:

• Wednesday, September 24, 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. | Topic: Workday Review – Where to find help when you need it; 9/24/25 Q&A session registration
• Thursday, October 23, 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. | Topic: Inventory Changes – What is new for FY26 Inventory?; 10/23/25 Q&A session registration
• Wednesday, November 19, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. | Topic: Purchases – Completing a requisition in Workday for Capital Equipment; 11/19/25 Q&A session registration
• Thursday, December 18, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. | Topic: Fabrications; 12/18/25 Q&A session registration

Accounting courses available

Need to learn or brush up on basic accounting principles and practices? Consider these self-paced online course options:

• Accounting for Non-Accountants (1h 45m)
• Accounting Foundations (2h)
• Accounting Foundations: Bookkeeping (1h 39m)
• Accounting Foundations: Understanding the GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) (1h 8m)
• Accounting Foundations: Understanding the Accounting Cycle and Accrual-Basis Accounting (1h 30m)
• Accounting Foundations: Cost Estimating (1h 15m)
• Develop Your Finance and Accounting Skills (13h)
• Financial Accounting Foundations (1h 49m)
• Excel for Accounting (1h 9m)
• Excel for Accountants (1h 31m)

These are among thousands of up-to-date courses developed and led by industry experts on LinkedIn Learning. All UW–Madison faculty, staff, and students have access to the LinkedIn Learning library of courses. Log in to LinkedIn Learning with your NetID and find accounting-related courses, including the titles above, by entering “Basic Accounting” in the search box.