We build tools with accessibility in mind, so you can meet accessibility standards and deliver inclusive Canvas courses at scale.
At Cidi Labs, we help institutions improve and scale accessibility in Canvas.
Our team includes instructional designers, accessibility practitioners, and Canvas experts who understand the challenges of creating accessible Canvas courses at scale. From legacy content to evolving standards, we’ve faced the same issues our customers do – and built our solutions around what we’ve learned.
Accessibility has always been central to how we think about Canvas course design.
Cidi Labs began as a set of tools created at Utah State University’s Center for Innovative Design & Instruction (CIDI). During that time, our founder, Kenneth Larsen, worked closely alongside the WebAIM team, one of the leading authorities in digital accessibility. This helped us develop a strong foundation in accessibility best practices.
That foundation is still in place at Cidi Labs. We believe accessibility should be built into the Canvas course lifecycle, not added after the fact. That’s why our tools help institutions create and maintain accessible Canvas courses from the start.
Accessibility isn’t a checkbox. It’s an ongoing process. We focus on making accessibility work:
With Cidi Labs, institutions can:
We don’t just help institutions improve accessibility, we build it into our own products and practices.
Cidi Labs tools meet WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards and align with ESSA evidence requirements, supporting institutions in building accessible, compliant Canvas environments.
We also provide Accessibility Conformance Reports (ACRs) for our products, based on the industry-standard VPAT® (Voluntary Product Accessibility Template). These reports provide details into how our tools support accessibility standards – helping you streamline procurement, compliance reviews, and internal evaluation. We have VPATs for DesignPLUS, TidyUP, and ReadyGO.
DesignPLUS makes it easier to create accessible Canvas courses during the design process.
Result: Accessibility becomes part of how courses are built, not something you fix later.
Improving accessibility in Canvas starts with focusing on the right content.
TidyUP helps institutions reduce the scope of accessibility work by cleaning up unused and duplicate content across courses.
Result: Less content to review, fewer issues to fix, and a more efficient path to accessible Canvas courses.
UDOIT Advantage helps institutions identify, fix, and track accessibility issues in Canvas, all in one place.
Result: Faster remediation, clearer priorities, and continuous improvement across your Canvas environment.
ReadyGO helps institutions manage accessibility at scale in Canvas.
Combined with DesignPLUS templates, ReadyGO helps ensure that accessible design is applied consistently across courses.
Result: Accessibility becomes scalable, repeatable, and easier to manage across your entire Canvas LMS.
Improving accessibility in Canvas requires more than checking individual pages. Institutions need a scalable approach to identify, fix, and prevent issues across courses.
Cidi Labs tools support this by helping you:
Cidi Labs tools are designed to help institutions manage accessibility at scale in Canvas by:
Cidi Labs tools support institutions working to meet accessibility requirements, including WCAG 2.1 guidelines and ADA Title II standards.
They help translate these standards into practical workflows by making it easier to:
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