August 2024 Newsletter

As many of you are preparing for the start of classes this month, we are wishing you all the best. This newsletter contains resources and events to help you feel prepared and inspired to dive into the new school year with engaging and accessible Canvas courses!

New Resources

Which WCAG Guidelines Does UDOIT Check?

This new resource maps the WCAG accessibility guidelines to the issues that UDOIT checks for. We’ve also updated the Knowledge Base articles What does UDOIT look for? and What WCAG guidelines does UDOIT check for?

We hope these new resources make it easier for you to track and report on your accessibility journey.

A table showing how what UDOIT checks for maps to WCAG guidelines

FYI (For Your Inspiration): Course Page Transformations

Need some inspiration to make your Canvas courses more polished and engaging for learners? Check out this 1-minute video featuring before and after images of courses that have been transformed using DesignPLUS!

New Video Tutorial: Customizations: HTML Snippets

In this video, learn how HTML Snippets provide an easy way to drop chunks of pre-built and pre-styled content right into the Rich Content Editor. Snippets are infinitely customizable to your needs at any level – course, sub-account, or institution.

Events

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Don’t Miss This Inspirational and Entertaining Webinar!

If you weren’t able to attend our session at InstructureCon 2024, join us as we re-enact it in this informative and hilarious webinar! We had a packed room in Vegas as we transformed three customers’ Canvas courses using our “power tools” and a fun home makeover tv theme. Register now to see the amazing transformations and jaw-dropping reveals in this webinar on August 28th at 2pm MT.

Did you know the popular Design Matters Digest now has a LIVE sidekick? That’s right! The new monthly webinar series features Cidi Labs instructional designers as they share tips and demonstrate how our tools can help bring research and action together for better online courses.

This month we showed hands-on tactics for adding just-in-time support to your online courses, and you can view the recording if you missed it.

September’s webinar will explore ways to create a sense of belonging in your online course – you can register here!

Upcoming In-Person Events

Here are the events we’ll attend in the next few months; we hope to see you there!

August 2024
CanvasCon: 27th in Melbourne, Australia

September 2024
CanvasCon: 6th in Manila, Philippines

October 2024
CUE: 5-6 in Sacramento, California
CanvasCon: 8th in Barcelona, Spain
MOREnet: 21-23 in Branson, Missouri

Product Updates

Recent Releases

Over the past month, we released updates to the following products that include minor enhancements and bug fixes, which you can read all about in the respective Release Notes:

To receive product release notifications, be sure to join our Customer Slack Community!

More New DesignPLUS Library Assets!

Even more amazing new course design assets have been added to the DesignPLUS Library, which you can import into your Customizations course for easy reuse.

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Don’t forget to submit your DesignPLUS creations to the Library for a chance to win prizes and swag!

Stay Connected

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May there be an easy-to-use “power tool” for each of your challenges,

The Cidi Labs Team

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