June 2025 Newsletter

Greetings from the Cidi Labs team, and happy summer to all who celebrate! 😊 We hope you are enjoying plentiful sunshine and a slightly slower pace. Check out this month’s highlights for what’s new, what’s coming, and what can help you unlock some big wins in Canvas!

Upcoming Events

Accessibility Matters LIVE! Monthly webinar series

Accessible Courses Are Good for Everyone!

July 15th at 12pm MT

Ever feel like designing accessible courses is just another box to check? Then join us for an eye-opening session that explores how accessible course design isn’t just about compliance—it’s about creating better learning experiences for everyone. Through real-world, relatable examples, we’ll highlight ways accessible practices support a variety of students and learning situations. Plus, you’ll see Cidi Labs tools in action and how they make implementing accessible course design in Canvas easy and efficient. Don’t miss this opportunity to expand your understanding of inclusive course design that can benefit all learners!

Come on down for The Cidi Center Open House, hosted by Cidi Labs

Meet Us at InstructureCon!

If you’re heading to InstructureCon in July, we hope you’ll take advantage of these opportunities to connect with the Cidi Labs team:

Visit the Cidi Center Open House
Tuesday, July 22 between 10am – 5pm
Please RSVP to let us know you’re coming.

Schedule a Customer Success Appointment
Choose a slot and book it here!

Attend a Lunch & Learn
Roadmap Reveals (Wednesday)
Accessibility Solutions (Thursday)

Don’t Miss Our Session
Thursday at 10:55am
Room 110, Conference Theater
Join us for a live Canvas solution showdown—game show style!

You can learn more about these Cidi Labs InstructureCon events on our website.

Resource Roundup

DesignPLUS Summer School for Educators

Did You Miss DesignPLUS Summer School?

This month, we hosted our highly regarded DesignPLUS Summer School – a virtual training series designed to help faculty, designers, and educators become proficient with the DesignPLUS Sidebar. In case you missed it or would like to review any part of this dynamic training series, all five hour-long sessions are now available as a playlist. Summer School has never been so exciting!

Recent Webinar: Accessible Courses by Design

What if creating accessible Canvas courses didn’t have to feel like doubling back on the work you’ve done? If you long for more efficient ways to create and scale accessible content right from the start, then watch as we showcase how Cidi Labs tools can help you develop Canvas courses that are accessible by design.

Product Updates

Coming Soon: NEW Ways to Embed Learner Support!

The DesignPLUS team has been hard at work on some exciting new elements that you’ll be able to embed in your Canvas courses, just as easily as you can create accordions, popovers, progress bars, and more! These new, fully accessible, interactive elements will be available as a beta feature in July and provide you with even more options to reinforce learning right on your Canvas course pages. Watch the Release Notes to learn more, and in the meantime, enjoy this sneak peek:

Pictures of planets that can be ordered and then checked for accuracy

Recent Releases

For details on June’s product releases, please refer to the respective Release Notes:

Also, joining our Customer Community on Slack is a great way to get notified as soon as product updates are released!

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