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DesignPLUS:
The Must-Have Design Toolset for Canvas

The easiest way to create beautiful, accessible courses – without any coding!

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DesignPLUS is a time-saving, easy-to-use Canvas plug-in that helps you rapidly build and style high-quality courses that make learning engaging and accessible for all students.

DesignPLUS

DesignPLUS is made up of 3 game-changing tools:

The Sidebar

The DesignPLUS Sidebar makes great design easy – all within the Canvas rich content editor!
 
 
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Did you know that the DesignPLUS Sidebar just got a major upgrade?  You can find more information and resources on this exciting new version here!

The Multi-Tool

Build courses in hours versus days or weeks.

This time-saving tool set up your module pattern and watch as a magic module builder uses the Canvas API to create all associated artifacts (quizzes, assignments, discussions, and pages) in one step!
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The Upload/Embed Image Tool

Work with images for your course without leaving Canvas!
This tool enables you to upload, crop, resize, and embed images anywhere in your Canvas course.  You can also easily pull in free, high-quality images from Pexels or Unsplash.  
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The Multi-Tool eliminates hours of tedium by allowing the user to design templates for pages, quizzes, and assignments and then rapidly deploy them to create consistently structured modules. I did a faculty training on the Multi-Tool recently and a couple of instructors said they felt like crying from relief (yeah, me too!).
Joy AdamsTeaching & Learning Consultant, University of Colorado Boulder
Students deserve to be presented with high-quality content and DesignPLUS makes that possible. Implementing consistent course design across entire degree programs is much easier with the assistance of DesignPLUS.
Kevin HulenAssistant Director of Quality and Assessment, University of North Florida
DesignPLUS is like a candy store for instructional designers! This tool has given me everything I need to add design elements to my courses without having to know HTML.
Glori HinkInstructional Designer, University of St. Thomas
My course designs have gone to a whole new level. I'm able to build a visually interesting course that is easy to navigate, quickly.
Leigh BausermanLearning Experience Designer, Shenandoah University
Utilizing the templating tools and getting DesignPLUS into the hands of teaching staff has been a game-changer. Not only do we get better alignment with our institution's style guide (because we’ve made it easy) we are also able to drive better pedagogy through course templates.
Thomas FrizelleGlobal Chief Information & Digital Learning Officer, One School Global
With DesignPLUS, our courses have a more consistent design and navigation, better branding for our university, and more positive comments from students than ever before. Faculty who were Canvas-resistant are now spotted importing our DesignPLUS-formatted course template into their courses because it makes good design easy.
Melissa KampInstructional Designer, Dordt University
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Our whitepaper, “Looks Really Do Matter”, explores the research-backed reasons why visual design in online courses is important.

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DesignPLUS FAQ

Do you provide DesignPLUS training?

Answer:

Yes! Both live train-the-trainer sessions as well as a series of on-demand video tutorials are available to institutions that purchase DesignPLUS. Visit this Knowledge Base Article for more details about our DesignPLUS training offerings. 

How much does DesignPLUS cost?

Answer: 

DesignPLUS is provided as a SaaS subscription with the annual subscription price based on student enrollments (FTE) or student count (K-12) of the organization or unit that will use the tools. We will work with you to come up with a roll out plan that meets your needs, with pricing to match. Implementation and training fees are additional in the first year.  Contact us for specific details.

How does DesignPLUS integrate with Canvas?

Answer:

Design Tools is an add-on to Canvas that uses LTI, the Canvas API, and the ability inside Canvas to utilize custom CSS and JavaScript files to integrate with Canvas. Design Tools is comprised of two LTI tools and one JavaScript widget that works with the Canvas Rich Content Editor (RCE).

These tools can be installed at the Canvas root account or in any sub-account within your Canvas instance.

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Can we control who has access to use DesignPLUS?

Answer:

DesignPLUS offers multiple ways to control access to the tools to help with the roll out of the tools. 

Visit our Cidi Labs Support Portal for more details. >>

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