TidyUp:
Course Cleanup Tool
for Canvas

A quick and easy way to declutter Canvas courses, reduce accessibility workload, and regain control.

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TidyUP by Cidi Labs is a time-saving course cleanup tool for Canvas that helps educators and instructional designers quickly identify and remove unused files, outdated content, duplicates, and empty folders.

The Challenge of a Cluttered Canvas

Over time, Canvas courses accumulate clutter. When courses are updated term after term, duplicate, unused, and extraneous files build up. As a result, course clutter:

Decreases course manageability and usability
Increases cognitive load for course designers and learners
Adds unnecessary accessibility tasks
Makes course reviews and quality initiatives difficult
Decreases effectiveness of in-course AI tools

Without the right tools, decluttering work becomes manual and time-consuming–or worse yet, never gets done. Finding unused or duplicate files requires jumping between folders and content indexes, while deleting content feels risky.

A Purpose-Built Course Cleanup Tool for Canvas

TidyUP by Cidi Labs is a Canvas course cleanup tool created by educators to solve these challenges.

Installed directly in your Canvas environment, TidyUP scans entire courses and provides a centralized view of files and content – making it easy to sort, filter, search, and take action confidently.

With TidyUP, institutions can streamline course cleanup, reduce accessibility workload, and maintain cleaner, more manageable Canvas courses. TidyUP can:

How TidyUP Works

TidyUP combines automated scanning, powerful filtering, and safe bulk actions to simplify course cleanup in Canvas.

Scan and Manage Entire Courses

in One View

TidyUP scans an entire Canvas course and presents all files and content in a single, searchable interface.

Users can:

Identify Unused, Outdated,

and Duplicate Content

TidyUP automatically identifies:

TidyUP’s filters and search make it easy to identify:

This eliminates the manual work typically required to track down course clutter, saving time and reducing frustration.

See Exactly Where Content

Is Used

The “Used In” information shows where files or content are embedded, linked, or included in modules.

This visibility helps users:

Clean Up Confidently

with Backup Options

Before making bulk changes, users can:

This provides peace of mind while allowing teams to clean up courses quickly and confidently.

Reduce Accessibility Workload

and Save Storage

By removing unused and duplicate files, TidyUP helps institutions:

Cleaner courses are easier to maintain, review, and improve over time.

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See why it’s never been easier to improve accessibility in Canvas.

What Your Institution Can Achieve with TidyUP for Canvas

Save Time on Course Maintenance

TidyUP eliminates manual cleanup work, allowing teams to focus on higher-value instructional design tasks.

Reduce Accessibility Remediation Effort

Fewer unused and duplicate files and content means less to remediate. This makes accessibility work more manageable.

Maintain Cleaner Courses

Standardize cleanup practices across courses and programs to keep your Canvas environment organized and sustainable.

Clean Up with Confidence

Visibility into where content is used, along with backup options, reduces risk and user hesitation.

Improve Course Clarity and Focus

Removing unused and outdated content helps students and designers quickly find the content they need.

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Trusted by Educators Worldwide

TidyUP is used by K-12 and higher ed institutions to reduce course clutter, streamline content management, and support accessibility efforts.

TidyUP has already been a tremendous help with cleaning up courses and helping when faculty accidentally pull too much content into their course.

TidyUP is an invaluable tool for faculty and instructional designers…We encourage faculty to ‘TidyUP’ their courses when they first copy over for the new term.

We also recommend TidyUP to help clear out old, inaccessible content as part of their workflow.

Designed for Institutional Use

Ready to Declutter Your Canvas Courses?

Find out how TidyUP can help you quickly clean up your Canvas courses,
reduce accessibility workload, and maintain content with confidence.

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TidyUP FAQs

How much does TidyUP cost? 

TidyUP is provided as a SaaS subscription with the annual subscription price based on organizational FTE or student count (in K-12).

A small implementation and training fee is applied in Year 1 of all subscriptions. This covers installation and set up as well as a few hours of training to get you started.

Do you provide training for TidyUP?

Yes, we provide an installation and set up call as well as a few hours of training to get you started. We even offer on-demand video tutorials that you can watch at your convenience.

All training activities are delivered remotely using Zoom and recorded for your reference.

How does TidyUP integrate with Canvas? 

How does TidyUP integrate with Canvas? TidyUP is an LTI tool that appears in the left-hand navigation of Canvas courses and is only made available to course instructors.

What types of content does TidyUP scan? 

TidyUP scans course files and content to identify unused, outdated, or duplicate items and empty folders.

Can TidyUP help with accessibility efforts? 

Yes. By removing unused and duplicate content, TidyUP reduces the total volume of items that require accessibility remediation.