UDOIT Advantage Accessibility Assistant for Canvas

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UDOIT was originally created by the University of Central Florida and rapidly became a popular open-source solution. UCF did not have the resources to provide ongoing enterprise support for UDOIT users, so they sought a partnership with Cidi Labs as a means of providing a supported UDOIT solution to the Canvas community.

In 2019, Cidi Labs began offering UDOIT as a fully supported cloud solution and has continued to add value to it since.

Cidi Labs is the exclusive hosting and support provider for UDOIT Advantage, offering a solution for institutions who wish to not self-host and self-support their use of the UDOIT open source codebase.

Cidi Labs provides ongoing code updates, bug fixes, and maintenance for its subscribers. We wrap our services with a service level agreement (SLA) as well as a support portal where you can report bugs and find answers to common support questions. 

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UDOIT checks accessibility issues course-by-course, whereas DesignPLUS assists with accessibility page-by-page while editing page content.

The two solutions are quite complimentary in that you can use DesignPLUS to ensure you create accessible page content during page creation. You then use UDOIT to check all the content in a course on a course-by-course basis. Both solutions are helpful for fixing issues found.

Together your faculty will be equipped with the tools they need to ensure content they produce not only looks nice, but meets accessibility requirements long after the course is in use.

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Yes there are other accessibility tools available. However, UDOIT Advantage stands out as the most Canvas-focused and cost-effective solution, ideal for institutions seeking to empower instructors to take ownership of accessibility improvements. For Canvas institutions seeking a scalable, instructor-friendly solution, UDOIT Advantage offers unmatched value. In summary, UDOIT has the following key differentiators:

• • Focused on Canvas: Tailored specifically for Canvas users, ensuring tight integration and optimized workflows.
  • Self-Service Model: Promotes faculty ownership of accessibility with intuitive guidance and tools.
  • Affordability: Generally more cost-effective for institutions focused on Canvas.
  • Unique Features: Converts files to Canvas pages, filters issues by impact type, filters checks for unused files, and allows manual resolution tracking.

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UDOIT 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. 

Contact us today for a quote and to learn more.