November 2024 Newsletter

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Greetings from the Cidi Labs team! During this month with a focus on gratitude, we wanted to remind you all how incredibly grateful we are to have such amazing customers. The important work you do continuously motivates us to find new ways to support your success. Read on to learn about the latest ways…

Design Matters LIVE! Monthly Webinar Series - New for 2025!

Our Design Matters Digest has been so popular that we decided earlier this year to bring the research and practical tips to life in a monthly webinar. We’re excited to share that the Design Matters Digest and live webinar series will continue in 2025 with fresh new topics! Here’s what we’ve lined up so far – be sure to subscribe to receive the monthly digest via email and register for the webinars that are of interest to you!

January: Increasing Instructor Presence & Interaction

February: Consistent Design, Big Impact!

March: Removing Obstacles to Optimize Learning

April: Interactive Course Design Made Simple!

More Events

Don’t Miss Our Last Webinar of 2024!

A Less-Stress Path to Accessible Canvas Courses – Dec 5th

Are you finding your accessibility journey daunting? Hoping to accelerate your progress but feel limited by existing staffing and resources? Imagine if you had the right tools to guide your way and smooth your path to accessible Canvas courses!

Join Cidi Labs on December 5th at 11am MT as we showcase ways our clever tools can dramatically reduce your accessibility workload, give you the data you need to assess and manage that work, and accelerate your content remediation and accessible design processes. Plus–our tools document your journey so you can demonstrate your progress toward accessibility milestones! Whether you’re just beginning to map out a new accessibility strategy or you’re well on your way, this session will help you trek back to your institution with practical solutions for easily navigating the terrain to accessible courses–for all learners!

Upcoming In-Person Events

Members of our team will be attending the following conferences through the end of the year – we hope to see you on the road! November 2024 December 2024

Product Updates

Recent Releases

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

To receive product release notifications, join our Customer Slack Community.

Coming Soon: Accessibility Scoring in UDOIT

As we shared in the Roadmap Reveals session at our recent Customer Gathering, we’re introducing accessibility scoring functionality in UDOIT. An accessibility scorecard – which can be configured to meet each institution’s preferences – will guide users to focus on fixing the issues that will make the biggest impact on the accessibility of their course, and will be accompanied by new reports that help you easily demonstrate progress over time. Join our accessibility-focused webinar on December 5th and watch for next month’s newsletter to learn more!

Screenshot of a Canvas course with the UDOIT Accessibility Scorecard displayed

Our Product Team is Hiring!

Do you know someone who has a passion for online learning, experience with Canvas and Cidi Labs tools, and a focus on continuous improvement? We’re looking for a superstar to join our product team as a Business Analyst who helps shape the future of our solutions by developing product requirements and performing quality assurance testing. Please help us spread the word!

Helpful Resources

In Case You Missed It: Templates to the Rescue!

Our recent Design Matters Live! webinar provided the keys to unlock the secrets of designing effective templates for your institution and users. In case you missed it, we’re pleased to share the recording:
We’ve rounded up a few additional new resources that you might find helpful:

Stay Connected

With sincere gratitude this month and every month,

The Cidi Labs Team

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