Our Design Matters webinar series, focused on bringing research and action together for better online courses and brought to you in conjunction with our Design Matters Digest, is continuing in 2025! Explore our lineup of new topics and register now:
Increasing instructor presence and interaction can have a big impact on learner success, but where can you find the time in a busy schedule? Cidi Labs is here to answer your call with superpowered tools to help educators design and prepare course content infused with instructor presence! Plus, our tools can help you track and support instructor interaction across your institution. Join our team as they walk you through how to streamline substantive course announcements (and evade your learners’ SPAM folder!), pack no-stakes assessment with effective feedback, and consistently add instructor presence and support at critical learning moments. Join us to discover what’s possible when research and clever Canvas tools team up to empower your instructor presence and help save time for personalized interactions.
Looking for a simple way to impact learner success with course design? Hoping to help students focus on learning, not navigating? Then join us to learn how unlocking the power of consistency in your Canvas courses can create a seamless and effective experience for your learners. We’ll explore research-backed tips for where and when to implement consistent design to boost learner outcomes, from engagement to retention, and improve course accessibility! What’s more–we’ll showcase how our tools make designing (or redesigning!) courses for consistency quick, easy, and exciting–all without sacrificing beautiful design or instructors’ personal touches. You’ll walk away equipped to apply small changes for big impact!
You’ve got great Canvas content and resources, but will your students be able to access it all seamlessly? Want to make sure your students are spending time learning rather than jumping over hurdles in your course? Join us as we explore research on common course obstacles and proven strategies for removing them to unlock your course’s full potential. Whether you’re an administrator, instructional designer, or educator–you’ll discover how our clever and powerful tools, combined with research-backed tips, can help you easily identify and eliminate common learning barriers in Canvas, creating a more accessible, engaging, and impactful educational experience for all students. You’ll be saying “out of the way, obstacles” in no time!
Do you long for a way to create interactive learning experiences right inside your Canvas courses–without needing advanced technical skills? Then we’ve got a session for you! Join us for an interaction-packed showcase of DesignPLUS, our tool that lets you easily add interactivity to your Canvas content without needing to know how to code. Tired of housing your interactive content in dozens of different programs? We’ll show you how DesignPLUS lets you transform your existing Canvas content with intuitive, interactive design elements right inside the Canvas editor. Throughout the webinar, we’ll connect research-backed tips with practical design ideas, giving you the power to promote active learning and boost student engagement with interactive design made simple!
Did you miss any Design Matter Live! webinars in 2024? We’ve compiled all of our past webinars in one convenient place.
From collaborations with organizations like Quality Matters to customer stories– find all our additional webinar links here.
Quality Matters joint presentation— Join us for an in-depth exploration of how Florida SouthWestern State College is transforming online course design through a culture of continuous improvement and strategic integration of Quality Matters standards. This session traces the evolution of course templates from 2023 to 2025, highlighting the role of Cidi Labs’ DesignPLUS tools in streamlining alignment, fostering institutional consistency, and enhancing the student experience. Discover how design competitions, student feedback loops, and collaborative webinar watch parties are shaping a dynamic learning environment–where courses are easier to build, harder to break, and intentionally designed for success.
We’ve got quite a stockpile of awesome webinars full of inspirational stories, best practices, and hands-on demonstrations. There’s no need for FOMO, because you can view all the recordings!
Do you wish you could wave a magic wand and have spellbinding designs added across your Canvas course? With our webinar, “Conjuring Quick Creativity with DesignPLUS Magic,” we unveiled the DesignPLUS QuickStart Wizard, your new magical companion for crafting captivating and polished designs for your Canvas courses with a few simple selections. We also revealed some additional tricks up our sleeves, including new design elements that make it easy to create content that will leave your students in awe. With tools that give all users the power to save time and make course design magic, this webinar highlighted just how effortless and fun transforming your courses can be!
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! In this webinar, we showcased 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!
Our most entertaining webinar by far, this fun session features the “renovation” of 3 real Canvas courses leading to jaw-dropping reveals. Get inspired for your own DIY Canvas course makeover!
Design Matters Live! Interactive Course Design Made Simple!: https://bit.ly/3YUBaFe
Dates: April 30, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Lincoln Legacy TLC Conference (Formerly FSI Conference)
Dates: May 19, 2025 - May 20, 2025
Online Teaching Conference, Long Beach, CA, https://onlineteachingconference.org/
Dates: June 16, 2025 - June 18, 2025
ISTE in San Antonio, TX-https://conference.iste.org/2025/
Dates: June 29, 2025 - July 2, 2025
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