Introducing our new monthly webinar series, focused on bringing research and action together for better online courses – brought to you in conjunction with our very popular Design Matters Digest. Register now!
Are your Canvas courses full to the brim with file and content clutter? Never-fear: Cidi Labs has tools to help you put on your cape and combat course clutter that easily accumulates from term to term. Don’t let the villain of limited-time stop you! Come learn about the importance of clearing the clutter and watch Cidi Labs instructional designers employ TidyUP’s task-shrinking superpowers to quickly identify and remove unused course files, streamline remaining files, and develop organizational systems that makes maintenance a breeze.
Ever received learner questions and thought to yourself “I covered this in the Syllabus!”? Join us to learn how to use tools from Cidi Labs to engage your task-shrinking superpowers and embed just-in-time support for your learners. Our instructional designers will show you easy ways to be the student support hero you hope to be, helping learners navigate the course seamlessly, equip themselves with resources they need, and check their understanding. Together, these tools from DesignPLUS may reduce the number of distress signals you receive and boost your learner’s own superpower–their agency!
Have you ever felt limited in your ability to create an inclusive, empowering learning environment in a digital course? Then join us to discover how to wield the power of Cidi Labs tools to support a sense of student belonging and combat stereotype threat lurking behind every corner. Whether you’re an administrator, instructional designer, or educator–DesignPLUS has the tools to unleash your barrier-blasting powers. With a league of expert research to draw from, Cidi Labs instructional designers will show you how a few simple actions in DesignPLUS can launch your course into a realm of inclusivity by promoting ambient-belonging.
Do you daydream about what design feats you could accomplish if there were only more of you or your team? Then we’ve got a session for you! Enter the vortex of possibility to learn how to achieve course design feats in terms of speed and course quality that you didn’t know were possible. Scaffold an entire course in minutes? ZIP! Embed instructions for using templates or meeting quality course standards exactly where needed? BAM! Easily monitor course quality and readiness? POW! Join Cidi Labs instructional designers to see game-changing tools in action that can give you super-stretching reach to scale best practices from right inside Canvas.
Have you been hoping to unlock the secrets of designing effective templates for your institution and users? We’ve heard your call! Cidi Labs instructional designers are here to walk through research-backed design and implementation considerations to help you tailor templates to your needs. Of course, they’ll also show you how to use DesignPLUS tools to give you the superpowers needed to support instructor use, scale with speed, and streamline nearly-endless customization. Join us to learn how a well-designed template solution could be the hero your courses need!
Extreme Makeover: Canvas Course Edition on August 28th, 2pm MT
Join us for the ultimate course transformation experience, performed live! Witness real-world challenges and jaw-dropping reveals as courses undergo thoughtful revamps. Learn how clutter is cleared, content organized, and pages redesigned for learner success. Marvel as our experts use clever tools to remodel courses to increase learner engagement. We will be joined by Angi Karthik of Iowa State, Brian Reed from Rockwood School District, and Dee Woodard of John Hopkins.
Capturing and Scaling Quality Canvas Course Design: Boston College’s Story on September 18th, 10am MT
How do you capture effective Canvas course design and make it shareable — at scale? Boston College’s Center for Digital Innovation in Learning (CDIL) wanted to find ways to spread effective course design practices beyond online programs to on-campus courses. After using DesignPlus for online courses since 2017, they found that faculty experiences were so positive that many wanted to bring what they learned back to their face-to-face teaching. As demand grew, CDIL began exploring ways to make DesignPlus and other CidiLabs tools available across the university. As a first initiative, John FitzGibon and Tim Lindgren began working with on-campus programs to incorporate DesignPlus templates without even needing to open the sidebar. In the process, they discovered a model for facilitating broader conversations that help schools, programs, and departments identify and cultivate shared Canvas design patterns that fit their particular contexts. Building on these experiences, CDIL has been collaborating closely with Kenneth Larsen, Co-Founder and VP of Instructional Design at Cidi Labs, to tackle the process of both rolling out the new DesignPlus sidebar to the rest of the university and upgrading hundreds of existing courses. Kenneth will join Tim and John in discussing how DesignPlus has offered Boston College a flexible framework for developing a library of custom themes and blocks for the BC community and how it continues to evolve to help faculty design more accessible, engaging courses at scale.
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!
GOSCD Innovation Summit in Branson, MO
Dates: August 1, 2024 - August 2, 2024
COLTT in Denver, CO https://www.cu.edu/coltt
Dates: August 1, 2024
Student Support Superhero- Design Matters Live! Webinar. Register at cidilabs.com/webinars
Dates: August 20, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Extreme Makeover: Canvas Course Edition Webinar- Register Here: bit.ly/3YjE5IX
Dates: August 28, 2024 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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