Resources and Tools

TidyUP in Canvas

TidyUP provides a quick way to view all of the content in your course and clean out files and content that are no longer needed.

  • A file and content cleanup tool for Canvas courses
  • Easily find unused files and download as zip
  • Enables users to remove files with accessibility errors and increase accessibility score
  • TidyUp User Guide

Get started using TidyUP

TidyUp is a file cleanup tool in Canvas

UDOIT Accessibility Tool in Canvas 

UDOIT helps track and improve your course's accessibility score over time. Follow our recommendations to create a more accessible learning environment and watch your score increase. 

Get started using UDOIT

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DesignPLUS  in Canvas

DesignPLUS was developed to help you create and style course content. DesignPLUS is comprised of rich content editor tools, the Multi-tool, and the Upload/Embed Image Tool.

Get started with DesignPLUS

DesignPLUS was developed to help you create and style course content. DesignPLUS is comprised of rich content editor tools, the Multi-tool, and the Upload/Embed Image Tool.

SiteImprove

The VCU web ecosystem is monitored for accessibility using SiteImprove. This tool identifies WCAG 2.1 AA issues and provides ways to fix the issue.

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Cidiscape Reporting

Cidiscape is a highly-customizable admin tool that provides you with a comprehensive view of the activity happening within your Cidi Labs tools across your Canvas courses. Cidilabs tools include Design Plus, UDOIT, and TidyUP.

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Adobe Acrobat Pro DC

  • Remediate existing PDFs for accessibility
  • Use the accessibility tool to identify errors
  • Ensure PDFs are tagged, include titles, and have logical reading order
  • Get your VCU Adobe Creative Cloud account setup
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