Cidi Labs

Accessibility tools in Canvas are getting an upgrade! Beginning Fall 2025, Cidi Labs will power accessibility within Canvas for faculty and students. The Cidi Labs suite in Canvas for the California State Universities includes two services:

• Universal Design Online content Inspection Tool ("UDOIT")
• TidyUp

UDOIT

The Universal Design Online content Inspection Tool or "UDOIT" offers the familiar features from Ally, with a few new features added. Find UDOIT under "Course Accessibility Report" in your course menu. 

UDOIT includes:

1. Course Accessibility Report
2. Alternate file formats for students
3. PDF to a Canvas Page

As with the previous tool, the Course Accessibility Report is visible only to the faculty member (limited to those with the Teacher role in a course).

Plus:

• Hide unused and/or unpublished files and omit them from your Course Accessibility Report
• Fix Canvas Pages and other Canvas content from within your Course Accessibility Report
• Convert an inaccessible PDF to a Canvas Page in one step

Note that UDOIT does not apply the colored dials. All accessibility information is accessed through the Course Accessibility Report. 

UDOIT Training Resources

• UDOIT Summer School 2026: Video Playlist
• UDOIT Summer School 2026 Day 1 Handout
• UDOIT Summer School 2026 Day 2 Handout