TidyUP: Canvas Content Cleanup Tool
TidyUP Flex Workshop Recordings
- TidyUP as a Partner in Canvas Accessibility ( Zoom Recording, 30 minutes) – 4/8/2026 workshop led by Stephanie Kelley and the online ed team Jim Julius, Nadia Khan, and Aaron Holmes. (Studio Recording, 30 minutes)
TidyUP is available within a Canvas course to help quickly identify and clean up course content. Identifying and deleting extra files, folders, pages, or assignments that are no longer in use will make your course easier to manage and more usable for everyone.
Note: TidyUp does not identify files that are being used in Question Banks
Enable the TidyUp tool in a Canvas course
- Start within your Canvas course, click on Settings at the bottom of the course navigation menu.
- Click on the Navigation tab.
3. Click on the 3 dots to the right of TidyUp.
4. Select + Enable.
5. Click Save.
The TidyUP tool will now be available on your course navigation menu near the bottom of the list.
6. Click the TidyUP link.
7. Click the Authorize button the first time you launch the tool.
You are now ready to use the TidyUp tool. Click the Scan Course button to get started.
TidyUP Training & Support Resources
- Sign up for sequenced video-training via email!
- TidyUP Users Guide
- Does Tidyup scan quiz questions for file usage?
- TidyUP Best Practices
- TidyUp Knowledgebase
- TidyUP Video Hub
- Support Portal – Open a TidyUp help desk ticket
- For technical assistance or any questions, contact: [email protected]
DesignPLUS for Canvas
DesignPlus Flex Workshop Recordings
- Fall 2026 New and Next Series: Session 2 – DesignPLUS: Transformational Wizard (Zoom Recording 23 minutes) – 9/17/2026 workshop by Nadia Khan (Studio Recording 23 minutes).
- DesignPLUS Train and Play: User Perspectives and Insights (Zoom Recording 50 minutes) – 5/20/2026 workshop by Nadia Khan, Rob Bond and Ismariceli ‘Izzy’ Antonio Rios (Studio Recording, 50 minutes)
- Session 6: Sidebar Interactive and Advanced Tools (Zoom Recording 28 minutes) – 4/16/2026 workshop by Nadia Khan. (Studio Recording, 28 minutes)
- Session 5: The Upload/Embed Image Tool (Zoom Recording 25 minutes) – 4/2/2026 workshop by Nadia Khan. (Studio Recording, 25 minutes)
- Session 4: The Multi-tool Overview/Module Builder (Zoom Recording 27 minutes) – 3/19/2026 workshop by Nadia Khan. (Studio Recording, 27 minutes)
- Session 3: DesignPLUS Sidebar (Zoom Recording 28 minutes) – 3/6/2026 workshop by Nadia Khan. (Studio Recording 28 minutes)
- Session 2: QuickStart Wizard Overview (Zoom Recording 28 minutes) – 2/19/2026 workshop by Nadia Khan. (Studio Recording 28 minutes)
- Session 1 – DesignPLUS Tools Overview (Zoom Recording 37 minutes) – 2/6/2026 workshop by Nadia Khan. (Studio Recording 37 minutes)
DesignPLUS is a user-friendly Canvas plug-in that helps you build polished, engaging, and accessible courses efficiently. DesignPLUS is licensed for all faculty at MiraCosta College using Canvas.
DesignPLUS includes four primary tools:
- Sidebar – a suite of rich content editor tools that help you create organized, accessible, engaging, and visually polished content in Canvas with ease.
- QuickStart Wizard – design tools available when you are editing new content in Canvas (a new page, assignment, discussion, etc) to quickly add visual design elements or adopt existing templates.
- Cidi Labs Multi-Tool – a time-saving tool that lets you quickly set up an engaging home page and create accessible templates for reuse across Canvas. It also can help you quickly build repeatable, consistent module structures. You can also adjust due dates and delay announcements using this tool.
- Upload/Embed Image Tool – a tool that enables you to discover, add, edit, and place course images in Canvas
DesignPLUS Sidebar
When you are editing Canvas content, select the sidebar icon at top right to launch the Sidebar tool, which will then appear on the right. The Sidebar tool includes many enhancements to the Rich Content Editor in Canvas, enabling you to easily add a variety of attractive and engaging content elements.
Getting Started with the Sidebar
Learn more about the DesignPLUS Sidebar (Tap to open a list of resources).
DesignPlus Accessibility Tools
DesignPLUS QuickStart Wizard
The QuickStart Wizard button appears when you open a new page, assignment, or syllabus for editing. Activating the Wizard gives you access to templates for the entire page, or pre-defined content blocks of different types to help you customize the page.
Getting Started with the QuickStart Wizard
Cidi Labs Multi-Tool
The Cidi Labs Multi-Tool shows up in the left course navigation menu of your Canvas course. You will be asked to authorize Cidi Labs to access your Canvas account. Once the Multi-Tool is set up, you can select from a variety of tools to help rapidly develop and update your courses. Watch the Multi-Tool orientation video to learn more about what it can do for you.
Getting Started with the Multi-tool
To learn more, see Multi-Tool FAQs.
DesignPLUS Upload/Embed Image Tool
This tool enables you to manage course images directly in Canvas. Upload, crop, resize, and embed images anywhere in your course, or quickly add free, high-quality images from Pexels and Unsplash. To access the Upload/Embed Image (U/EI) tool, go to apps through the Rich Content Editor (RCE). The first time you access the tool, you will be asked to authorize Cidilabs to access Canvas so this tool is available for you. Watch the Upload/Embed Image orientation video to learn how this tool works.
Getting Started with the Upload/Embed Image Tool
To learn more, see Benefits of using the Upload/Embed Tool or Adding the Upload/Embed (U/EI) Tool to the Rich Content Editor (RCE)
Additional DesignPLUS Support
DesignPLUS Customer Support: [email protected]
DesignPLUS Knowledge Base and FAQs
DesignPLUS Library of Designs and Templates
For support or training, contact instructional designer, Nadia Khan: [email protected]