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DesignPLUS Admin and Support Information [UW-Madison]
Accessing DesignPLUS
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Log into DesignPLUS via Canvas.
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Sidebar is accessed through the RCE in Canvas
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Clicking on the rocket ship in the upper right
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Or by clicking in the white area above the RCE and then pressing Alt+Shift+D on the keyboard.
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Upload/Embed tool is accessed through the Canvas RCE under the Apps tool.
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The Multi-Tool needs to be enabled and added to the Navigation menu.
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Vendor and Support Contacts
Support requests should be directed to:
- Peter Van Tienen (peter@cidilabs.com) is our main contact for Wisconsin
- Support can be reached via email at support@cidilabs.com
- Keegan currently attends monthly meetings with the vendor about Accessibility
Status page: http://status.cidilabs.com/
Handling Document
Handling documents are used by the DoIT Help Desk to provide agents an overview of the service and required call information.
This service’s handling document can be found here: [Link for document 156438 is unavailable at this time]
Learn@UW-Madison is responsible for periodically reviewing these documents and requesting updates from Help Desk KB writers. To request an update, please contact the Learn@UW KnowledgeBase administrator, or leave a comment on the document.
Upgrade Schedule and Outage Procedures
Details about updgrade schedule coming soon.
Composing an Outage Notification
Other Resources
Setup Notes
Extended Customizations Courses
An extended Customizations course is a special course within Canvas that allows designers to make themes and templates that can be used within the Sub Account. Learn@UW has made one extended customizations course for each main sub account under the Manually Created Courses.
See DesignPLUS Extended Customizations Course [UW-Madison] for more details.
DesignPLUS CSS Code
At the top level of the Canvas theme, there is custom CSS that was developed with the help of the Center for User Experience.
:root { --dt-color-primary: #9B0000;
--dt-color-primary-contrast: #FFFFFF;
--dt-color-primary-dark-text: #9B0000;
--dt-color-secondary: #9B0000;
--dt-color-secondary-contrast: #FFFFFF;
--dt-color-secondary-dark-text: #121212;
--dt-color-accent: #FFC211;
--dt-color-accent-contrast: #121212;
--dt-color-accent-dark-text: #121212;
--dt-color-gray: #FFFFFF;
--dt-color-gray-contrast: #121212;
--dt-color-gray-dark-text: #9B0000;
--dt-color-white: #FFFFFF;
--dt-color-white-contrast: #121212;
--dt-color-white-dark-text: #494949;
};
We also ran it through the checker that was provided by CidiLabs https://multitool.ciditools.com/inst_config/colors2.php
Here is a screenshot of the checker when we originally came up with the colors: