Canva

What is it?

Canva for Education is a powerful, free design platform designed specifically for educators and students. It provides a user-friendly interface and an extensive library of educational templates, images, and resources, enabling teachers to effortlessly create engaging visual content for their classrooms.

With Canva for Education, teachers can enhance their teaching materials, capture student interest, and promote a more interactive and visually stimulating learning experience.

🎨 Getting Started with Canva in the Classroom

A successful introductory lesson should focus on key functions that pupils can immediately use to create a simple, engaging design.

In this video, Ciara Connolly demonstrates how to get started with Canva in the classroom with a simple lesson introducing some of the basics functions of Canva to pupils.

Getting started

All Trust staff are already set up on Canva. Simply log in with Google using your Trust Google credentials.

Setting Assignments via classroom

If you would like to access any of the links shared during the session, go to the webinar handbook here: https://canva.me/wow-your-classroom-with-ai-handbook

60 minute Teacher Course

Click here to access the teacher course.

This certification will equip you with all the essential skills needed to facilitate engaging learning with Canva.

The course will explore topics including lesson planning, using Magic Studio, and fostering student creativity.

We’ll also look at how we can deliver lessons and give feedback through Canva.

Canva for Beginners

More suitable for non-teaching staff. Click here to access the course.

First things first, Canva is made for you. It’s been built for you to explore, experiment, make mistakes and enjoy the design process by making work feel like play.

Canva is jam-packed with inspiring templates and our library is growing every day! We recommend you start small and add things as you feel comfortable.

Let’s check out the interface, learn where to find what you need, use and edit templates to make designs uniquely yours, and how to find more help should you need it.

Our goal is to encourage exploration and build your Canva confidence, so you feel empowered to dive in and design anything!

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