Canva
Your go-to platform for project-based learning
Engage your students in rich and authentic learning experiences that reflect the challenges they’ll face in the real world. Our intuitive, drag-and-drop tools make visual communication easy, so students can spend more time interacting and responding effectively to their learning. Canva is optimised for Chromebook and fully cross-platform, and is free. It integrates with Google Classroom. You can set up an account to log in via Clever.
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From Edutopia, November 18, 2020
One tool that has changed all of my presentations, newsletters, promotional material, student shout-outs, web design, and more is Canva. It takes all the best features of a design program and adds in the ability to drag and drop elements into templates. This tool is free for educators and offers a robust design option.
Unique assignments: Canva allows you to have students create collaborative presentations, infographics, posters, and web design. It also allows you to create video, GIFs, picture files, and more. The possibilities are endless, and the end product is extremely professional.
Teacher, student, and family friendly: Families have different devices, and it has been a game changer to work with choices that are internet based and do not require a particular device. In Canva, designs are draggable. Icons, video, and fonts are already enabled. Another unique feature is the ability to resize a design after you have created it. You can easily download all formats from one design and present directly from within Canva. You do not need another presentation tool.
Connection cards: This year has been the biggest challenge for many of us. Canva has given me the ability to connect with my students’ families and staff. I create thank-you cards, certificates recognizing hard work, or GIFs and make postcards that tell students, “I am so happy you are in my class!” You can leave your work digital or print it directly from Canva.