Top 5 things you didn’t know Canva could do for you as Educator

Canva has grown from a design creation tool to a blended learning platform for teachers as well as students. In our previous post, we have seen how you can use the Canva Live feature and how you can use it for education. In this post, we will see top 5 things which you don’t know Canva could do for you as educator.

Canva initially started as a image creation tool has expanded its capabilities in video editing, audio editing, print designs, social media designs and many more areas. Moreover, the Canva for Education is free for teachers and students. Here are the top 5 things which are really exciting and latest addition in the Canva’s feature list.

1. Record your presentation

Do you know that you can record your lessons while delivering your presentations in Canva. Just head on to your presentation in Canva and click ‘Present and Record‘. It will open up the Canva’s inbuilt video recorder which can be helpful to sustain your information. You can record yourself explaining a topic or data, demonstrating a process, or showcasing one of your products. When you edit a design on your browser or Canva app on your desktop, use your webcam to record yourself. You can also choose to share your screen entirely or pick a particular window to capture.

This is great to create asynchronous learning lessons for your students which they can watch over and over again. It will help in freeing your time to facilitate, answer questions and give feedback to your students.

2. Use Canva AI – Text to Image tool

Recently, Canva has added the capability to convert text into Image using the AI. You can enter your words describing the requirements of your picture and the AI tool will help you by creating many interesting pictures. You need to follow these steps to create your own AI generated images in Canva:

• Start a design project in Canva.
• Go to Sidebar and Click Apps and choose – Text to Image app.
• Enter your image description in the text-to-image generator to convert it into an image. 
• On the bottom, please select your style – Painting, pattern, Photo, Drawing, 3 D etc.
• Click Generate Image.

3. Canva Docs

Recently, Canva has started taking on Google Docs with its new Canva Docs. The Canva Docs is marketed as a visual-first document creator. It allows you to design documents supercharged with videos, images, graphics, charts, and graphs.

You can create your docs easily with drag and drop editor and hassle free data visualization tools. Click the + icon and search for tables, images, charts or any other graphic design your design needs. You can also add editable Design Blocks to make document banners and page dividers pop with custom text and graphics.

• Drag-and-drop editor: No more formatting woes. The drag-and-drop editor makes adding and editing visual content easy.
• Hassle-free data visualization tools: Make your data beautiful and easy to digest with features like checklists, tables, graphs, and charts.
• Content at your fingertips: Tap the + button and search for tables, videos, images, or any graphic your Doc needs. Add editable Design Blocks to make document banners and page dividers pop with custom text and graphics.
• Collaborate in real-time: Your team can view and edit your Doc in real-time – even if they don’t have a Canva account. Keep track of everyone with cursor colors and selections.
• Add comments: Leave comments and assign tasks to your team, or simply react to their work with emojis and stickers.
• Work from anywhere: Create, view, and edit your Docs wherever you are, with Canva available across desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.
• Make it interactive: Share your Doc online, and your viewers can scroll through and interact with it – just like a website.
• Track engagement with Insights: Built-in analytics shows how your audience interacts with your Doc. See who has viewed your Docs and when.

4. Magic Write Feature

Indeed Magic Write feature is one of the coolest feature in Canva introduced recently. It allows you to overcome the writers block by presenting you few sentences about the topic you want to write. Once again, it is an AI powered content generation tool.

You can use it to write any kind of content from brainstorming, lesson plans, reports, etc. However, it is not yet available in Canva for Educators as it is available only for Canva Pro users. Also it can be used in the Canva Docs only as of now.

Just click the + icon in the Canva Docs and choose Magic Write feature. Enter a brief description of the content you want to write and Canva AI will do the rest of magic. It has been giving pretty wonderful results when I tried it for few sample content ideas.

5. Canva Docs To Decks

When you create your Canva Docs, you can easily convert it into an eye-catching presentation, instantly. Just click Docs to Decks to start creating your design and once you are done, just click the ‘Convert’ button on the top. You can choose your own design for the presentation and Voila!!!

You will get your wonderful Presentation ready from your text in few minutes without wasting lot of time on formatting and designing the presentation elements.

Are you still using Canva to create awesome design and many more.. If not Do you need more reasons to try this.. After revolutionize the life of the graphic designers, Canva can really help the educators in making their online teaching more engaging and interactive.

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