Creating classroom materials using Canva For Education allows teachers to save time and effort
Free Canva platform designed to empower the education sector
in
visual literacy
Popular
online design platform, Canva, last week announced the global launch
of Canva
for Education,
a free product for teachers and students all over the world, at the
first educational technology industry show of the year, Bett,
in London.
- Free Canva for Education platform to empower education sector; builds visual literacy in students and facilitates project-based learning
- Product includes Canva’s premium features, plus add-ons such as education-specific content and templates, an all-new collaboration space, a review workflow, version history plus much more
- Canva announces partnership with Google for Education
As
highlighted in 2019’s Digital Internet Trends report, the global
growth of visual content has been accelerated by image-based digital
platforms, fueled by the adoption of social media. The ability to
interpret, communicate and present ideas visually is critical for
students to thrive in today’s world and tomorrow’s workforce.
With
Canva’s intuitive drag-and-drop design tools, Canva for Education
empowers students to create and communicate their learning visually
through posters, worksheets and animated presentations. It also aids
educators and school administration to create teaching material,
event posters, infographics and reports - just to name a few.
Georgia
Vidler, Director of Product at Canva, explained the new Canva for
Education offering is tailored to the needs and requirements of
schools worldwide, calling out Canva as a “one-stop-shop” for
creating and collaborating in the classroom.
“Of
the estimated 139,874 educational institutions across the US, over
10,000 are already using Canva. To make Canva for Education a real
value-add tool we tailored the content, features and integrations to
ensure it solved many pain points for teachers and students all
around the world.”
Yani
Hornilla-Donato, Philippines Country Manager at Canva, expressed her
excitement for the product.
“With
Canva for Education, teachers and students are provided a platform
for project-based learning. The free access to the tool will also
make creating classroom materials even more convenient for teachers.
Utilizing our classroom-friendly templates relevant to specific
learning goals also allows them to save time and effort.”
Canva
for Education provides teachers and students with:
- Canva Pro - which includes access to millions of premium images, fonts, videos and templates
- access to an all-new collaboration space for the whole class to design and discuss in one place
- folders to manage content and to keep track of progress
- version history
- animations to help bring student creations to life
- more educational-specific content
- a review workflow for teachers to give students feedback
- peace of mind as Canva for Education is compliant with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
- integrations with Google Classroom and Google sign-in methods for class setup
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Canva for Education empowers students to create and communicate their learning visually.
“Through
our research, teachers also told us a significant number of their
students are bilingual. Because Canva for Education is available in
over 100 languages – including five right-to-left languages like
Arabic and Hebrew – teachers are now able to encourage digital,
visual and design literacy while enhancing cultural diversity and
inclusion in the classroom,”
Vidler further highlighted.
Canva
has also provided an integration with Google for Education to further
streamline access to all classrooms.
Emma
Fish from Google for Education stated the collaboration was a
welcomed addition to the organization’s education suite.
“We
are very excited to welcome Canva as a Google for Education Partner
and include Canva in the Chromebook
App Hub.
Enabling
the use of Canva for Education will provide a seamless, free
experience and unleash the creative potential of students on
Chromebooks. Canva
has deeply integrated with Google across the platform including
Google sign-in, integrations with Google Maps and Google Drive, and
optimizing for touch Chrome devices.”
“There
are 40 million teachers and students actively using Google Classroom.
Canva for Education enables teachers to import Classroom class lists
to manage their classes globally and has also enhanced classroom
collaboration through the development of a dedicated Google Classroom
share button,”
explained Fish.
With
the number of Canva users around the world compounding daily, the
development of this offering was not only in response to the needs of
educators as a whole, but also aligned with the organization’s most
important core value - to be a force for good in the world.
“It’s
vital we invest in education - students are our future. We need to do
whatever we can to give them the tools they need to stay ahead.
Students today are born in image-saturated environments - the era of
internet, digital technologies and touchscreens. Through Canva for
Education we are doing our bit to help educators teach visual,
digital and design literacy to ensure each and every student is
well-equipped for their future,”
concluded Vidler.
Schools
are encouraged to get started and register their free Canva
for Education
account at: https://www.canva.com/education/
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