Canva for Education

Unleash creativity and amplify student voice with Canva for Education—a free design tool for teachers, students, and staff. With thousands of ready-to-use templates, you can easily craft eye-catching graphics, engaging activities, and dynamic presentations. Your Canva Classroom is automatically rostered, making it simple to collaborate, create, and communicate visually like never before.

Log In

1. Log into Webdesk.

2. Open the PISD Canva SSO (New) tile. It will sign you in automatically.

3. You can switch between teams by clicking the drop-down menu on the top right. Can't find your designs? Check your other teams!

Canva Basics

Assign Work to Students (Canva Classroom, Google Classroom, etc.)

Canva Classroom

To create an assignment and publish to the Canva classroom folder for students:

Open the project and click "Share"
Click "See all"
Scroll down
Click Assignment
Select "Canva" from the dropdown "Choose where students should submit work".
Optional: enter project description
Click Next
Enter the name of your class
Click Publish

Step-by-Step Instructions: Create an Assignment in Canva Classroom

View Assigned Projects

To see projects assigned: Go to Projects > Folders > open a classroom folder

Google Classroom

In Canva, click Share.
Select your School. Choose whether you want students to edit or view.
Copy the link. Then paste the link in Google Classroom.

Or, instead of copying the link, scroll down until you see "Google Classroom" and assign it that way.

Canva webpage image selecting 1 Share 2 School under collaboration link 3 copy link

Collaborate on Projects with your Team

Learn how to use Canva - Teachers & Students

Teachers

PISD Self-paced Course: #19211 DLT Design Series: Canva - A Visual Communication Platform
PISD Digital Learning Team's "5 Canva Hacks" lesson. Click on the purple button on the right "Use Brand Template" to save it to your projects.
Video tutorials to teach with Canva
Canva Design School - self-paced courses
How to create Canva assignments in Google Classroom
Designing an accessible classroom with Canva
⭐Engaging Students with Canva Guide

Students

Canva for students
Canva Design School - self-paced course for students (30+ minutes)

Teachers & Students

Canva Editing Essentials - Learn & Play with these 13 short Activities! First, sign in to your PISD Canva account, then open the link. It will save an editable copy for you!

5 Canva Hacks

Sign into Canva from Webdesk
Come back here and click on the Canva Hacks link
Then click the purple button "Use Brand Template" to work through the lesson of hacks!

Canva Features & Resources

AI-embedded Tools (Magic Write, etc.)

Translation

Translating Canva Designs (Canva Help Center) - Canva has built-in translator tools with hundreds of different languages.

Upload an existing slide deck and translate the slides with just a few clicks.

Open Canva
Import a slide deck
Open the slide deck
Select Apps on the side panel
Search for Translate and click on the first option "Translate".
Select the language you want to translate to
(Optional) Select a tone of voice
Choose to translate pages or select specific text
Select the pages to translate
Click Translate and wait for the translation to finish
Review the translation and download your new document

Video: How to Import a Google Slide deck and translate it (2:58 min)

Students Create with Canva

Podcasts

There are several ways to use Canva for podcasting.

Read these articles to see which works best for your needs:

Five Steps to Student Podcasting with Canva – TCEA TechNotes Blog
Step-by-step instructions for Creating Engaging Classroom Podcasts with Canva Blog by TESOL

Download a Talking Presentation:

Create a Talking Presentation (View YouTube Video How-to)
Convert to MP3
Post to a Podcast Hosting site, such as Anchor, Audacity, Vocaroo, etc.

Canva for Administrators

Canva for Leaders

Who to Contact for Help

Technical Issues:
Your CTA or Help Desk - ext. 28767
helpdesk@pisd.edu

Questions about instructional use of Canva:
digitallearningteam@pisd.edu

Canva Support page

FAQs

Where do I find my previously created projects?

How do I transfer a design to another account?

How do I cancel a paid plan?

If you would like to cancel your paid plan and switch to the free Canva for Education account, you can do so by following the directions at Canceling a Canva Plan.

You will be able to access previously created Canva projects in your new free educational account. Click the dropdown arrow next to "Staff & Admin" and switch to your team name. Then click on "Projects" to find your creations.