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Canva for Education
- Free design tool for teachers, students, and staff.
- Create visually-engaging graphics, activities, and presentations.
- Thousands of templates are available with our education account.
- Invite students into your Canva Classroom (rostered by your Google Classroom) and facilitate limitless collaboration, creativity, and visual communication.
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.
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- 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!
- Sign into Canva from Webdesk
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Canva Newsletter
Get the latest and greatest inspiration and ideas from the Canva Design School team with curated content just for educators.
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Canva and Pear Deck Integration
Create beautiful and interactive presentation slides with the Canva and PearDeck app smash. Read the blogpost!
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Import Google Slides to Canva
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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.
- 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
Students
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Translate using Canva
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
- 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)
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How do I sign into Canva?
1. Log into Webdesk.
2. Open the 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 left.
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Where do I find my previously created projects?
Access previously created projects from within your new free educational account:
- On the top left-hand side, click the drop-down arrow next to "Staff & Admin" and switch to your team.
- Then click on "Projects" to find your creations.
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How do I switch teams?
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How do I transfer designs to another account?
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Can I create custom classes or groups?
Classes will automatically be created for teachers because PISD rosters Canva for you.
If you'd like to create a custom class or group, visit this website and watch the video:
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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.
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Support
For technical assistance, visit the Canva Support page to find an answer to your question or to chat with a technical support representative.
For assistance on how to use Canva, please contact the Digital Learning Team at digitallearningteam@pisd.edu.
