What is Canva and how can it help your school?

General introduction to Canva for your staff. We will look on the breadth of options available while focusing on the importance of not being overwhelmed.

We will look at common starting points for schools, establish a starting point for you, and look at some of the basics of resource creation for teachers. We will also look at the possibilities for using Canva to interact with, and provide a creative space for, students.

Create a class, build subject folders, manage assignments, integrate with Teams/Classroom.

This session will focus on enabling teachers to build and manage a simple folder system for their class(es) where they can create and manage projects for students. We will look at basic folder creation and structure as well as permissions for creating content to share with students.

Discover how to create a template for students to complete using their own copy. We'll also look at how you can use Canva with Google Classroom or Microsoft Teams.

Create orginal content, edit existing resources, use Canva's AI to stop time wasting and boost creativity.

Your free Canva subscription includes an incredible, ready-to-go resource library filled to the brim with teacher resources and lessons. We will look at how to find the best resources as well as how to personalise them for your classroom.

Starting with a blank canvas is an incredibly powerful way of creating resources too. We'll look at Canva templates and elements that quickly transform a blank canvas into amazing resources.

Double down with our virtual teacher

Why not include our virtual Olus teacher in every classroom in your school, letting the student learn the basics while teachers reinforce the skills learned in a seamless, stress free way.

Why reinforce? In a study by the NTL Institute, 5% of people retained information from training session when they simply consumed the training, but 90% retained the information when they taught it themselves. Let our virtual teacher take the heavy lifting out of teaching it immediately yourself.

For a truly creative Canva classroom!

To understand the real power of Canva in your school, you need to get the students building projects. The flexibility of Canva enables students to express themselves and demonstrate understanding in ways not possible with any other app.

We’ll look at some great starting points for your students with your school’s specific needs in mind. Whether it be creating resources for an entrepreneur programme, exciting presentations, infographics or another learning area - we’ve got you covered.

Unleash the collaborative power of Canva at your school

The ability to collaborate and share in real time is one of the most powerful elements in Canva. We’ll look at using Canva whiteboards to collaborate as a whole class, organise class activities with the AI tool in whiteboards, and collaborate in small groups.

We’ll also look at how students can collaborate on other project types and use Canva’s comment tool to communicate with each other and/or the teacher for when they’re not working beside each other.

Use animation and video for process explaining, nonfiction, original fiction storytelling.

Visual storytelling is a great, accessible way for any learner to demonstrate understanding of a process. Imagine your students animating the water cycle and including explanatory notes, instead of writing an essay. What about recording themselves as they animate a process (e.g. fractions) in real time.

Of course, video and animation can also be used for bringing original or other authors’ works of fiction to life. The promise of making a project like this is a great motivator for the writing and rehearsal of expressive voice processes.

Build personalised, flexible materials. Allow students to complete a project in their chosen medium.

With Canva, it’s easy to implement Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to build resources that are personalised and tailored for different learners in your class. The flexibility of Canva enables teachers to design templates and resources

When it comes to assessment, Canva allows for incredible flexibility when creating resources. You can create assessment for learning opportunities that includes great transparency and choice for the students - so they are clear on what they have to do and how they are being permitted to do it.

Reduce workload and improve quality of work being shared internally and externally.

From newsletters to website building, flyers to social media - we have a training session that will superpower your office staff. Whether you’re designing internal documents (e.g. display posters for the corridors) or external documents (e.g. a flyer to share with parents about an upcoming trip), Olus and Canva can help.

Perhaps you are looking more effective and engaging ways to communicate with your school community. Or maybe you have an open evening coming up and want to make sure your school stands out? Let’s talk and see how we can help.