Courses

Cost: $49
Modules: 5
CPE Credit Hours: 12

Enrollment includes:

  • Free, one-year TCEA membership for each participant ($49 value)
  • TCEA digital badge
  • TCEA certificate

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Canva Educator
This online, self-paced course presents an introduction to the design tool called Canva. Canva is not to be confused with the Canvas learning management system (LMS). Canva provides you with a powerful toolkit to easily and quickly create spectacular resources even if you are not a designer or an artist. If you are an artist or designer, you have a huge repository of tools all in one place to bring new creations to life at no charge. Yes, Canva is free to all K-12 educators.

 

Learn with TCEA?

  • Our courses are streamlined for efficient and lasting learning.
  • We share ideas and resources that you won’t be able to find anywhere else.
  • We also offer ideas and techniques based on years of experience in professional development, integrating educator feedback to always meet the needs of course participants.

Self-Paced Online Course

Canva Educator is a self-paced, online program. Participants can begin anytime and go at their own speed throughout the program.

Upon enrollment, you will receive a program invitation email from TCEA’s learning management system that will give you access to the self-paced course. Within the course, you will find modules that must be moved through in sequential order.

 

Course Modules

Topics to Introduce Canva: Discover the possibilities of Canva by learning its core features, navigation, templates, and design basics for creating impactful classroom resources.

Editor Menu Options: Dive into Canva’s Editor tools; elements, text, styles, photos, and videos; to design creative and professional resources with ease.

Steps for Canva Designs: Build on your Canva skills by exploring templates, creating designs from scratch, and learning how to download, share, and make your creations interactive through five key design steps.

Using Canva in Education: Learn how to navigate the course platform, move between lessons, and use key tools within the learning environment.

Exploration Ideas: This module brings everything together by exploring accessibility best practices, new ideas to try, and next steps, while guiding you through hands-on challenges to create your own design and apply Canva in your classroom or district.