We live in a world that recognizes now, more than ever, the power of collaboration. We ask our learners to do it. We ask our teachers to do it. We ask our administrators to do it. Today’s post is a collaboration with my teammate and frequent thought partner Sam Neal (Ya'll probably think she is my only friend). Even though Sam and I are on different campuses, we are on the same team, and frequently find that each campus is utilizing similar tools - or even asking similar questions. Both of us have been asked about where we design graphics for our sites, so we wanted to do a quick tutorial to show you how we both use Canva. Canva can be a useful tool for you in your classroom: To show you some of the ways Canva can help you create your visuals, we are going to collaborate on a design for the quote that inspired this post: “Alone we do so little, together we can do so much." It’s a great quote, but it loses its impact when it merely appears in the center of all this text. Instead, we’re going to use a simple premade Canva layout to give the quote the impact and attention it deserves. Canva has lots of premade graphic sizes you can pick from, such as Photo Collage or Website Banner, which makes getting started so much less intimidating. We selected the Social Graphic size: We wanted to keep it simple, so we selected a layout from Canva’s bank. Some layouts and images in Canva cost money, so be sure to select one with the tag “Free” in the bottom right corner of the layout or graphic. Next we added our quote in the text box. We changed the colors of some of the pieces by clicking on the object, clicking on the color box at the top of the screen, and then choosing a new color. We also wanted to be sure to attribute our quote to the speaker, so we added a small text box beneath our quote. Once we were happy with the design, we clicked Download and chose PNG. Depending on your purpose, you could also choose JPG or even PDF. Look at the difference! Let me know how I can help you transform the visuals in your classroom using this great tool. Happy Designing, Megan
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