Julia Youssef

Professor Brannon

Educational Technology

March 7, 2021

Web 2.0 Assignment

Name of Tool: Canvas

Tool Description: Canva is a remarkable web 2.0 platform founded in Sydney, Australia

specifically used for graphic design. This platform is used to create social media graphics, posters,

presentations, documents, flyers, and many other options of visual content. What makes this

website unique is the fact that it offers many templates to choose from to design your piece. This

website is great for many people who are not experienced with using photoshop or have a good

head start for their project. Since this website provides you with many templates to choose from,

whether it is for school, birthday party, business, or even a resume, they have a template for any

type of theme you can think of. This website also provides you with the option to add your own

pictures to the templates and change up the colors to fit your liking. You can also type in any word

of your choice, and it will provide a numerous options of clip art to choose from. This provides you

with many options to get your project started and gives you great ideas as well instead of starting

on an empty canvas.

Cost of Tool:

This web 2.0 tool is free to use for the most part when you are looking to create. You can

create from any genre of visuals created fir your interest, and they even provide animated visuals to

work with. There is an option to try Canva Pro for only $12.99 a month, added up to $119.99
yearly. There is an option to try Canva Pro for free for 30 days as well when you make your

account, and can activate it at any time. It gives you a full description of what you can get when

you dive into Canva Pro. You can unlock 75 million + premium photos, videos and elements,

which includes 3000+ premium fonts, 420,000 + premium templates. You can create with ease

using Magic Resize, Background Remover and premium animations. You can also stay organized

with Brand Kit and Content Planner, extra folders, and an additional 100B storage.

Subjects and Grade Levels Suggested:

Canva is a suitable platform used for subjects mainly for art, and is used for designing

projects that can be shared with other students in the classroom. This platform could be suitable for

an English class to design a poster for a certain project the children would be doing, or a History

poster. The age best used for this platform to be used would be for children who are

knowledgeable in understand how to work around with templates and are handy with an iPad or a

computer. This platform seems the most appropriate for students in Middle School through High

School. This platform is very organized and can be used as a portfolio for student, especially art

students looking forward to look more deep into graphic design. There are folders integrated into

the platform that includes the designs they have created, the designs they have liked, purchased,

shared, and uploaded as well as trash. You can also create a team in Canva, which allows you to

team up with classmates to work on a project together and to share each other’s ideas.

Educational Value:

This platform is a very engaging platform for the students to get involved with whether the

assignment may be. The subject is enhanced in a way where it can involve the creative process in

to the lesson. This platform is just like a PowerPoint presentation, where it allows the student to

create educational content in a creative manner it provides the student to take control of what their
assignment looks and provides. Regardless of the subject being introduced with the assignment, it

will help the student understand their subject manner in a more understanding way, as well as

teaching their information to the classroom in a creative way as well. Visual learning is very

important, hence why PowerPoint presentations are important. Canva as well provides areas where

the students could even use it to make flyers for a certain organization they are a part of, or even an

event that could be happening in their school. This platform can also provide an understanding of

how to be more organized with their work, and be able to design a project that involves

information hat are relatable to each other. Visuals work with information in visual content to

provide a more emotional value to the work being presented.

Classroom Use:

The first way that students in my content area could use this platform is design a flyer for a

pretend event that they will be provided to make. This flyer will be made specifically for an event

at an art gallery that the students need to create and discuss some art principles integrated to

describe their art gallery and why people should attend this exhibition. The students will create and

provide information and art of their choice to be presented on the flyer to attract the viewers.

The second way I could have the students work with this platform is to create their

portfolio for their future work, especially if they want to progress in the art field. This platform

creates an atmosphere where the students can feel comfortable using it to be independent with their

creativity. The organized aspect this platform provides will let the students keep up with how they

can use the platform and even integrate this platform with their other subjects.

The third way I could have the students use this platform is to help them with

understanding how to come up with ideas regarding what is in their field. The problem with asking

a student to create content from an empty canvas is giving the student more stress to come up with
an idea. This platform gives them ideas to create something and branch off of the small template to

create something golden regarding their own interest.

User Experience:

Canva is a platform where I often use it all the time for my design and art classes. I have

used it before in the past where I have made posters in general or for events, and navigating it is

very easy and I do not even have to use the help button to learn how to use it, which is very vital. I

enjoy how they provide you with different designs that work with different themes, and there are

many different themes that match the color schemes of the templates. I dislike how some of the

features are locked for Canva Pro, but it does not get in the way of my designing. I have designed

posters that looked like I have created them in photoshop, and they look very professional. The

experience could be the same for students, and they would have fun with all the different examples

and options to choose from. This will really enlighten their experience with the subject learning at

hand, and the platform will help them stay engaged with the material. The students will have fun

with this platform, and would want to use it for their own personal hobbies and creations outside of

class as well.

Tutorial:

Step one- Click on the “sign up” button the top right of the website, and it will ask you whether

you would like to sign up using Google, Facebook, or email. If you have an account already, please

press Log in.

Step two- Once you have created your account or signed in, you will be brought to the Home page.

You have the choice to pick which visual content you would like to create, ranging from flyers to

posters to start from scratch. Your other choice is to scroll down the page to observe templates

already made by other people.

Step three- Once you pick what type pf visual content you choose to make, you have options of

what type of templates you would like to start with. I have chosen the poster option for this tutorial,
so I have chosen a Back In Business poster. I will be making a poster convincing the audience why

teachers should teach Social Responsibility in the Classroom.

Step four- I have used the different feature options to duplicate the chat bubble, and have deleted

all the information in the template that I do not wish to keep. You can go to the Elements option,

and type in any Keyword you would like to find a numerous option of clipart to relate to your

piece.

Step Five- Once you have

finished adding whatever visual options on the left side panel works for your piece, go ahead and
click Print Poster to have it shipped to your house, Share with a friend, or Save it to your computer

to upload anywhere.

Step Six- Once you are finished designing and saving, go back to the Home page by clicking

Home on the top left, and click on All your designs to access your work and keeping your portfolio

organized. You can also access Shared with you, Brand Kit, to create your own logo, Create a

Team, and your folders.