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31 – Creating with Canva, EdTech in 2016

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[email protected] (Jeff Herb)
Published
Thu 07 Jan 2016
Episode Link
http://instructionaltechtalk.com/31-creating-with-canva-edtech-in-2016/

































31 – Creating with Canva, EdTech in 2016























Episode 31 - Creating with Canva


by Jeff Herb & Jon Samuelson | Instructional Tech Talk
























Jeff Herb - Host


Middle School Principal, Education Writer and Speaker


















Jon Samuelson - Co-Host


Technology Innovation Specialist




































Show Notes


0:54 – Introductions and Welcome


2:00 – Website updates (ITT website redesign)


3:20 – Introduction to Canva (can login using Twitter, Google, etc)



  • Stock imagery

  • pre-existing layouts

  • faster than Photoshop to put words on a picture


4:55 – Jon shares about being an #EdTech Marketing guy.



  • All the template dimensions for social media profiles are pre-set in Canva


5:28 – Adobe Post is shared as a way to create quick graphics.


6:20 – Difficulty with YouTube channel art (not predefined in Canva)


7:00 – Using Canva as a tool to create slides for a slide deck (PowerPoint/Keynote/etc)



  • Haiku Deck


7:55 – Free Stock Images



  • Newsletters on Product Hunt, sign up for free newsletters and import into Canva


9:25 – Noun Project Icons



  • Monthly subscription (to use without attribution), but amazing icons (free if attributed)

  • Thanks Tony Vincent!

  • Example (I searched ‘podcasting')!



12:35 – Jeff used to make graphics using Keynote and screen shots


13:50 – Canva iPad app


16:40 – Canva Stats



  • Launched for 860 Days

  • 560 Million Images available

  • 7.1 million users

  • 51.4 million designs


17:50 – A PSA from Jake Duncan: “Just pay the dollar.”


19:55 – Canva for Work


26:00 – Subscription Shock


26:30 – Using Canva with students


34:30 – Adobe Slate


36:10 – What's to come for 2016


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