Learn how to carry out Project-based Learning activity using Canva for your middle school students
Are you a middle school teacher who usually ask your students to design or create posters as projects? Well, PowerPoint might be the common choice, but this limits collaboration especially if studying online or remotely.
What you’ll learn
- Familiarize the use of Canva for classroom projects or activities.
- Know how to use Canva to be confident in instructing middle school students.
- Plan how to instruct your students in completing a Canva project.
- Add challenge, fun and excitement to your class activities.
Course Content
- Introduction –> 1 lecture • 6min.
- How I had my middle school students complete their Canva projects –> 2 lectures • 15min.
- Creating Canva Podcast and Poster Video Tutorial –> 4 lectures • 36min.
- Wrap Up and Your Coursework –> 3 lectures • 8min.
Requirements
Are you a middle school teacher who usually ask your students to design or create posters as projects? Well, PowerPoint might be the common choice, but this limits collaboration especially if studying online or remotely.
Try Canva.
Canva is both a web-based and software/app-based design platform for posters, videos and even podcast! Apart from it’s multi-media creation function, Canva allows creators – you and your students to collaborate on projects. They can work together where ever they are in the world!
What’s more, by familiarizing Canva, you can add more fun, challenge and excitement to your classroom activities or class projects by having your students create their own media content.
This is what we’re going to learn in this course.
Course content:
- Experience sharing on how I had my middle school students (grades 6-8) complete a Canva project (a podcast and documentary)
- Video tutorials on how to use Canva
- Tips on how to plan a Canva project for your middle school students
- Assignment brief
Learning Goals:
- Familiarize the use of Canva for classroom projects or activities
- Know how to use Canva to be confident in instructing your students
- Plan how to instruct your students in completing a Canva project
- Add more challenge, fun and excitement to your activities or projects
Who can learn from this video?
- Middle school teachers who want to add challenge and fun for their class projects
- Multi-media creators who like to teach and train students in creating media contents