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

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Jon Samuelson - Co-Host

Technology Innovation Specialist

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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')!