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Canva Create 2025 - What's New for Educators? - HoET261
Category: Education
Duration: 00:54:32
Publish Date: 2025-04-10 23:00:00
Description:

In this exciting crossover episode, Chris Nesi teams up with Leena Marie Saleh (The EdTech Guru) for a detailed look into Canva's latest educational innovations unveiled during Canva Create 2025. Whether you're a teacher, instructional coach, or tech integrator, this episode is packed with transformative features and real classroom applications.

Featured Topic: Canva Create 2025

Key Themes and Highlights:

Canva Sheets: The Spreadsheet Reimagined

  • A powerful new addition to the Canva suite—Canva Sheets brings AI-infused, visually pleasing spreadsheets to the classroom.

  • Bulk Background Remover: Easily remove backgrounds from dozens of student photos at once.

  • Bulk Create with Images: Mass-produce certificates, report cards, or newsletters by integrating images directly into your sheet.

  • Magic AI Prompts: Skip the formulas—just describe your needs and let AI do the rest (e.g., calculating budgets, charting grades).

  • Magic Insights: Auto-generate graphs, summaries, or positive student comments—great for data storytelling or end-of-year celebrations.

  • Student Access: Available to students in districts where Canva's Magic tools are enabled.

The All-in-One Visual Suite

  • Create multi-modal projects within a single file: combine slides, spreadsheets, videos, documents, and websites.

  • Use Case: Teachers can build unit plans with rubrics, grading sheets, lesson videos, and linked resources—all in one shareable design.

  • Student Application: Portfolios that blend writing, multimedia, assessments, and visual elements in a single file.

Canva Code

  • No coding experience needed! Generate interactive HTML-based tools like:

    • Flashcard games

    • Vocabulary matching activities

    • Countdown timers

  • Use Cases:

    • Do-Nows & Exit Tickets

    • Interactive experiences (e.g., virtual art exhibits)

  • Includes real-time code editing via voice or chat and seamless integration into other Canva designs.

Voiceover and Text-to-Speech Enhancements

  • Record true voiceovers directly in Canva—no more video workarounds.

  • Use AI-generated voices to read text aloud in different accents and languages (e.g., Spanish voice packs Alejandra and Sofia).

  • Ideal for student presentations, podcasts, and accessibility support.

AI-Powered Speaker Notes

  • Auto-generate speaking points from your presentation slides.

  • Great for prepping lessons, webinars, or class presentations on the fly.

Assignments Hub

  • Instantly generate quizzes from highlighted text in a lesson or document.

  • New classwork dashboard allows for real-time monitoring of student progress (especially for educators without an LMS like Google Classroom).

Scrollables (a.k.a. Scrollytelling)

  • Create animated, interactive timelines or diagrams that engage students through scroll-triggered movement and transitions.
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