Canva for Education
Updates & New Features
Canva has released new AI‑powered design tools to help you create professional‑looking lesson materials in less time. These features handle much of the “design work” so you can focus on instruction.
Adaptive Backgrounds – the “perfect fit” every time
Generate backgrounds that automatically adapt to your design’s theme, content, and colors. This helps keep text readable and your visuals polished without scrolling through endless images.
Best for: Title slides for new units or “Meet the Teacher” posters.
Interactive 3D Elements – a new perspective
Add 3D elements you can generate, rotate, and customize to show objects from just the right angle. This makes diagrams and visuals feel more realistic and immersive.
Best for: Science diagrams, geometry lessons, and digital storytelling projects.
Style Match – the “magic paint roller”
Use Style Match to pick one element you like and apply its style — colors, shading, and overall look — across other graphics on the page. This quickly turns a cluttered layout into a unified design.
Best for: Keeping multi‑page workbooks or long slide decks consistent and professional.
We also unveiled a magical new way to see your ideas take shape in Canva. The new Draw tool lets you sketch up your ideas with freehand drawing, underlines or annotations. For example, a simple hand-sketched shape, like a circle, will be transformed into a perfectly polished circle by Shape Assist. It’s now incredibly easy to turn fast thoughts into cohesive flowcharts, mind maps and more.
We announced some pretty magical upgrades to our Visual Suite – and we’re particularly excited about the game-changing time-saver Magic Design. The ultimate co-designer, Magic Design gives you a head start by instantly curating a shortlist of multiple, already-refined templates that you can preview before you start designing.
Meanwhile over in Canva Video, we unveiled Create an Animation, where you can bring your story to life with custom animation paths. Whether you want your elements to zig-zag or rotate across the screen, speed up or slow down, simply drag them across the screen to record the path you want your animation to follow. Picture making an element like a bee come alive – you could make it land slowly on a flower, then buzz quickly away in one impressive but effortless move.
What is Canva for Education?
New Canva features to level up your classroom visuals
Adaptive Backgrounds – the “perfect fit” every time
Finding a background that doesn’t clash with your images can be a struggle. Adaptive Backgrounds lets you generate backgrounds that automatically adapt to your design’s theme, content, and colors. This helps keep text readable and visuals polished without scrolling through endless images.
Best for: Title slides for new units or “Meet the Teacher” posters.
Interactive 3D Elements – a new perspective
Add a new dimension to your designs with 3D elements you can generate, rotate, and customize. You can show objects from exactly the angle students need to see, making diagrams and visuals feel more realistic and immersive.
Best for: Science diagrams, geometry lessons, and digital storytelling projects.
Style Match – the “magic paint roller”
Use Style Match to pick one element you like and apply its “vibe” — colors, shading, and style — across other graphics on the page. This instantly turns a cluttered layout into a unified design without hunting for perfectly matching icons.
Best for: Keeping multi‑page workbooks or long slide decks consistent and professional.
ISTE Standards
ISTE Standard: 2.1 Learner - Educators continually improve their practice by learning from and with others and exploring proven and promising practices that leverage technology to improve student learning.
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Canva EDU is located in the MCS App Portal for Teachers
Canva EDU is located in the MCS App Portal for Students