Engage students with Canva

Discover how Canva can transform your teaching. In this advanced course, you'll explore digital journaling, Magic Activities, Canva Code, and Canva Sheets. Learn how to design collaborative projects, support student-led video, and use AI tools to spark creativity. Each lesson is packed with practical ideas you can apply in your classroom right away.

Engage students with Canva

2h 17m

9 lessons

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Engage students with Canva

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Unlock the power of Canva in your classroom. This course will help you move beyond decoration and use Canva to spark student creativity, boost engagement, and support collaboration.
Welcome to Engage students with Canva
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Capture learning with the Visual Suite. Learn how to set up flexible, creative journals that bring student thinking into one place.
Create student learning journals
Video
How to create student learning journals
Cheatsheet
Simplify assignments with Canva and your LMS
Activity
Boost engagement with Magic Activities. Discover how AI can instantly turn your learning objectives into engaging, collaborative classroom tasks.
AI-powered activities
Video
Meet Magic Activities
Cheatsheet
Master prompting for writing AI-powered activities
Cheatsheet
Canva Code just got a major upgrade, and it’s perfect for the classroom. In this lesson, you’ll learn how Canva Code combines creativity, real-time data, and personalization to help students take ownership of their learning. Discover how to build interactive classroom tools, connect them with Canva Sheets, and empower students to become creators of their own learning experiences.
Learning with Canva Code
Video
Get to know Canva Code
Cheatsheet
Creating widgets for the classroom
Cheatsheet
Canva Tips: Canva Code prompts to spark inspiration
Cheatsheet
You know that feeling after a lesson when you’re wondering, “Did that actually land?” With Canva Sheets, you can collect student responses, simplify data, and personalize learning — all in one place.

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to track goals, create differentiated activities, and gather insights to guide your teaching more effectively.
Simplifying data with sheets
Video
Canva Tips: Meet Canva Sheets
Cheatsheet
AI features in Sheets every busy teacher needs
Cheatsheet
Bulk Create personalized student activities
Activity
Create your own Forms
Activity
Students get stuck sometimes, but Canva AI can help spark ideas and boost creativity. In this lesson, you’ll see how tools like Magic Write, Design for Me, and Create an Image can help students brainstorm, design, and create independently while saving teachers time.
Spark creativity with AI
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Set up, manage, and support group projects with Canva. Learn how to create shared spaces where students collaborate effectively and stay on task.
Fostering classroom collaboration
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Deep Dive: Setting up whole class collaboration
Cheatsheet
Canva Tips: Streamline student collaboration
Cheatsheet
Video is one of the most powerful ways to engage your students. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use Canva’s built-in video tools and AI features to quickly create engaging, accessible, and collaborative classroom videos.
Excite students with video
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Meet your video editor
Activity
Create videos for the classroom
Activity
Canva Tips: Key video terms to know
Cheatsheet
Congratulations on finishing the course! You’ve explored powerful ways to engage your students with Canva, personalizing learning, making it interactive, and supporting growth all in one platform.
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What you’ll learn

Create digital journals with the Visual Suite
Generate classroom activities with AI
Use Canva Code to create interactive teaching tools
Simplify student data with Canva Sheets
Spark creativity with Canva AI and video
Foster greater classroom collaboration

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27,605 learners

2h 17m

9 lessons

Key skills

Design

Content creation

Writing AI prompts

Last updated 30 Oct, 2025

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The Course covers every essential component of Canva for educators. It provides easy-to-follow videos and hands-on activities, enabling educators to feel more confident using Canva for their own projects and, more importantly, with their students.

Alyssa, Instructional Design Coach

Frequently asked questions

First, we recommend completing all the course material associated with the certification. This might include tutorial videos, activities, and cheat sheets.
Once you’re ready, start the test at the top of this page. You’ll be asked a series of questions. If you get them all right, you'll be awarded a certificate.
There is no expiry date on our certifications. However, we update the course content and test questions regularly to reflect new updates to Canva, so it’s a good idea to come back and re-test every 12 months or so.
Feel free to try the test again. We don’t limit the number of times you can attempt it.
Please log in to your Canva account to take the test. If you don’t have an account, it’s free to create one. You can do that at canva.com
Yes. At the end of the test, you can add your credential to your LinkedIn profile and share your achievement on social media.
The certification is digital-only for now. You’ll receive an email to access your certification at any time.
Canva certifications are a great way to showcase your skills and proficiency with our platform! While our training courses are not accredited by any external party, Canva itself is a globally recognized company, and our products are used by millions of people all around the world. Earning a Canva certification can help demonstrate your expertise in visual communication and familiarity with one of the most popular design tools available today. It’s a fantastic addition to your professional portfolio!
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