Use Canva on Schoology (for teachers)
With your school’s Canva Education account, seamlessly set up Canva assignments for your class within your Schoology account.
Create a Canva Education account
You need a Canva Education account to create and share designs with your class. You can do this directly from your Schoology account.
- Log in to your Schoology account.
- Select a Course.
- Click on Canva Education from the side navigation to create an account.
If you can’t find the Canva Education option, please ask your district or school leader to contact us here so we can set up your entire school district on Canva. After our team approves of the application, they then have to connect Canva to Schoology before it appears on your Canvas account.
Share view-only Canva designs as materials in your Schoology courses.
- Log in to your Schoology account.
- Go to the Courses tab and select the course where you want to share materials.
- Select Add Materials and select Canva Education.
- Select the design you've already created or create a new one. If you created a new design, press Publish to Schoology once done.
- Select Embed into page.
- The design will appear as embedded content in your course materials.
Create Canva assignments for students
Let students create and design their assignments using Canva.
Create Canva assignments for students in Schoology
- Log in to your Schoology account.
- Go to the Courses tab and select the course where you want to create an assignment for.
- Select Add Materials and select Add Assignment.
- Add assignment details (e.g. title, instructions, due date, etc.).
- Select the Insert Content icon and select Canva Education.
- Select the design you’ve already created or create a new one. If you created a new design, press Publish to Schoology once done.
- Select Link text and then New design for each student.
- Select Create to finish setting up the assignment.
Students will see the assignment in their Schoology account. When they select the link, they’ll get their own editable copy of the design.
They can submit a view-only link, an edit link, or a PDF version of their design. Learn more about Sharing designs via email or links.
Review student assignments
After students submit their assignments, you can check and grade them on Schoology.
- From your Schoology account, go to the Course with the assignment you need to review.
- Go to Assignments and open Student submissions.
- Select a student’s submission to see their Canva design. If the design link is provided, you can select it to view.
- Grade and add comments to the student assignment.
Design buttons, course cards, or profile photos
Create buttons, course cards, or profile photos and add them to your Schoology account to liven it up.
- Log in to your Schoology account and select a Course.
- Select Canva Education to open Canva.
- Search for "Schoology" and select a design you like.
- After finishing your design, select Share select Download. You can download the design as a JPG or PNG file.
- To add buttons on assignments or other course materials: Select the Insert Content icon, choose Image/Media, and upload the file you downloaded.
- To change course cards: Select Edit Picture from your course image settings, then Attach File, and upload the file you downloaded.
- To change profile photos: Go to Your Profile, select on Edit Picture, select Attach File, and upload the file you downloaded.
Want to learn more tips on using Canva Education? Check out the Canva Education Teacher Setup Guide. At the moment this guide is only available in English.
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