Present information and ideas through visually-stimulating graphic organizers made with Canva.
Create attractive and easily understandable graphic organizers in minutes
Graphic organizers are a great way for students to demonstrate their knowledge on a certain topic as it requires them to present relationships and links between a general idea and more specific topics. Conversely, graphic organizers are also a great teaching tool, especially for students who have learning disabilities and are more inclined towards visual learning and thinking.
As an educator, you can use Canva to create your own impressively well-designed graphic organizers for classroom use or as a teaching aid. Not that confident with your design skills? No problem! Whatever design level you’re at, Canva’s collection of templates and drag-and-drop tools will make designing fun and easy so you can go back to doing what you do best — inspiring and molding minds!
Designing a Graphic Organizer in Canva is practically effortless.
- Create a new Canva account to get started with your own graphic organizer design.
- Choose from our library of professionally created templates.
- Upload your own photos or choose from over 1 million stock images.
- Fix your images, add stunning filters and edit text.
- Save and share.
Customize your Graphic Organizer to suit your needs
- Change the images. Upload your own images or choose from our stock library of over 1 million photographs, graphics and illustrations.
- Change the fonts. Choose from over 130 fresh fonts.
- Change the background. Choose a background from our library or use an image.
- Change the colors. Change the color of your text boxes and text to add extra flair.
Don’t worry about layout and design and simply focus on your content
At a loss on how to start, or not sure how a graphic organizer should look like? Never fear! Canva’s amazing library of layouts can get you up and designing in no time. Choose from a wide variety of graphic organizers, encompassing all sorts of academic topics. Need something more specific? No problem! Use a template as a starting point, then customize it with our drag-and-drop tools and library of graphics, shapes, icons and more. Change the fonts and colors of your design or add, remove and reposition elements and lines to create a graphic organizer that exactly suits your needs.
Add images, photos or illustrations to your graphic organizer
Illustrations and images can be added to your design to make it more interesting and creative. Through Canva, you have access to a massive media library of free and premium photos and graphics. With a few clicks and drag and drops, you can easily resize photos, recolor vectors, and position them where you need them on your design.
You can also upload your own images and sketches into Canva for free. Just head over to the Uploads tab, click the green “Upload your own images” button, and select any JPEG, PNG and SVG file from your device or computer. Once uploaded, images are automatically saved to your Uploads folder, ready to be re-used in your next designs.
Use your graphic organizer design as a template
Oftentimes, one graphic organizer design can be re-used to illustrate another topic or idea. If you’ve created a graphic organizer design that you want to re-use as a template, you can simply make a copy of it and re-edit to fit your new topic. Open your design from your Canva homepage, then click on File, Make a Copy. You can make as many copies of your design as you need.
You can even access and edit your designs on the go thanks to our iOS and Android apps. Add Canva to your iPhone, iPad and Android devices by downloading them for free from the App Store and Google Play.
FAQ
How can I format the text on my graphic organizer design?
You can edit your text a variety of ways to make sure it fits your design needs. Using the text tools, you can change the font type, size, color, emphasis, alignment, spacing and transparency. You can also turn your text into a bulleted or numbered list.
Changes are applied across all text within a text box. To apply any of the above changes, select the text box you wish to edit and click on the format options found in the text tool.
Does Canva have free images for me to use?
Yes we do! Our diverse stock library includes over 1 million stock images, graphics and illustrations. Many of these images are free, while premium images are all priced at just $1.
Using your own images is 100% free. Once you upload them in Canva you can use them as many times as you like.
How does collaborative design work in Canva?
At times you might need to ask for feedback from your co-teachers. This is when Canva’s collaborative functions become handy. To share your graphic organizer design with a colleague who might be able to lend a hand with the design, simply click the Share button on the editor toolbar and inviting them to edit the design by emailing or sending them the link directly. Make sure you’ve chosen the Can edit option before sending.
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