Criteria for the app:​

✓ Zero Cost

✓ Outdoors Component

✓ Respects the tenets of Inquiry-Based Learning {focus, explore, analyze, share learning}

✓ Supports assessment {for, as, of} learning

✓ Simple interface {easy to learn and use}

✓Potential for collaboration

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 The technology: Canva!

From their website: 

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"Easily create beautiful designs + documents

Use Canva's drag-and-drop feature and professional layouts

to design consistently stunning graphics.

Canva only takes 23 seconds to learn!"

 

Canva allows users to create unique infographic designs, as well as edit and add to their existing layouts. 

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The best part for users is that Canva is free!

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The interface

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Canva is user-friendly, in that the drag and drop options make editing your creations is straightforward.

In their main page, users select from templates, such as:

• social media

• presentation

• infographic

• A4 {paper size}

 

Users may also choose to set their own dimensions! Simply select this option in the top right-hand corner and fill in the width and height in px (pixels).

 

Canva is great for event posters, social media posts, and infographics!

 

Users are able to select from images online or upload their own. There are also basic text options, or templates to make information stand out! 

 

What Canva can accomplish:

"Assessment for the purpose of improving student learning with descriptive feedback and coaching for improvement." (Growing Success, pg. 28)

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To use, create a free account using a valid email address.

For some time, Canva required desktop access. They recently launched an iTunes app!

Find out more here.