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About the Session
This interactive workshop is perfect for educators looking to harness the full potential of Canva, a free-to-use online graphic design tool. Whether you’re a Canva novice or a seasoned user, you will discover powerful design hacks to create engaging learning materials in minutes.
The workshop will cover:
- Exploring Magic Studio and other AI-driven tools to automate tasks and personalize your designs
- Understanding ethical considerations and data privacy to ensure responsible use of AI in the classroom
- Learning about the benefits of Canva for Education and Canva for Campus, including how they can support collaboration and streamline design workflows
- Discussing how Canva’s AI aligns (or doesn’t) with UNESCO’s Guidance for generative AI in education and research and the B.C. Post-Secondary Digital Literacy Framework
By the end of this workshop, you will be a Canva pro, ready to create useful learning materials and leverage the latest features for a more visually stimulating classroom experience.
Recording and Resources
- Transcript – Harnessing Canva AI (PDF)
- Transcript – Harnessing Canva AI (Word)
- Slides – Harnessing Canva AI (PDF)
About the Facilitator:
Prabhjot Bhamra (she/her) is a dedicated instructional designer with over four years’ experience educating, tutoring, and training adults in various settings. Currently pursuing a master of education in curriculum and pedagogy at the University of Toronto, Prabhjot is committed to developing innovative learning solutions that enhance teaching and student success. In her role at BC Emergency Health Services, she has played a key role in revamping educational courses using cutting-edge tools to improve learner engagement and outcomes.
About the Series
Discover the BCcampus EdTech Sandbox Series, workshops empowering educators, learning designers, and graduate students in B.C.’s post-secondary institutions to explore, experiment with, and evaluate cutting-edge tools for enhancing teaching excellence and student success. Aligned with the B.C. Post-Secondary Digital Literacy Framework, this program emphasizes a support technology perspective, encouraging open-mindedness, curiosity, troubleshooting skills, and the selection of appropriate tools for work and study.
Focus Areas for 2024-2025:
- The AI Sandbox: A space dedicated to experimenting with, and reviewing, artificial intelligence (AI)-based learning technologies.
- The No-Go EdTech Sandbox: A space aimed at examining learning technologies educators, students, and staff should avoid using in teaching and learning, and why.
In these two-hour live streamed webinars, expert leaders will introduce and demonstrate cutting-edge, open, and free, or low-cost educational technology tools.
By actively participating in these sandbox sessions, participants will experiment with tools, work with fellow educators to review features of the tools, gain insights into teaching activities, and discover ways to integrate these tools into courses.
Recordings of the presentations and reviews of the tools will be available on our website following the event.
EdTech Sandbox Series Sessions:
- September 18, 2024 — Beyond Surveillance: The Case Against AI Detection and AI Proctoring, Ian Linkletter, BCIT
- October 16, 2024 — Learning Design with ChatGPT: Implications for AI Literacy, Hajime Kataoka, University of Victoria
- November 6, 2024 — Design Smarter: Harnessing Canva’s AI for Enhanced Educational Outcomes, Prabhjot (Prab) Bhamra, University of Toronto
- January 22, 2025 — Exploratory Learning: Effectively Integrating AI with Hypothesis, Julia Grav and Emily Schudel, Camosun College
- February 26, 2025 — Exploring Animaker for Teaching and Learning, Maryam Safa Schneider