Repost: Custom Graphics with Canva

Website Wednesday

Canva is a website (and an app) that helps you create beautiful graphics to use in social media, slide shows, blog posts, documents and more.

You can also log in with your Google account so that makes it easy to remember your user information. :)

From the website, just select the type of graphic you want to create - it's ok if you don't see the exact thing you are looking for, you can do a custom size graphic as well. Also remember, just because it says social media as the graphic type don't let if fool you. You can still use that graphic for many things. Click the + sign to see more graphics options. Finally, there are free tools and paid tools. I've never paid for a graphic, but if I need to, they are very inexpensive. I encourage you to take a look at this site - you won't be sorry.

Want to see Canva in action? Join us today at 4 PM for our EdTech Talks webinar. Laura will guide you through the set-up and all the cool features that Canva has to offer. Begin today designing professional quality graphics. 

Infographics with Piktochart

According to Dictionary.com, an infographic a visual presentation of information in the form of a chart, graph, or other image accompanied by minimal text, intended to give an easily understood overview, often of a complex subject. So infographics take a lot of information and put it in a form that easy to understand - sign me up. Who wouldn't want to use this?

Piktochart makes it so easy to create infographics. You and  your students can use your Google account to sign in to the website. Click Create a New Piktochart and then choose from pre-designed templates or start from scratch. You can add shapes, charts, images, backgrounds, and more. 

Here are two small clips of infographics I've created - 

A great resource for you comes from Kathy Schrock - Infographics as a Creative Assessment. She provides so much information about infographics and how they can be used. There's a lot on the page, but take some time and look through it - it's worth it.