Maybe because I love visuals, maybe because I’ve been in a long-term relationship with Canva for 15 years — IDK. I’m in love with Canva, and I use it for so many things: teaching, blogging, and planning. I believe that Canva is a wonderful tool language teachers.
I love that I can access my Canva from my laptop, PC, and phone.
Important note: I have Canva Pro, but the free version is good enough for everything you may need.
Without further ado…
Table of contents
Already using for
Blogging and teaching business
- Content calendar — one visual board for blog posts, Instagram carousels, reels, newsletters, etc. with dates of publishing, possible pictures to use.
- Idea bank — I have idea dumps lol One place where I can see a bunch of my ideas for my business and lesson plans.
- Brand kit/visual style guide — it’s interesting to see how my visual style guides has been changing. I look back and think: OMG! Why did I have so ugly colors 10 years ago!? But I prefer calling it growing.
- Colour palettes — when I have absolutely no idea which colours match, I use their stock (which is totally free).
- Client proposals — it’s more convenient to create and share them rather than sending a plain list via a Messenger.
- Service/pricing guides
- Mapping out website ideas for clients — whiteboard or presentation templates are perfect for me.
- Analysing user-experience of websites — for this one, I use a template for presentations. They work well for me.
Teaching
- Lesson dashboards — I’ve been using them since day one, when Canva added this feature. I call it one place for notes before, during, and after lessons, pictures, links, videos, and everything else you need.
- Interactive games — quizzes, matching games, “choose the right answer” activities, and other little games I can open and play with my students right in Canva.
- Printable handouts — exercises and texts look better when they are not in a Word Doc, although, I have some clients, who prefer plain Word Docs.
- Vocabulary banks with pictures (there are plenty even if you don’t have Canva Pro).
- Reusable lesson templates.
Planning and productivity
- Mapping out blog posts — I used to do in Word Docs, but on Canva I can do so much more!
- Setting goals weekly/monthly/yearly.
- To-do lists.
- Brainstorming ideas — whiteboards to collect random thoughts, connect ideas, and turn them into something more structured. However, sometimes, I do it all on paper.
- Business plans
- Social media posts
Going to use Canva for
- SEO planning boards
- Certificates and little milestone awards for students
- Notes from books, webinars and courses (although, I am a bit reluctant right now. My love for handwritten notes on paper is stronger.)
What do you use Canva for?
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