747 – Canva for Ministry

WELSTech is back with a deep dive into Canva waters and the terrific capabilities it has for churches and schools. The toolset is easy and intuitive, even if you’ve never used it before. This episode may be all you need to get started! Martin shares his phone case pick and there’s some AI-generated coding for the classroom happening. See you on the inside!

The discussion

Behind the scenes with Canva – Sallie takes viewers to the design table using Canva and demos design templates and elements, text tools, color palettes, brand kits, and apps while Martin tries to stump her with questions. With the robust feature set and variety of formats which Canva can produce, it’s well worth the price of admission. The amazing news is churches and schools don’t pay a penny!

• Pricing & Features
• Canva for Education
• Canva for Non-Profits

Ministry resources

• Canva for churches
  • Free church presentation software 
  • Canva’s church templates
  • How to make the most out of Canva for Churches
  • Canva for Churches: 5 Ingenious Uses (Video)

Picks of the week

• Canva Bulk Create add on – How To
• Pitaka Phone Cases

Community feedback & events

• Teacher Michael Vlieger from Risen Savior in Mankato, MN shared programmed resources for the classroom which he created with the help of ChatGPT and Canva. Reach out to Michael if you’d like to learn more or get a copy.
  • Eraser Game (Video)
    • Users enter text, and the application creates an exercise where clicking on a word makes it disappear. For longer passages, this helps with memorization by gradually removing words rather than requiring students to recall an entire section at once.
  • Banned Words Checker (Video)
    • Our writing series includes specific banned word lists for each lesson, but students and I occasionally overlook these during the review process. This tool allows users to input a list of banned words and their text, and provides a count of each banned word’s occurrence within the document which can be printed.
  • Cloze Generator (Video)
    • This enables teachers to create a cloze activity or a fill-in-the-blank memory work worksheet. Simply type the passage name or reference and paste or type the desired text, choose the difficulty level and font size, and click “Generate.” The application then produces a printable worksheet with a set number of words removed based on the selected difficulty. Works great for longer selections
• From the WELSTech Google group
  • Pre-ACT accommodation challenges
  • Sharing school AI Policies

Next time

Digital art lessons and social sharing from someone doing both!

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