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Episode 177: Canva App Throwdown


Welcome to the EdTech Throwdown.  This is episode 177 called “Canva App Throwdown”  In this episode, we’ll talk about some of the often overlooked Canva apps that make this powerful platform even more awesome.  This is another episode you don’t want to miss.  Check it out.


Segment 1: 


Narrative:  What's New with Canva?


Segment 2: Canva Apps


A lot of people don’t even know that Canva has 3rd party apps, kind of like your phone.  Many of them do very cool things that can enhance the learning taking place in your classroom.  Here are some of our favorites.

Nick’s Picks

  1. Equations
  2. Google Drive
  3. D-ID - Bring historical characters to life as avatars
  4. Sketch to Life (rough sketch turns to image) or Speedpaint (picture turns to speed drawn video)
  5. Melody Muse - Turn text prompts into music for your next project
  6. Character Builder - make your own animated cartoon when used in conjunction with Canva Animations.  LottieFiles has more than 100,000 pre made animations.

Guise’s Picks

  1. Brandfetch
  2. Bulk Create
  3. Image Upscaler     
  4. Lucky Wheel
  5. YouTube Embed
  6. Charts


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