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Creating

Graphics for canvas

Summer PD 2016 Matt Miller

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Hello!

Matt Miller - Cascade Middle School 6th Grade Social Studies

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1.

Why Use Graphics?

Let’s start with the why.

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Why?

  • Wow factor!

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Why?

  • Wow factor!
  • Text is boring.

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Why?

  • Wow factor!
  • Text is boring.
  • Clicking = Sticking
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Why?

  • Wow factor!
  • Text is boring.
  • Clicking = Sticking
  • Helps to build routines
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Why?

  • Wow factor!
  • Text is boring.
  • Clicking = Sticking
  • Helps to build routines
  • Helps readers make meaning

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2.

Design Tips

Tips for Good Design

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Design Tips

  • Stick to a color palette.
    • Not more than 3 colors

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Design Tips

  • Stick to readable fonts
    • Two at most
      • Header & Paragraph Text
    • Check your kerning
      • (space between letters)
  • Not too much

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Design Tips

  • Simplicity
    • More effective
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Design Tips

  • Download
    • JPG or JPEG
      • Not transparent
    • PNG
      • Transparent
        • Gray checkerboard
    • More effective

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Design Tips

  • Do not get overwhelmed
  • Start small

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3.

Ideas for Graphics

How to use graphics inside Canvas

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Ideas for using GRaphics in Canvas

  • Headers
  • Sections
  • Units
  • Contact Info
  • Home Page Ideas
  • Modules / Topics
  • Badges
  • Class Logos

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  • Blog Headers
  • Class Social Media
  • Focus of the Week
  • Objective / Standards
  • Icons
  • Competition
  • ???? What else?

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4.

How to DIY

Time to Create

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DIY

  • Tech Tools - We’ll create together.
    • Google Slides - How to download 1 slide
    • Google Drawings - Very easy. You have it.
    • Canva - Easy and Awesome. Best Bet.
    • PiktoChart - Not close to coolness of Canva.
    • PicMonkey - Gets you going
    • CorelDraw - My personal fave, but $$
    • Old School Drawings are still awesome, too.

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Follow along guides

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5.

Resources

More to check out

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Resources

  • Graphic Springs
    • Create a logo
  • Free Tech 4 Teachers
    • Canva blog post
  • Canva’s Design School
  • Canvas Guides
  • Some uses of Google Drawings
  • DesignInEdu
    • Videos of what we did today on the blog

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A picture is worth a thousand words

A complex idea can be conveyed with just a single still image, namely making it possible to absorb large amounts of data quickly.

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The process is easy

Text is boring.

Replace it with a

graphic.

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Dance.

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THANKS!

Any questions?

You can find me at millermattdesign@gmail.com mmiller@mccsc.k12.in.us or @DropStepDunk

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Credits

Special thanks to all the people who made and released these awesome resources for free:

  • Presentation template by SlidesCarnival

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