Using Canva for creating and sharing designs

150 mins All

How to use Canva for different tasks?

Objective / Aims

The workshop will introduce the participants how to use Canva for different tasks? After the workshop participants: • Will be able to create designs with

Canva. • Will be able to create or update their CV.

Materials/Apps

• Sheets of paper and markers for group work. • Apps, Software, platforms used: Canva, Sharing board (Padlet, Wakelet), Word processing software

Space

Space should be prepared for group and individual work. Every team should have at least one computer with internet connection. Big screen for projecting in front of the group.

ANALOGICAL PART. STEP BY STEP. 1st part (20min)

1. Our task is to arrange international training, seminar, or meeting. What kind of invitation we should make? What should be the text in the invitation? 2. What kind of pictures and colors to use? 3. What tools to use to create the invitation? How to share invitation? 4. You can agree on the data of the event and the text of the invitation.

DIGITAL PART. STEP BY STEP. 2nd part (20 min)

1. Start work with Canva. Try to find the most suitable free template to start with the invitation. Create text and find pictures. Use colors that match the image 2. Share your invitation with others. You can use Padlet or Wakelet boards for sharing. 3. Both Padlet and Canva have the voting feature. Participants must vote for the best invitation. 4. Participants should explain how they chose the best invitation. Why this invitation was the best?

MIX (ANALOGICAL AND DIGITAL). STEP BY STEP. 3rd PART (20 min)

1. How to create your CV? What kind of CV you have? Is it traditional and formal or is it graphical? Should you make your CV in your own language or in English? 2. What information you should write into your CV? Search for CV examples and discuss in team what is correct in this example and what should be done differently.

3. Discuss about private information: religion, worldview, marital status, exact address, age, health data, trade union membership, sexual orientation. 4. Discuss about language skills, professional skills, work experience, strengths, and weaknesses. 5. Talk about general skills (Self-management, thinking and Social & Communication).

Importance of general skills have risen, and better general skills help people to cope with changes in your working and personal life. 6. What do you think are the most important general skills, what employers expect from employees. Use “Annex-4-General Skills”.

DIGITAL PART. STEP BY STEP. 4th PART (20 min)

1. Search for CV (Business Resumes) templates in Canva. You can also use MS Word CV templates (File��New��Resumes and Cover Letters). MS Office 365 has a feature CV

Assistant (Review��CV Assistant). Try to find suitable template for yourself. 2. Create a new version of your CV. It does not have to be perfect, but there can be important facts (contact information, education, skills, work experience).

ANALOGICAL PART. STEP BY STEP. 5th part (10min)

1. Discuss what you learned from the workshop tasks? What was your learning experience or what you discovered? 2. Everybody can share what new skills or features they have learned. How can participants use those skills in their own work?