| Title | Engagement by Design: Introduction to Canva |
| Category | Education |
| Overview | Unlock your creative potential and produce professional-quality teaching materials using Canva's free design platform. In this hands-on workshop, you will learn to create eye-catching slide presentations, informative handouts, engaging infographics, and other visual content that can be integrated into PowerPoint or directly into your Moodle modules. We'll cover Canva's intuitive interface, explore thousands of education-friendly templates, and discover time-saving techniques for creating consistent and visually appealing learning materials. This workshop is ideal for educators who want to enhance their visual communication without investing in expensive software or extensive design training.
This workshop forms part of our Engagement by Design series, empowering academic staff to enhance their teaching materials using professional design principles and tools—no prior design experience required!
If you have any additional requirements, please contact develop@essex.ac.uk so adjustments can be made. |
| Learning outcomes | |
| Presenter | Martin Jacobs |
| Location | Zoom |
| Campus | Colchester Campus |
| Date and time | 10:00 to 11:00 Tuesday 14 October 2025 |
| Duration | 01:00 |
| Available places | 97 |
| Presenter | Martin Jacobs |
| Location | Zoom |
| Campus | Colchester Campus |
| Date and time | 10:00 to 11:00 Friday 14 November 2025 |
| Duration | 01:00 |
| Available places | 100 |
| University of Essex employee | Use the link provided above to book your place via HR Organiser. |
| Partner institution | Please discuss with your point of contact at your Partner Institution in the first instance. |
| Student Union contractors; PhD students | Please contact the Organisational Development team. |