Canva Upskills 70 Million Educators and Students Globally with New Teacher Certification Course
June 25 2024 - 2:01PM
Business Wire
- Over 40 million education users added in the last year,
representing 8 years of growth
- Launches Teacher Certification course to upskill 30 million
teachers for the visual economy
- Use of Canva AI tools more than doubled in the last
year
- Provides educators and students with free access to Affinity
professional design software
- Canva for Education users create 31 designs every second,
nearly 2,000 every minute
Canva, the world's leading visual communication platform,
continues to experience significant growth in its global K-12 and
higher education user base, adding 40 million users in the past
year alone. With 70 million teachers and students now onboard,
comprising nearly half of Canva’s total users, this growth is
driven by AI integration and visual communication adoption across
prominent institutions like the University of California, New York
City Public Schools, and the New South Wales Department of
Education. Today, Canva introduces its highly requested Teacher
Certification course designed to upskill teachers for the visual
economy.
“AI is fueling both our growth within education and the urgency
to build skills for tomorrow’s workforce,” said Jason Wilmot,
Head of Education at Canva. “Schools and teachers are on the
front lines of creating a safe learning environment for students as
well as preparing them with skills needed to compete in a global
economy with AI as a colleague. As partners in this work, we’re
answering the demand for teachers to continue upskilling their use
of Canva through the new certification. Prepared teachers are
better positioned to help students thrive.”
Launch of Teacher Certification course
In response to global demand from educators, Canva has launched
its free Teacher Certification course to enhance the skills of its
30 million teachers for the visual economy amid the growing
importance of digital literacy in classrooms worldwide. This
60-minute course equips teachers with the skills to harness the
full potential of Canva’s education tools, transforming their
lesson planning, design, and delivery through visual
communication.
Teachers can engage with video tutorials and hands-on activities
at their own pace, exploring practical uses of Canva to create
dynamic lesson plans and student projects that elevate classroom
engagement. Upon completion, educators receive an official
certification, equipping them to foster creativity, communication,
and digital literacy among students.
Building AI and digital literacy skills worldwide
With a presence in over 640,000 schools worldwide, Canva is
leading the charge in education – its education community created
over 1 billion designs in the last year alone. In October last
year, Canva introduced a suite of education products, making it the
first company to introduce AI-powered educational tools at scale,
adding 20 million users since. These tools, prioritizing privacy
and safety, have surged in demand, with a 50% increase in usage by
teachers and a 107% increase by students over the past year.
At Poway Unified School District in San Diego, educators are
leveraging Canva’s AI tools to streamline lesson planning, manage
daily tasks, and significantly enrich the learning experience for
students.
“Those things all take time to do, but they’re the right thing
to do,” Poway middle school teacher Danielle Reyes recently
told ABC News San Diego. “So for AI to do those things
for me, as long as I read through it and approve it and push it out
to students, it’s making me a better teacher.”
A recent Canva survey of 1,000 K-12 teachers in the US
investigated the causes of teacher burnout, its impact on their
work, and the potential relief AI technology offers. The findings
reveal that 92% of teachers find AI beneficial for addressing
workplace challenges, with many open to exploring AI further.
Free access to Affinity design software
Canva recently acquired the professional design software
platform, Affinity, which is now available for free to
educators and nonprofit organizations. Trusted by over 3
million creative professionals worldwide, Affinity’s award-winning
professional design suite supports tasks from photo editing to
intricate graphic and vector design.
Traditional professional design tools are often expensive,
creating barriers for aspiring designers and design educators.
Canva’s commitment to providing Affinity to teachers and students
at no cost is a significant step towards democratizing design
education, making it more accessible and inclusive than ever
before.
About Canva
Launched in 2013, Canva is a free online visual communications
and collaboration platform with a mission to empower everyone in
the world to design. Featuring a simple drag-and-drop user
interface and a vast range of templates ranging from presentations,
documents, websites, social media graphics, posters, and apparel to
videos, plus a huge library of fonts, stock photography,
illustrations, video footage, and audio clips, anyone can take an
idea and create something beautiful.
Canva for Education provides K-12 teachers and students free
access to Canva’s full suite of visual communication tools,
combined with extra features designed just for the classroom.
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