 Hello, I'm Stevie Barnes. Today we will be exploring Canva. It is a graphic design platform that is available on the web as well as a mobile app that integrates millions of images, fonts, templates and illustrations to allow users to create social media graphics, presentations, posters and other visual content. Before we get started, don't forget to subscribe and hit that bell to enable notifications for our channel by clicking our logo during the video. Also leave us a comment or check out our related videos by clicking the pop-up cards in the upper right corner. Here's how to get started with Canva. We are going to focus on three areas to help you become a more professional and effective educator. Our focus will be branding, assignments and projects with the inclusion of app smashing. Every teacher needs to create a personal brand. Creating your brand makes a memorable impression on students, colleagues and community members. A personal brand can help teachers establish authority, build powerful relationships and add value to the people they help. Some areas you can utilize your brand include Google Classroom header, logo, email signature and social media post. Next we are going to talk about utilizing Canva to create outstanding assignments and projects. Visually appealing, well-organized and quality instructional materials helps enhance student engagement and conceptual understanding. Some examples include timelines, infographics, interactive images, multimedia posters, flyers, brochures and public service announcements. Lastly we will discuss app smashing with Canva by creating a Google Classroom header. Using the awesome tools provided by Canva in addition to the Google Suite apps, Bitmoji, YouTube and more, educators can get the best of all worlds. Here's how to get started with Canva. As you can see we are on the homepage of Canva and we are logged in with our Ori County Schools Google account. By logging in with this account, teachers are able to use the Canva Pro features without having to pay a subscription fee. To begin creating a classroom header, select the AquaTill created design button in the top right corner. Scroll through the list to find Google Classroom or type header in the search bar. As you can see in the design space, the first layer is already formatted with the correct dimensions. You can easily add a new page by clicking on the plus icon or clicking the add a new page button. You can also easily choose a template from the left corner. The text is completely customizable and you also have the option to add additional photos, elements, icons or additional text. You can easily duplicate or copy your design by clicking the double squares and if you'd like to move your design to the top click on the move up arrow and there you have it. For the purpose of this tutorial I'm going to be showing you how to create a Bitmoji Google Classroom header. So I'm going to delete these designs so we can start with a blank template. From your blank template, you're going to first choose a background by clicking on photos. You can search things like apartment, classroom, blank room, whatever you'd like your background to look like. You're going to look for a photo that has a more landscape orientation. Once you've chosen your photo go ahead and stretch the photo to meet the dimensions of your template. Then you'll need to drag the arrows in to crop the image. Next double click the image to easily adjust the image and move it up or down. After you have selected your background you're going to begin adding different icons. Go ahead and click on the elements button. Maybe you'd like to add a whiteboard first. After you have added all the features that you would like it is time to add your Bitmoji. My Bitmoji is linked with my Canva account. If your Bitmoji is not linked with your Canva account you will need to do that first. Click on the more option. Click on Bitmoji. You'll see that you have a lot of options. Go ahead and choose the image you like best. Size it appropriately and your Bitmoji Google Classroom is complete. Before you download it is important to make sure that you rename your design. Next to download your design you're going to click the download button. PNG is a great file type. Go ahead and click download. Click save and your design is automatically downloaded onto your computer. You can also choose to download your design into your Google Classroom by clicking the down arrow. Click show more. Click Google Drive. Choose the file or folder that you would like to save your design to. Click choose. Save. Now your design has been saved into your Google Drive as well. Now you are ready to upload your design into your Google Classroom and your Google site. So you're going to go to your Google Classroom. You're going to click upload photo. Click select a photo from your computer and I'm going to click open. Stretch the area so that more of your image is shown. Now you have a header in your Google Classroom. Next we're going to go to your Google site. Go to the header section. Click change image. Then you're going to select image. Go to Google Drive. You can also click recent. Click select. And now you have your header in your Google sites. Thank you for watching. Be sure to like comment or apply to one of our other videos or share the playlist below. Subscribe to our channel and enable notifications so that you don't miss out on the next episode. Don't forget to check out our other resources and see what else is going on in Orie County Schools. Be sure to follow us on social media or contact us via email or our blog.