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Canva now offers ready-to-use lesson templates that make creating engaging and customizable lesson materials effortless. With options for interactive activities, graphic organizers, vocabulary builders, historical timelines, and more, you can easily tailor resources to fit your class's needs.

Key Features

• Subject Variety: Templates for subjects like math, science, English, history, art, and more.
• Grade-Level Filtering: Find resources suitable for all grades, from elementary to high school.
• Interactive Elements: Add clickable activities, quizzes, and drag-and-drop features.
• Visual Appeal: Professionally designed layouts with vibrant graphics and fonts.
• Customization: Edit text, colors, images, and layouts to fit your lesson content.
  
  

How to Get Started

• Log In: Access your Canva account via the NISD portal.
• Templates: Select Templates from the left side panel.
• Search: Use "Lesson Plan" in the search bar.
• Filter: Narrow options by subject and grade level.
• Choose: Select a template that fits your needs.
• Customize: Personalize it with your content and design preferences.
  
  

With Canva’s lesson templates, you can create professional, interactive, and visually appealing teaching resources to supplement your NISD Curriculum Resources.

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Generate a Public View Link:

• Open your design in Canva.
• Click the Share button located at the top-right corner of the editor.
• In the sharing options, select "Public view link."
• Click "Create public view link" to generate a shareable URL for your design.
  
  

Create a QR Code for the Link:

• With the public view link copied to your clipboard, you can now create a QR code that directs users to this URL.
• Click the Share button located at the top-right corner of the editor.
• In the sharing options, select "See all."
• Next, select "QR Code".
• Paste the copied public view link into the URL field.
• Select which page you would like to use for your QR Code image.
• Click "Generate QR Code" to create the code.
• Select "Download QR Code" to use as you wish.

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Based on your feedback, we created a few station activities to support student learning based on the district supplemental resources. [Kinder: Data Analysis to 10]

Click on each link to save the activity to your Seesaw Library. Once you have saved the activity, you have the option to edit and make any needed revisions.

Want to learn how to make your own activities? Check out the video linked within the examples. Want to partner together to create to create engaging Seesaw activities? Scroll down to click on my calendar link.

Have a suggestion on how to improve an activity? Please do not hesitate to let us know.

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Elementary Academic Technology

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San Antonio, TX 78238

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