In this exciting crossover episode, Chris Nesi teams up with Leena Marie Saleh (The EdTech Guru) for a detailed look into Canva's latest educational innovations unveiled during Canva Create 2025. Whether you're a teacher, instructional coach, or tech integrator, this episode is packed with transformative features and real classroom applications.
Featured Topic: Canva Create 2025Key Themes and Highlights:
Canva Sheets: The Spreadsheet ReimaginedA powerful new addition to the Canva suite—Canva Sheets brings AI-infused, visually pleasing spreadsheets to the classroom.
Bulk Background Remover: Easily remove backgrounds from dozens of student photos at once.
Bulk Create with Images: Mass-produce certificates, report cards, or newsletters by integrating images directly into your sheet.
Magic AI Prompts: Skip the formulas—just describe your needs and let AI do the rest (e.g., calculating budgets, charting grades).
Magic Insights: Auto-generate graphs, summaries, or positive student comments—great for data storytelling or end-of-year celebrations.
Student Access: Available to students in districts where Canva's Magic tools are enabled.
The All-in-One Visual Suite
Create multi-modal projects within a single file: combine slides, spreadsheets, videos, documents, and websites.
Use Case: Teachers can build unit plans with rubrics, grading sheets, lesson videos, and linked resources—all in one shareable design.
Student Application: Portfolios that blend writing, multimedia, assessments, and visual elements in a single file.
Canva Code
No coding experience needed! Generate interactive HTML-based tools like:
Flashcard games
Vocabulary matching activities
Countdown timers
Use Cases:
Do-Nows & Exit Tickets
Interactive experiences (e.g., virtual art exhibits)
Includes real-time code editing via voice or chat and seamless integration into other Canva designs.
Voiceover and Text-to-Speech Enhancements
Record true voiceovers directly in Canva—no more video workarounds.
Use AI-generated voices to read text aloud in different accents and languages (e.g., Spanish voice packs Alejandra and Sofia).
Ideal for student presentations, podcasts, and accessibility support.
AI-Powered Speaker Notes
Auto-generate speaking points from your presentation slides.
Great for prepping lessons, webinars, or class presentations on the fly.
Assignments Hub
Instantly generate quizzes from highlighted text in a lesson or document.
New classwork dashboard allows for real-time monitoring of student progress (especially for educators without an LMS like Google Classroom).
Scrollables (a.k.a. Scrollytelling)
Create animated, interactive timelines or diagrams that engage students through scroll-triggered movement and transitions.
🎯 Example: A digestive system walkthrough or a historical timeline using scroll-based animations.
Additional Features Mentioned
Superscript & Subscript support (finally!)
Rich text highlighting in Docs
Caption animations
Volume balancing for videos
Banner placement across all pages
Enhanced collaboration (up to 50 collaborators per design)