In this interactive ongoing class, learners will have the opportunity to explore, create, and receive teacher support and coaching for a variety of design options in the Canva graphic design program. Canva has become an essential program for designing professional-looking presentations, posters, logos, greeting cards, short videos, infographics, and more! This club will build learner proficiency in graphic design skills including an effective arrangement of text, images, lines, and shapes; and choosing fonts, colors, photos, and clip art that suit the style and purpose of a design.

During each class session, learners will have the opportunity to work on a Canva task/project. (Some of these activities can be completed in one class session, while others might require time over a few weeks.) These projects/tasks will guide learners through exploring important features of the Canva program in context, and allow them to showcase their personal interests.

Month classes:
April Weekly Themed Classes:
Week 1: April Fools Jokes
Week 2: What's the Weather?
Week 3: Spring to Me
Week 4: Earth Day!
Week 5: My Favorite April Memory

May Weekly Themed Classes:
Week 1: Mother's Day
Week 2: May Flowers
Week 3: Things That Fly
Week 4: Memorial Day




Learners are encouraged to freely explore the various options in the Canva menu when creating projects during class and figure out how the options can be used in their designs. The teacher serves as a coach and guide for learners by demonstrating various design techniques and menu options, troubleshooting learner projects, and helping learners develop ideas through questions and conversation. Time will also be provided at the end of each class session for learners to share their work with classmates, if they wish.

**WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS CLASS?:
- Students with previous Canva design experience who want to develop their skills and learn more about graphic design
- Students with no Canva experience (or very little) who want to learn the basics and continue designing each week


PARENTAL GUIDANCE:
- A parent-supervised Canva account is REQUIRED for this class. This can be a) an account created specifically for the learner under parent supervision and monitoring or b) the parent's Canva account that the child is allowed to use for this class. (**NOTE: Email addresses are required when registering for Canva, so a parent/guardian MUST assist the learner in creating the account to approve the email address used.)
- Canva is a FREE online program, but does offer a paid PRO version. Either the Free or Pro versions are suitable for this class.


**POSSIBLE PROJECTS TO CHOOSE FROM:
POSTERS:
- Design a collage showing images and text about a topic that interests you
- Create an advertisement poster for a product, service, movie, show, book, etc. that you enjoy
- Make a chart listing your favorite movies, TV shows, books, YouTube channels, video games (or other similar media topics). Write the names in one column, important characters in another column, and description in another column. Insert images (optional).
- Research a topic that interests you. Create an infographics with 2-3 short paragraphs about this topic and insert images.
- Write an acrostic poem (or any other type of poem) and decorate the page with images and other design elements

ANIMATION:
- Research a topic that interests you. Create an animation displaying information and images about the topic.
- Create a digital memory for children.
- Create a digital scrapbook about an important event in your life
- Design animated scenes with image backgrounds
- Youtube intro / outro

CARDS:
- Design a birthday card for a friend or family member
- If near a holiday (ex: Christmas, New Year, Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, 4th of July, Halloween, etc.), design a card for a friend or family member related to the holiday

LOGOS:
- Design a logo for yourself that displays important aspects of your personality and interests
- Pretend you own a business and design a logo that would illustrate the purpose of the business