{"id":1706,"date":"2026-07-09T10:31:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/?p=1706"},"modified":"2026-07-09T10:31:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:31:39","slug":"background-remover-in-book-creator-and-hour-of-code-for-national-coding-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/2026\/07\/09\/background-remover-in-book-creator-and-hour-of-code-for-national-coding-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Background Remover in Book Creator and Hour of Code for National Coding Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ms-rteThemeForeColor-6-5\"><strong>We are excited to share that Book Creator has had some amazing new upgrades.\u00a0 It is now equipped with Background Remover, a tool we use all the time in Canva. Read on to learn about their recent improvements. Next week is National Coding Week\u2014a fantastic chance to enhance problem-solving skills while introducing students to coding, a valuable skill that could shape their future careers. Why not start with an Hour of Code?\u200b\u00a0 We have outlined\u00a0some of favourites below (the Minecraft Hour of code is a fantastic way\u00a0to introduce the School District Minecraft\u00a0Challenge-hint hint \ud83d\ude09).\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ms-rteFontSize-4\"><strong><span class=\"ms-rteThemeForeColor-10-3\">Boo<\/span><span class=\"ms-rteForeColor-8\">k C<\/span><span class=\"ms-rteForeColor-8\">r<\/span><span class=\"ms-rteForeColor-6\">eat<\/span><span class=\"ms-rteForeColor-4\">or U<\/span><span class=\"ms-rteForeColor-3\">pda<\/span><span class=\"ms-rteForeColor-2\">te:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Zoom Magic<\/strong>\u00a0\ud83e\uddd0 \u2013 Published books now come with zooming capabilities in read mode! Readers can easily zoom in and out to catch every detail.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Image Editing with the Pen Tool<\/strong>\u00a0\ud83d\udd8c\ufe0f \u2013 You can now edit images right on your pages, using the pen tool to add your own personal touch to visuals!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transparency Slider<\/strong>\u00a0\ud83c\udf2b\ufe0f \u2013 Adjust the transparency of text, images, and more to create custom looks that suit your style!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Background Remover<\/strong>\u00a0\u2702\ufe0f \u2013 This might be my favorite update! Now you can remove backgrounds from images in a snap. Just imagine placing a cat on a tropical beach or a selfie with a concert backdrop!\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited to share that Book Creator has had some amazing new upgrades.\u00a0 It is now equipped with Background Remover, a tool we use all the time in Canva. Read on to learn about their recent improvements. Next week is National Coding Week\u2014a fantastic chance to enhance problem-solving skills while introducing students to coding, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1706"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1708,"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1706\/revisions\/1708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}