{"id":1727,"date":"2026-07-09T10:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/?p=1727"},"modified":"2026-07-09T10:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:38:07","slug":"light-the-torch-fun-olympics-resources-canva-classroom-how-tos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/2026\/07\/09\/light-the-torch-fun-olympics-resources-canva-classroom-how-tos\/","title":{"rendered":"Light the Torch! Fun Olympics Resources + Canva Classroom How\u2011To\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-5\">\u200bI don&#8217;t know if there are any other crazy excited Winter Olympics fans out there but I can&#8217;t wait to start cheering on Cassie Sharpe and watching our other amazing athletes!\u00a0 To help you and your students follow along, we have started putting together some links to the Olympics, with printable\u200bs and other fun information to help build momentum.\u00a0 You can find the link\u00a0under the\u00a0 big buttons on the front of\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/\">Learn71.ca.<\/a>\u00a0<span class=\"ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-5\">Please reach out\u00a0to us if you know of any other good sites! We have also recently been trying out the\u00a0Canva Classroom and I am happy to share some tips for finding the awesome\u00a0teacher lesson plans available\u00a0there and how to set your class up and assign work in Canva.\u00a0Thank you Karla for your help with this<\/span>\u00a0\ud83d\ude0a\u200b<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"ms-rteFontSize-4\">Where are the lesson plans in Canva?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can find full lesson plans with slide presentations and activities for most subjects and grades in Canva.\u00a0 You can use pages from them or the whole unit and you can edit\u00a0and assign the lessons\u00a0to your class. The\u00a0<strong>Magic Activity\u00a0<\/strong>button is also amazing for creating activities for your class. Here&#8217;s how to find them:<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 Log into\u00a0<strong>Canva<\/strong>\u00a0using your Comox Valley School District email address and password. You can find a link to Canva in\u00a0<strong>My Apps.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0 Click on\u00a0<strong>Education\u00a0<\/strong>on the Home page.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0 Beside\u00a0<strong>Education Templates<\/strong>, click on\u00a0<strong>See All<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1728\" src=\"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/edtemplates-300x148.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/edtemplates-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/edtemplates-1030x508.png 1030w, https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/edtemplates-768x379.png 768w, https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/edtemplates-1536x758.png 1536w, https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/edtemplates-1500x740.png 1500w, https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/edtemplates-705x348.png 705w, https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/edtemplates.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now you can see the Categories of the lesson plans and filter by<strong>\u00a0Subject, Grade<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Resource Type<\/strong>.\u00a0 We also encourage you to try out the Magic activities.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"ms-rteFontSize-4\">How can I assign this to my class in Canva?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can download the lessons and use them as you would like or you can use the\u00a0<strong>Canva Classroom (also called Classwork)<\/strong>. Every time I go in to find lessons I find more incredible things!<\/p>\n<p>Here are some instructions to help you get started:<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/Using-the-Canva-Classroom.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1730 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/How-to-Use-Classroom.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"961\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/How-to-Use-Classroom.png 961w, https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/How-to-Use-Classroom-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/How-to-Use-Classroom-768x500.png 768w, https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/How-to-Use-Classroom-705x459.png 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bI don&#8217;t know if there are any other crazy excited Winter Olympics fans out there but I can&#8217;t wait to start cheering on Cassie Sharpe and watching our other amazing athletes!\u00a0 To help you and your students follow along, we have started putting together some links to the Olympics, with printable\u200bs and other fun information [&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-1727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727","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=1727"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1732,"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727\/revisions\/1732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}