Digital Tools Rating Rubric

Name of the App: Canva

3 = Ideal 2 = Acceptable 1 = Unacceptable

Age Appropriateness All targeted skills are Targeted skills are Targeted skills are not
age appropriate. mostly age age appropriate.
This site has appropriate.
templates tailored
towards kids and
adults.
Cost It’s free or offers a There’s a small There’s a big monthly
free version without monthly or annual or annual fee.
ads or in-app fee.
purchases.
It’s free for all
students in Paulding
County.
Motivation All students will be Most students will be Students will not be
engaged and will engaged and will engaged nor want to
want to revisit the want to revisit the revisit the site.
site. site.
Depending on the
purpose, some
students might prefer
PowerPoint for
presentations, but
Canva for social
media posts.
Compatibility It works across all It works across most It is not compatible
platforms (electronic platforms (electronic with many platforms
devices and devices and (electronic devices
browsers). browsers). and browsers).
It works on all cell
phones, I-Pads, and
desktop computers.
Feedback It offers meaningful It offers meaningful It does not offer
feedback to both feedback to students meaningful feedback
students and or teachers. to students or
teachers. Canva doesn’t offer teachers.
feedback, but
teachers can offer
feedback to their
 students in the
classwork section.
Connected to It’s aligned to the It’s aligned to the It’s not aligned to the
Standards State’s and National State’s or National State’s or National
standards, and it’s standards, and it’s standards, nor is it
updated regularly. updated regularly. updated regularly.
In Canva for
Education, there are
ready made
templates that align
to standards.
Differentiation It’s individualized to It’s individualized to It’s not individualized
all learners. most learners. to the learners.
Novices to experts
can use the
templates provided.
Effectiveness The app improves The app improves The app doesn’t
deficits in all deficits in most improve deficits in
learners. learners. the learners.
Canva isn’t a teaching
app.
Instructional Features It combines a range It combines a range It does not combine a
of instruction from of instruction from range of instruction.
memorization to HOT memorization to HOT
skills with games. skills.
It provides a range of
instruction including
docs, whiteboards,
presentations, social
media, videos, print
products, websites,
and many more.
User Friendly It’s easy to use, offers It’s easy to use and It’s not easy to use,
online support, and offers online support nor does it offer
has tutorial videos. or tutorial videos. online support or
There are tutorial tutorial videos.
videos, a help center,
and it’s easy to use.
Diversity The images and The images and The images and
stories appeal to all stories appeal to stories don’t appeal
students of different most kids of different to kids with different
ethnic backgrounds. ethnic backgrounds. ethnic backgrounds.
If you search using
 the keyword
diversity, many
diverse templates
appear.
Saves Data Students can exit Students can exit a Students can’t exit a
without losing work section after every 5 section until all work
completed in that problems completed is completed within
section. within it. it.
You can save your
work after it’s
complete, but then
you can edit it.
Collaborative Students have the Only teachers can Students don’t have
option to build enable collaboration the option to work in
collaborative groups between students. groups and share
and share ideas. ideas.
If you share a
collaboration link
with anyone to edit.
Rewards The app creates The app creates a The app doesn’t
certificates of certificate of mastery create a certificate of
mastery for for mastery of the mastery.
completed skills. course. No, it does not.

What are the grows and glows of the app? This app has a lot to offer. Students will find it useful
inside (presentations) and outside (social media posts) the classroom. This app has an average
rating of 2.4. This puts it between the ideal and the acceptable range. Therefore, I would
recommend it.

Works Cited

Lubniewski, K. L., McArthur, C. L., & Harriott, W. (2018). Evaluating instructional apps using the
app checklist for educators (ACE). International Electronic Journal of Elementary
Education, 10 (3), 323-329.

Ohio Center of Autism and Low Incidence. Educational App Evaluation Rubric.
https://www.ocali.org/up_doc/ho_3_pp-rubric3.pdf?1557548866

Vincent, T. Educational App Evaluation Checklist. http://static1.squarespace.com/

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