Canva Infographics – Visual Storytelling for Geography

Resource overview:
Canva is an online design platform that allows teachers and students to create infographics, posters, presentations, and reports with ease. In Geography, Canva infographics are especially powerful because they encourage students to represent geographical data and concepts visually, making abstract or complex ideas easier to understand.

In the classroom:
Teachers can set tasks where students design infographics to summarise fieldwork findings (e.g., recording data from a local waterway), illustrate processes such as the hydrological cycle, or explain patterns of migration. Canva’s collaborative editing feature also supports group projects, making it easy for students to co-create resources. For assessment, students can submit digital posters instead of written reports, developing both creativity and communication skills.

Five features teachers may find useful:

• Free for teachers and students with Canva for Education.

• Thousands of ready-made templates, saving preparation time.

• Drag-and-drop functionality makes it accessible for all year levels.

• Supports collaborative editing and group tasks.

• Export options (PDF, PNG, or print) for display in class or digital submission.

Curriculum connections:

• Year 5–6: AC9HS5S06 – Use digital and non-digital methods to communicate ideas and findings.

• Year 7–8: AC9HS8S04 – Collect, record and represent data in different formats, including maps, graphs and tables.

• Year 9–10: AC9HS10S07 – Communicate to present ideas, findings and arguments using discipline-specific terms.