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Canva is a photo editing app in which users can edit photos with text, filters, stickers, and borders to create an array of designs both online and for print. Canva is available in the App Store and the Google Play Store. This app is rated for users of all ages, offers in-app purchases and is safe for kids.
What is Canva: Design, Photo & Video?
Canva is a photo editing app in which users can edit photos with text, filters, stickers, borders, and more, creating everything from personalized posts for social media accounts to business cards and flyers.
Canva is available in both the App Store and the Google Play Store. This app is rated for users of all ages and does offer in-app purchases. In-app purchases range in cost from $0.99 to $54.99, for which can users purchase image packs for their editing and creative purpose.
Canva is a platform that offers a wide variety of editing tools for users to customize and create unique images. Users can choose images available in Canva or upload their own images from their photo library, and apply a multitude of filters, text, stickers, and frames to perfect the picture for any occasion.
After editing the image, users can share to their social media platforms, save the image to their camera roll, or share via text and other messaging apps.
Canva receives high marks from reviewers, scoring a 4.8 out of 5 in the iTunes app store review section, and a 4.7 out of 5 for the Google Play reviewers.
Editors use the app for a plethora of services, from personal social media posts to social media marketing for companies, logo creation, invitation design, and even creating professional business cards.
Is Canva: Design, Photo & Video safe for my kids?
Canva is generally safe for kids.
It’s function as an editing tool is safe and very enjoyable for all ages, and gives kids a space for creative expression. Parents may find a few features concerning, starting with in-app purchases.
The presence of in-app purchases can often lead to accidental or unexpected charges in your account and kids may find the images available for purchase enticing. Parents should discuss in-app purchases with kids, and lay ground rules about asking permission before making any purchase.
The next concern is the connection to social media. Of course, to use this feature, kids must already have a social media account, which comes with its own set of concerns and conversations.
Canva only allows kids to post the work they have made to their social media accounts, which adds only a layer of concern, which is that when people share their creative work with the world, it can be met with insult in some cases, which can have a real impact on self-esteem.
Parents and kids should have a discussion about sharing their imaginative efforts, which should be encouraged, and also about the negative responses that they might meet after doing so.
Canva provides tools for kids to unlock creative potential and an outlet express themselves beyond the pictures they take, and this encourages creative thinking, which is a mindset that is to be cherished for life.
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