Canva Code for Educators: Build Your Own Classroom Apps with No Coding!

Hey teachers! 👋 If you’ve ever dreamed of making your own digital classroom games or interactive activities without needing to know code… Canva just made that possible.

In my latest YouTube video, I try out Canva Code, a brand new tool that lets you create simple apps using just text prompts. No coding skills? No problem. You can build interactive experiences like sorting activities, games, simulations and more right inside Canva. It is currently being rolled out across the globe, stay tuned here.

I even created a digital version of a Taboo-style word guess game I normally prep with printed flashcards. It used to take forever—now it’s all digital, fast to make, and easy to update for any topic. Check it out below! I’ve also put my prompt at the bottom of this blog.

Here’s why Canva Code is a win for teachers:

• You can build custom learning apps in minutes
• It’s super flexible—adjust difficulty levels, topics, and visuals
• Share your app with a simple link
• Perfect for interactive lessons, stations, or even early finishers

🧠 When Should Teachers Use Canva Code?

It takes time to ideate, prompt, re-prompt and design the app that you want, so before you start, here are some things to consider.

Canva Code is perfect when you have a simple, reusable idea that could save time long-term. It’s especially helpful if you need to differentiate instruction (like adding difficulty levels) or if your current solution is too manual or materials-heavy.

It works best for interactive activities or games—things that are hard to find or customize elsewhere.

However, don’t reinvent the wheel. If there is already an app out there that does exactly what you need it to do then save your time! For instance, there are amazing quiz apps that have extensive libraries, AI question generation and teacher feedback reports. Personally, I wouldn’t go and build another quiz app.

🔎 Also note: Canva Code doesn’t collect student responses. It’s more about creating a basic, interactive front-end using HTML/CSS.

Taboo-style Word Guess Game Prompt (Canva Code)

This game is inspired by classic word-guessing games. It is independently created for educational/non-commercial use and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with Hasbro, Inc. or its Taboo® game.

This is the prompt I used to create my Taboo-style game. It took about an hour of prompting & improving to create my final version. Feel free to copy and adapt it for yourself! 😊

Taboo is a game where 2 players take turns to give clues to a word. They receive a flashcard with 5 words that they not allowed to say while giving clues. create 30 flashcards related to the topic space for my year 8 science class.

Improvement 1:

1. Add pause in timer
2. Add button on the side that says “correct” allow the next card to be shown
3. Add skip button should reveal next card
4. Make the flash card size large enough to ensure that the words don’t overflow
5. Remove “skip card and “flip card” buttons
6. Use a different colour for the timer as it is blending with the background

Improvement 2:

1. Remove skip button on the top
2. Indicate which teams turn it is Improvement
3. If a team gets it correct, it is still their turn. Move on to the next card and keep their timer running until they run out of time. Then it switches to the next team.

Improvement 4: Improve the visual of which team’s turn it is

Improvement 5: The visual is too distracting. Please remove the flashiness.

Let me know what you would build with Canva Code—I’d love to hear your ideas!