flip education
Active Learning for Every Classroom
Canva for Education
Design Platform for Classrooms
A beautiful worksheet is still a worksheet.
A lesson changes how students think.
With Flip Education
Students form groups to run a mock UN climate summit. Each group researches a country's position, builds arguments with evidence, and negotiates resolutions. The teacher follows a structured facilitation guide with timed phases.
With Canva for Education
A teacher spends 25 minutes designing a polished worksheet with matching fonts, colors, and stock images. The result looks professional, but the student activity remains fill-in-the-blank.
The Bottom Line
Which one is right for you?
Choose Flip Education if…
You want a complete lesson plan with structured activities, SEL mapping, curriculum alignment, and materials ready to print and teach, all generated in 60 seconds.
Choose Canva for Education if…
You want full creative control over visual materials: worksheets, presentations, posters, and infographics designed to match your exact style and classroom aesthetic.
What You Actually Get
Design tool vs. lesson planner
Canva helps you make things look good. Flip helps you make learning happen. One is a blank canvas; the other is a complete lesson ready to teach.
Canva output
What you receive
- Professionally designed worksheets and presentations
- Customizable templates with drag-and-drop editor
- Student collaboration on shared designs
- Posters, infographics, and social media graphics
Best for: visual materials, classroom displays, student projects
Flip output
What you receive
- A complete lesson built around one of 48 research-backed pedagogies
- Step-by-step teacher facilitation guide
- Student-facing handouts, ready to print
- SEL competency mapping, built into the lesson
- Curriculum standards alignment across 10 countries
- Discussion questions and exit ticket
Best for: deep learning, active methodology, offline-capable teaching
Feature by Feature
How we compare
| Feature | Flip Education | Canva for Education |
|---|---|---|
| Core Purpose | ||
| AI lesson generation | ||
| Visual design editor | ||
| Quick start (under 60 seconds) | Varies | |
| Designed for offline delivery | Printable designs | |
| Time to usable output | 60 seconds | 15–45 minutes |
| Pedagogical Depth | ||
| 48 active learning methodologies | ||
| Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) | ||
| Curriculum standards (10 countries) | ||
| Complete lesson arc | ||
| Teacher facilitation guide | ||
| Design & Creative | ||
| Drag-and-drop editor | ||
| Template library | Methodology-based | 250,000+ visual templates |
| Student collaboration on designs | ||
| Brand kit / school colors | ||
| Pricing | ||
| Free for teachers | Generous free tier | Free (verified educators) |
| School/district plan | ||
Where Flip Leads
What Flip does better
Lesson plans, not design projects
Canva gives you a canvas and asks you to create. Flip gives you a complete lesson. Objectives, activities, handouts, discussion questions, and an exit ticket in 60 seconds.
Pedagogy built into the structure
48 research-backed methodologies shape how students learn, not just what the materials look like. A Socratic seminar is not a prettier worksheet.
No design time needed
Teachers spend zero minutes on layout, fonts, or colors. Enter a topic, choose a methodology, and get a print-ready lesson immediately.
SEL competencies mapped automatically
Self-awareness, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making are woven into every lesson. Canva has no SEL framework.
International curriculum alignment
Automatic standards alignment across 10 countries. Every lesson references the relevant national curriculum standards for the selected topic and grade.
Active learning experiences
Students debate, investigate, create, and present. The lesson is an experience, not a document. Physical activities and face-to-face collaboration are the default.
Honest Acknowledgement
Where Canva for Education wins
We think Flip is the better lesson planning tool. We also think you should know what it doesn’t do yet.
Unmatched design flexibility
Canva's editor supports presentations, worksheets, posters, videos, and social media graphics with 250,000+ templates. Flip generates structured text-based lesson plans.
Student collaboration tools
Students can create their own designs, collaborate on shared projects, and build portfolios. Flip has no student-facing creative platform.
Free for all verified educators
Canva for Education gives verified teachers full Pro-level access at no cost, including premium templates, stock photos, and storage.
Common Questions
Frequently asked
Can Canva generate lesson plans?
Can I use Canva and Flip together?
Is Flip Education free?
Does Canva work offline?
See it for yourself
Generate a complete lesson plan in under 60 seconds. No account required.