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Converting Designs

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Opening the Slate app

Section titled “Opening the Slate app”

With the Slate app installed, open any Canva presentation and launch Slate from the side panel. The app reads your presentation content and prepares it for conversion.

If you open the app on a blank design or a document without enough text content, you’ll see a guidance screen suggesting you open an existing presentation first. You can add content and click Check Again without leaving the app.

Configuring your course

Section titled “Configuring your course”

Before converting, you’ll set parameters that shape the output:

  • Course title - defaults to your Canva design title. You can change it to anything.
  • Course duration - target completion time (10, 15, 20, 25, 30, or 40 minutes)
  • Target audience - who the course is for (e.g., new hires, managers, customers)
  • Learning objectives - what learners should know or be able to do after completing the course
  • Tone - conversational, formal, or fun
  • Additional notes - any extra instructions for the AI (e.g., “keep it practical, include real examples”)
  • Assessment - toggle assessment on or off, then use the slider to set 1 to 10 questions. Defaults to 5 questions. The assessment is added as a scored section at the end of the course.
  • Apply my default Slate theme - if you’ve configured a default theme in the Slate Theme Editor, this checkbox appears. When enabled, your theme colors, fonts, and styling are applied to the generated course. Enabled by default when a theme is available.

How AI converts your content

Section titled “How AI converts your content”

The AI doesn’t just copy slides into lessons. It performs intelligent content extraction:

  • Reads slide content and reconstructs the logical flow
  • Structures content into sections and lessons with proper learning cadence
  • Adds interactions and knowledge checks throughout the course
  • Generates a scored assessment section if enabled, with the number of questions you specified
  • Applies your default Slate theme if selected

Text content from your presentation is converted into structured lessons with placeholder imagery. You can swap in your own images in the Slate editor after conversion.

Credit cost

Section titled “Credit cost”

Each conversion uses 1,250 AI credits. Your current credit balance is displayed above the conversion form.

After conversion

Section titled “After conversion”

Once your course is in Slate, you can:

  • Edit and refine - modify any section, lesson, or block in the Slate Builder
  • Add interactivity - insert additional blocks like accordions, tabs, flip cards, or labeled graphics
  • Apply a theme - customize the visual design or apply a different theme
  • Translate - use AI translation to create multi-language versions
  • Export - export as SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004, xAPI, cmi5, HTML, or PDF
  • Share & track - create tracked links to monitor learner engagement

Your converted course is automatically tagged with canva in your library for easy filtering.