Create interactive multimedia posters

Bring ideas, stories and classroom projects to life.

Combine images, video, audio, text and interactive 3D models in a multimedia poster. Create a classroom project, tell a visual story and give your ideas a place to grow.

Explore the editor during beta. See current plans and limits.

Canvastera poster editor with images, text and media arranged on a visual canvas

Give your next poster more to explore

Canvastera poster canvas ready for media from a browser Browser image search beside the poster canvas

Drag & drop media from any opened web browser!

Search connected media sources directly from the poster editor, or drag supported media onto your canvas from another browser window or your desktop.

Multimedia dinosaur poster combining visual research and media

Connect more than media

Put supported documents, maps, spreadsheets and presentations next to your images and video. Keep your explanation and its sources on one canvas.

A Canvastera Community that groups related posters

Give class projects a home

Create or join a Community to collect related posters. Protect posters and Communities with a viewing password on an active paid plan. Poster pages are excluded from search engine indexing.

See What You Can Create

Explore real interactive multimedia posters, from classroom projects to creative stories. Find inspiration, then create your own.

Simple pricing. Unlimited creativity.

Create unlimited interactive multimedia posters and communities for free. Upgrade for more publishing, privacy, and management options or to support our free tier.

FreeCreate and collaborate

Free forever

Create and share without limits.

Get Started Free
  • Full multimedia editor (except AI features)
  • Unlimited posters
  • Unlimited communities
  • Unlimited community members
  • Basic community management
  • 18-month poster retention

SingleMore control over how you publish and share


(incl. tax)
Get Single

Everything in Free, plus:

  • Embed finished Canvastera posters on websites
  • Password-protected posters
  • Password-protected communities
  • Posters retained while the subscription is active
  • Support the continued development of Canvastera

GroupManage your organization, schools, and classrooms under one subscription


(incl. tax)
seats
Support Group Development

Planned capabilities

  • Organize multiple Groups under one subscription
  • Multiple communities within each Group
  • Centralized user management (Admin, Group Mentor, Student, Member, Viewer)
  • Seat distribution across Groups
  • Unlimited Viewers without licensed seats
  • Single Sign-On (SAML / OpenID Connect)

Group features are currently in development. Purchasing a Group subscription supports the development of classroom and organization management capabilities.

Custom size or invoice? On request, contact us.

Frequently Asked Questions about pricing

What is the difference between a Community and a Group license?

Communities are free and allow unlimited members to collaborate and share posters. Members control which personal posters they share with the Community.

A Group license adds centralized management for organizations. Admins can create multiple Groups, and each Group can contain multiple Communities, all under one subscription.

For example, a school district can use one Group subscription to manage several schools:

  • District subscription
    • Group: Lincoln Elementary School
      • Community: Grade 5 Science
      • Community: Grade 6 History
      • Community: Art Class
    • Group: Washington Middle School
      • Community: Mathematics
      • Community: Biology
    • Group: Jefferson High School
      • Community: Physics
      • Community: Geography

The District Admin manages the Groups (schools), while Group Mentors (teachers) manage their assigned Groups and create Communities (classrooms). Students are assigned to the appropriate Groups and Communities, where their work is managed and supervised.

These Group management capabilities are in development.

Can I create unlimited Groups and Communities?

Yes. A Group subscription is being developed to support unlimited Groups, each containing unlimited Communities.

Admins will create and manage Groups, such as individual schools or departments. Group Mentors will create and manage Communities within their assigned Groups, such as classrooms or courses.

All Groups and Communities will share the same subscription and available managed seats.

How do Group seats work?

A Group subscription will provide a shared number of managed user seats that can be distributed across multiple Groups and their Communities. For example, a district can purchase seats centrally and distribute them among its schools.

The same managed user can participate in multiple assigned Groups without requiring an additional seat.

Viewers do not consume managed seats. A Group subscription will support unlimited Viewers, with view-only access controlled by Group and Community settings.

Regular Members use their personal Free or Single accounts. Their personal content remains separate from the Group subscription.

What user roles are available in Group?

Group licenses are being developed to support five roles:

  • Admin: Manages the subscription, seats, Groups, user roles, and Group content, including private posters. Admins can create multiple Groups, such as schools within a district, and distribute seats among them.
  • Group Mentor: Manages assigned Groups and creates Communities within them, such as classrooms. Group Mentors can access managed Student posters and drafts only within their assigned Groups.
  • Student: A managed account without a personal private workspace. Students can create private posters in an assigned Group or Group Community. All their posters, including drafts, are stored under the Group subscription and accessible to authorized Admins and Group Mentors assigned to that Group. Students can participate only in their assigned Communities.
  • Member: A regular participant who retains their personal private workspace, governed by their own Free or Single account, and can also create posters within a Group under its subscription plan.
  • Viewer: A view-only participant. A Group subscription supports unlimited Viewers without requiring a licensed seat. Viewers can see content permitted by Group and Community settings, but cannot create or edit Group posters.
Who can see private posters in a Group?

Under the planned Group model, any user except a Student can create personal private posters that only they can see, within their Free plan limits or their own Single subscription.

Users with a role other than Viewer can also create posters within a Group under its subscription plan. A private poster in a Group remains visible to authorized Admins.

Students can create private posters in a Group or in a Group Community. Their posters, including drafts, remain visible to authorized Admins and Group Mentors assigned to that Group.

Community visibility lets other users and Students see shared content. The allowed visibility is controlled by the Community and Group settings.

Joining a Group Community does not give Admins or Group Mentors access to personal private posters outside the Group.

Can Students join other Communities?

No. Managed Student accounts will be restricted to their assigned Communities within the Group subscription.

Students will not be able to join public Communities, Communities outside their Group subscription, or other Group Communities to which they have not been assigned. This keeps Student work within the organization’s managed environment.

Are all Group features available now?

Not yet. Group functionality is currently in development.

Purchasing a Group subscription supports the continued development of these features. The planned management capabilities are not yet available.

How long are my posters stored?

All users can create unlimited posters. Retention depends on the subscription associated with the content.

  • Free: Posters will be retained for up to 18 months from their creation date. Editing or viewing a poster will not reset its retention period.
  • Single: Personal posters will remain stored while the paid subscription is active.
  • Group: Posters created within a Group by any user will remain stored while the Group subscription is active, subject to applicable institutional retention requirements.

When a paid subscription expires, its covered content will receive an additional retention period of up to 18 months before deletion, unless applicable school agreements or legal requirements provide otherwise. Renewing before deletion preserves covered posters under the active subscription.

Do Group subscriptions affect personal posters?

No. Posters created within a Group by any user will be stored under the Group subscription. Personal posters outside the Group remain separate.

Personal posters belonging to Admins, Group Mentors, and Members follow their own Free or Single retention policies, even when those users participate in Group Communities.

What happens to posters created during beta?

All posters created during the beta period will receive a new 18-month retention period starting from the effective date of the updated policy. This gives existing users time to adjust to the new rules.

Will I be notified before my posters are deleted?

Yes. Under the planned policy, we will notify users in advance of scheduled permanent deletion, providing an opportunity to preserve their content or renew an eligible subscription.

After the applicable retention period ends, posters and associated stored media may be permanently deleted.

Read our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

Questions about Canvastera classroom posters

How can I use Canvastera in my classroom?

Set an assignment in class or through your usual online learning tools. Start with a question students can investigate, such as “How does a changing habitat affect wildlife?” Ask students to research sources such as Wikipedia, YouTube and books, check their reliability, and explain what they find in an interactive multimedia poster.

Students can combine their own explanations with images, video and audio, and link to their sources. Use the finished posters for presentations, discussion or reflection. Follow our classroom poster guide to plan the activity.

How do I invite my students to Canvastera?

Create a community for your class, then use its invite feature to invite students by email or share an invite code. Students create their own Canvastera accounts, or sign in to existing accounts, and use the invitation to join your community.

The community gives your class a place to share posters. Read more about community membership and poster visibility before choosing your sharing settings.

What can I include in an interactive multimedia poster?

Combine text, images, video, audio and interactive 3D models on one canvas. Supported embeds let you include content such as documents, maps and presentations alongside your explanation.

Choose media that helps your audience understand the topic: a diagram to explain a process, a video to show an experiment, or audio to tell a story. Explore the multimedia poster features.

How can I share a classroom poster with others?

You can keep a poster private, share it with your community, or make it public when the community settings allow public posters. Anyone with a public poster link can open it without an account, subject to any viewing passwords.

Viewing passwords for posters and communities require an active paid plan. See our sharing and viewing password answers to choose the right access for your class.

Can I use Canvastera for visual storytelling?

Yes. Bring text, images, narration and video together to tell a visual story. Students can create a local history exhibit, explain a scientific discovery, introduce a fictional character or document a field trip.

Plan a beginning, middle and end, then choose media that supports each part of the story. Browse our multimedia poster ideas for classroom projects for starting points.

Your next poster starts here.

Turn your inspiration into a multimedia poster. Bring your idea and media together on one canvas.

During beta, features other than password protection remain available without payment. Password protection for posters and Communities requires an active paid plan.