In this exercise, you will use Canvas to create a visual overview of your recipes.
Your Canvas does not need to look pretty, just experiment with the features.
Step 1: Create a Canvas
Create a new Canvas either by:
- Clicking Create new canvas in the left ribbon (Canvas icon), or
- Right-clicking in the File explorer and selecting New canvas
Name it Cookbook Overview (or something similar).
Step 2: Add your recipes as cards
Add all recipe notes you created in Exercise 2 to the Canvas:
- Drag and drop notes from the File explorer into the Canvas, or
- In the Canvas toolbar (bottom center), click Add note (middle button) and select your recipe notes
Arrange the cards so they don’t overlap.
Step 3: Add placeholder recipe cards (text cards)
Add 3–4 cards that are not notes:
- Create a new card:
- Double-click anywhere inside the Canvas, or
- Click Add card in the Canvas toolbar (bottom center, left button)
- Add the name of a recipe to each card (these can be recipes you want to try later)
- Optional: use basic Markdown (headings, bold, lists) inside the card
Step 4: Group your cards
- Create 2–3 groups (for example: Main dishes, Dessert, Ideas / To try)
- Name each group
- Change the color of each group
Step 5: Add connections
Draw at least one connection between two recipe cards (for example: similar ingredients or same course).
Optional tasks (if you finish early)
You can do these in any order or skip them and take a break.
- Add a food-related image anywhere on the Canvas
- Change the color of some recipe cards
- Expand one of the text cards using more advanced Markdown syntax (see Markdown cheatsheet)
- Zoom far out in your Canvas and move your notes far away from each other (to get a feel for the “endlessness” of Canvas and how you can move around)
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