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Canva Essentials

Length 1 day
Price $590 inc GST

Course overview

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Why study this course

Canva is a versatile, user-friendly design platform that empowers individuals and businesses to create stunning visuals effortlessly. With its vast library of templates, intuitive interface, and powerful tools for editing images, designing presentations, and creating social media content, Canva is a must-have in today's digital world of website design, marketing, and eCommerce.

Whether you're in marketing, education, or running a small business, learning how to use Canva will help you streamline the creation of professional-quality marketing materials, making it easier to communicate visually and stand out online.

The Canva beginners course is perfect for those just starting out, offering an introduction to Canva's core features. Learn how to navigate the interface, customise the editor, and manage files effectively. You’ll work on practical projects such as flyers, Facebook posts, and branded Instagram content. The course focuses on utilising and customising templates, applying text styling, and basic image editing. You’ll also learn how to share projects, design for print, and personalise documents, making this the perfect course to start your Canva journey.

Our experienced instructors will guide you through the essential concepts, ensuring you build a strong foundation in using Canva. You'll use hands-on exercises and real-world examples to help you apply your new knowledge immediately.

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What you’ll learn

At the completion of this course you should be able to:

Confidently navigate Canva’s tools and features
Create and customise a range of design projects, including flyers and social media posts
Proficiently use templates, apply text styling, and edit images
Produce professional-quality designs

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Who is the course for?

This introductory course is aimed at those those just starting out with using Canva.

Course subjects

Introduction to Canva

What is Canva?
Online or download
Navigating and searching the interface
Customising the editor
Managing files and folders
Efficient workflow and good organisation

Quickstart

Project 1 - Making a flyer
Using and modifying Canva templates
Fonts and text styling
Colours and shapes
Alignment, position, size, transparency
Using the Elements panel
Switching graphics
Understanding print settings
Download your design ready for print

Editing Photos

Project 2 - Facebook post
Using the Canva preset documents
Standard sizes and aspect ratios for social media
Uploading your own photographs
Cropping, positioning, rotating
Editing brightness, contrast, and colour
Applying effects to photographs
Adding animated stickers
Correct file formats to use for image posts
Share directly to Facebook and/or download final artwork

Canva Brand Kit

Project 3 - Branded Instagram post
Design fundamentals - how to capture attention
Devise a brand style and set up a Canva Brand Kit
Uploading brand elements
Implementing your brand style in a project
Using your logo, fonts, styles, and colours
Using and tweaking brand illustrations and photos
Layout and design for effective communication
Choosing the right file format
Post straight to Instagram and/or download

Customising

Project 4 - Header banner for email newsletters
Making Canva documents from scratch
Custom document sizes
Some recommended sizes for email marketing EDMs
Layers, guides, margins
Arranging elements front to back
Setting an image as the background
Download correct image file types for EDMs
Connecting a MailChimp account
Image optimisation ready for email marketing

Design for Print

Project 5 - Business Card
Business card standard sizes
Modifying a template
Applying choices from Layouts and Styles
Pages for card front and back
Margins, text safe areas, and bleed settings
Readable text sizes and colours
Download high quality PDF ready for print

Product Design Mockups

Project 6 - T-shirt
Product design presets
Download and upload technique
Smart Mockups
Using Apps within Effects
Making variations
Download selected items only
The role of the mockup

Introduction to Video and Animation

Project 7 - Instagram Story
Social media video requirements
Effective, efficient video content
Video size, aspect ratio, and duration
Finding and using Canva stock video
Sequencing video clips
Overlay text on video
Text animation
Download MP4 video and/or post directly to Instagram
Add transitions between video segments
Upload audio
Add audio track to video
Fade audio in and out
Animate Graphic element (the logo)

Image Effects

Editing and applying effects to different kinds of images
Adjusting white balance, light, colour, and texture settings
Applying effects to images with transparent backgrounds
Making adjustments to photographs
Editing vector graphics settings
Applying filters to videos

Basic Presentation

An introduction to fast and easy presentations
Timing and slide animation
Applying brand styling to a presentation
Setting transitions between slides
Adding different kinds of content to slides (text, photos, vectors)
Timing and autoplay
Present on screen in Canva
Download as PDF

Prerequisites

No prior knowledge is required for this course.

Terms & Conditions

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