Canva Design and Publishing Essentials

Canva is easy graphic design for people who aren’t graphic designers!

It’s used mainly to make social media posts look professional, as you can publish your designs straight to Facebook, Twitter etc …although it’s recently expanded into presentations.

There are two versions of Canva – paid (pro) and free. This Canva training course can be attended by people who have either account (there are only a few differences and I will include workarounds for the features that aren’t included in the free version).

Course Objectives

• • By the end of the sessions the delegates will have set up a brand kit in Canva, created designs such as a Facebook post or an Instagram post (both from scratch and using templates) and understand how to download or publish their designs (e.g. to Facebook or Twitter).

Included with this course

• • Comprehensive course materials and exercises

Canva Design and Publishing Essentials Course Content

• Canva Training Course Introduction

  What is Canva?
  Accessing Canva
  Canva versions
  Navigating the home screen

• Getting Started (Basics)

  Create a design from a template
  Create a design with custom dimensions
  The editor – parts of the screen
  Naming your design
  Saving in Canva
  Undo/Redo
  Templates,
  ontextual Menus
  Zooming (Fit & Fill, Full screen)

• Taking it Further

  Photos – stock photos and personal photos
  Editing your image (basic)
  The colour picker
  Using elements (including animated elements)
  Adding text to a design (including styles)
  Adding music
  Using video
  Uploads.

• Brand Kit

  Create a colour palette
  Delete a palette
  Upload a brand logo and brand fonts (pro version)

• Page Management

  Adding, deleting and copying a page
  Adding page titles
  Moving through pages.

• Working Collaboratively

  Using comments & notes (add a comment
  Edit a comment
  Reply to a comment
  Delete a comment
  Moving through comments,
  Add a note
  Sharing a design
  Downloading a design
  Publishing straight to Facebook/Twitter etc
  Teamwork (create a team, invite members
  Edit your team name
  Switching between accounts

• Using Folders

  Create a folder
  Add files to a folder
  Rename a folder
  Share a folder
  Delete a folder
  Using Likes.

• Create a Presentation

  Create either a mobile first or a traditional presentation
  Using presentation templates
  Add timings
  Add notes
  Animate elements
  Keyboard shortcuts during presentations.