Creating with Canva: Design Like A Pro With No Experience

Name: Creating with Canva: Design Like A Pro With No Experience
Rating: 4.1 (13 reviews)

Create easy website headers, blog images, eBooks, Facebook Headers, Presentation slides, infographics + more!

Created bySheTeaches Tech

Last updated 5/2014

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What you'll learn

Learn how to instantly design beautiful graphics
Learn the basic principles of design
Learn how to design web site headers
Learn how to design presentation slides
Learn how to use the Canva interface
Learn how to design eBooks
Learn how to design using templates
Learn how to design from scratch

Course content

6 sections • 11 lectures • 1h 17m total length

Creating An Account1:46
Sign up or log in to Kanva, explore the basic interface, and create graphics using templates or custom dimensions in pixels, inches, or centimeters.
Introduction to Canva User Interface4:40
Navigate the Canva interface, use predesigned templates sized for social media and other documents, swap backgrounds, edit text, and organize front page projects with quick hide options.

Creating your Facebook Cover graphic8:27
Create your Facebook cover using Kanva.com by selecting a template, uploading your image, adjusting text and colors, and exporting the finished design for Facebook and the web.
Creating from Scratch17:11
Design a custom 11 by 17 poster in Canva from scratch, combining nutrition facts and food additives with elements, text, and a color grid for a balanced, visually appealing layout.
Graphics for Print2:13
Learn to save Canva art boards for print, export high-resolution print files with crop marks and bleed, and deliver print-ready PDFs to printers.

Copy a Page4:10
Copy a page to build a multi-page layout for a rate card, duplicating elements, deleting extras, resizing backgrounds, and aligning text with center guides for a cohesive two-page design.
Presentations11:25
Learn to design cohesive presentations in Canva by selecting templates, customizing title slides, replacing images, and applying a unified blue and green color scheme.
eBooks12:16
Discover how to design ebooks in Canva by using templates, creating title and content pages, adding tips and images, and preparing the ebook for download or purchase.

Requirements

Internet access
Canva interface is free and accessible on the web from desktop and tablet.

Description

This design course is intended for people with no background in design, as well as those who may be designers but would like to learn a new and simple tool that is accessible on the web.

Canva was invented by a group of former Google employees. I am highly impressed with the interface and it's usefulness.

Even if you are not a pro, you can start designing beautiful graphics in less than an hour!

The only limit is your imagination.

A well balanced design composition that is appealing can draw in more clients and customers as opposed to an unbalanced and unappealing ad which can actually make people feel uncomfortable and turn them off of your online products, or eBook.

So it isn't just a luxury to have well designed graphics—it's a need if you want to attract a bigger audience.

Jump in now and let's get started! We'll have you designing like a pro in no time!

Best of all- the Canva interface is free and accessible on the web from desktop and tablet.

Who this course is for:

Anyone who needs to create a graphic, presentation, or eBook and wants to have the power and access to design it exactly the way you envision.
Musicians
Entrepreneurs
Small Businesses
New Website Owners
Likers of Beautiful Things

Creating with Canva: Design Like A Pro With No Experience

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Course content

Intro to Canva2 lectures • 6min

Canva1 lecture • 9min

Design Principles1 lecture • 7min

Creating and Publishing Graphics3 lectures • 28min

Multi-page Designs3 lectures • 28min

Sample Graphics made with Canva1 lecture • 1min

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