In this video we'll take a look at how you add different elements of various types (graphics, pictures, video, etc.) to your design.

Understand the difference between free and premium elements.

Learn how to select and move design elements around within a Canva project.

Canva now has layers! Managing your layers and keeping your designs organized has never been easier.

Learn how to use rulers and guides can be used as design aids when creating a new design.

Learn how to resize and crop different design elements.

Learn lots of techniques for positioning and spacing elements within your design in relation to one another and in relation to the page.

Learn strategies for precisely aligning text.

Learn how to group and ungroup elements within your design.

Learn how you can lock elements to make sure their position within your design doesn't accidentally get changed.

Learn about grids and frames and how they can be a useful part of your designs, especially when creating templates that will contain content placeholders updated with new content in future iterations of the design.

Learn how to use folders to organize your work so that it's easy to find in the future.

Smart templating should be a cornerstone of your Canva workflow. In this lesson, we'll introduce the idea and talk about how it can save you time. 

What are official "brand templates" and how do template strategies vary for free and pro users.

Custom Gradients in Canva just became a lot easier.

Canva's new PDF Import feature takes the headache out of editing PDFs and now makes it easy to repurpose existing PDFs into new content, all within the Canva interface.

View the solutions to the challenge exercises.

An introduction to this section of the course all about the Canva Project Interface.

Learn how to quickly find and launch templates from the Design tab that make great starting points for your own designs.

Learn how the "Styles" option under the Design Tab is a great way to very quickly update the colors or fonts within a given project.

The Canva project interface can actually look a little different depending on what type of project you launch. In this lesson we'll learn about these differences and learn how to easily navigate between these different project interface views.

Learn how to add different size (and types) of pages to one design project.

The Elements Tab is probably the tab you'll visit most often while working on designs in Canva so in this lesson we'll cover everything there is to know about the Elements Tab.

Learn how you can use the search filter options to find the elements you're looking for even quicker.

Left Menu getting cluttered? In this lesson we'll talk about how you can manage the left menu appearance and hide certain items when you're not using them.

Learn all about the Uploads tab and best practices for uploading new assets into Canva

Learn how to use the Apps Tab to integrate Canva with other applications to add even more power to your Canva workflow

Learn even more about working with text inside of Canva

Learn how to use folders inside of Canva as a smart workflow that allows you to stay organized and save loads of time.

Understanding what backgrounds are and how to work with them

Understanding the File Menu and some of the interesting/helpful items that live there like Version History and Find and Replace.

Understand the options available for resizing pages and designs (for both free and pro Canva users).

View the solutions to the challenge exercises.

Introduction to the new Canva AI screen/hub.

Introduction to the improved Canva "Design for me" option.

The Dream Lab has be rebranded into the new "Create an Image" option under the Canva AI Hub. Learn all about it in this lesson.

Learn about using a reference image when creating AI images along with tips for getting even better results.

Learn tips for writing image prompts and for improving your visual style/prompting vocabulary.

Learn how to use the "Draft a Doc" feature.

Coding with Canva! Learn all about exciting new Code for Me feature in Canva.

Get to know the other way of creating AI Images in Canva which exists under the Elements Tab in the Project Interface or via the Apps Tab (Magic Media App).

Learn all about the new AI Create a Video Tool in Canva (Powered by Google's Veo 3)

In this video we'll cover everything you need to know about Canva's Magic Grab, one of the pro tools that is part of Canva's Magic Studio for editing images.

Learn about the new Magic Studio Background Generator option.

In this video we'll cover everything you need to know about Canva's Magic Eraser, one of the pro tools that is part of Canva's Magic Studio for editing images.

In this video we'll cover everything you need to know about Canva's Magic Edit, one of the pro tools that is part of Canva's Magic Studio for editing images.

In this video we'll cover everything you need to know about Canva's Magic Expand one of the pro tools that is part of Canva's Magic Studio for editing images.

In this video we'll cover everything you need to know about Canva's Grab Text tool, one of the pro tools that is part of Canva's Magic Studio for editing images.

In this video we'll cover everything you need to know about Canva's Magic Write, a potentially super helpful feature that can save you time by automating a lot of writing tasks and even help you repurpose existing content for other purposes.

In this lesson, we'll review the basics of layout and composition.

In this lesson, we'll go over the true power of Canva grids and see how they are a vital tool for adding structure to your layouts.

In this lesson, we'll review the basics of typography.

In this lesson, we'll go over some strategies and resources that will help you find great fonts for your design projects and organize those fonts for easy access on future projects.

In this lesson, we'll review the Canva Design Size Guide.

Learn about Brand Kits, Brand Templates, Brand Controls, and the other Pro Canva tools that can be used for managing your brand assets and setting up an efficient Canva workflow.

No Pro Canva account? No problem! In this lesson we'll review a folder driven approach for  managing your brand assets and setting up an efficient Canva workflow.

A look at navigating around the Canva home screen on mobile devices.

Understand how to Navigate the top menu bar within the project interface on mobile devices and understand the different project view options.

Learn tips for working within and navigating around within projects on Canva mobile.

Save tons of time by using Canva's new Bulk Create tool.

In this video, we go over how to change all instances of a color at one time and review how to protect colors that we don't want to change.

Color can be an important part of your design so in this lesson we'll go over a few color resources that can be very helpful when choosing colors for your designs.

In this lesson, we'll cover how to use Canva's search filters to find the Canva design assets we're looking for even faster.

Time to test your skills with a poster redesign challenge.

Watch the solution to the poster redesign challenge.

In this lesson, we'll build a Facebook cover, show you how easy it is to create alternate designs that maintain the same branding, and talk about the importance of theming your templates and assets to match your needs.

In this lesson, we'll build out a resume and work through the process of adapting a Canva template to meet your needs.

In this lesson, we'll create a graphic for Instagram and look at some smart strategies you'll want to employ when  building templates for repetitive design projects.

In this lesson, we'll create a Pinterest pin and continue to review best practices for building out design templates.

In this lesson, we'll work through the process of creating custom collages and planning for future collages which might involve a different number of images.

This lesson is the first of 2 on building a recipe book with Canva. We start in this lesson by building out the initial template, covering all the things you might want to consider along the way. In the next lesson, we'll see how you then use the template to build out your larger final document.

This lesson is the second of 2 on building a recipe book with Canva. We built our template in the first lesson, now we'll outline the process for using that template to create the final book.

This lesson takes you from start to finish through the whole process of creating a media kit with Canva.

An introduction to the upcoming section on audio, video, presenting, and more.

In this lesson we'll cover the important differences between the new video interface and the standard project interface.

From finding existing animated elements to using all the new page/object/text animation presets in Canva, we'll cover it all in this lesson.

A trick for organizing your favorite animated assets.

A tutorial on how to build out official templates the smart way so that you save time.

In this lesson we'll create a watercolor animation as an example of how you can get creative by using layering paired with the Canva element animation options.

Creating animation on a path is now as easy as dragging your finger

Everything you need to know about using Canva's new video timeline/editor.

All about working with audio in Canva.

Making your audio track and video clips play nicely together just got a whole lot easier.

I'll show you how to make a cohesive marketing video that utilizes audio, video, and animation to tell one cohesive story.

In this lesson we'll cover everything you need to know about standard presentation mode.

In this lesson we'll cover everything you need to know about autoplay presentation mode and look at how you'd use it to setup a looping slideshow.

In this lesson we'll cover presenter view and all the tools it offers presenters to help them take their presentations to the next level.

In this lesson we'll go over present and record mode which allows you to record a copy of your presentation which can be shared as an instant link or downloaded.

In this lesson we'll talk about microphones, audio quality, and a few other considerations you might have when working with audio in Canva.

In this lesson we'll go over how to record accompanying video of yourself to go along with your presentation.

In this lesson we'll go over another method Canva offers for recording yourself and talk about some advantages it has over the prior method.

This lesson is all about screen capture, how to record anything from your screen (not just Canva). This is super useful if you want to do software training videos for Youtube, or behind-the-scenes screen share videos for your Instagram reel.

In this video I give you my final thoughts on all of the new video and presentation tools in Canva.