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Make Easy But Powerful Social Media Graphics: Canva |Stencil

Learn simple, effective techniques to make beautiful social media & web graphics using Canva or Stencil in under 1 hour.
Rating: 4.4 out of 54.4 (65 ratings)
2,875 students
Created by Kristen Palana
Published 2/2018
English
English [Auto]
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Create professional-looking web and social media graphics using free online tools in 1 hour or less
  • Take your regular logo and put it on a transparent background in four minutes or less
  • Be up and running fast using the most essential and useful tools in Canva and Stencil
  • Deliver graphics through the free social media post-planning tool, Buffer
  • Get a birds-eye view of the design process from concept to final product

Requirements

  • No previous design experience is necessary. Only basic computer skills are required (such as knowing how to copy and paste text, save a file, use the Internet, etc.)

Description

Are you ready to take charge and learn quick and easy methods for creating and editing powerful web images/social media graphics like a professional in just 1 hour?

Whether you are an entrepreneur, employee, content creator, teacher, author, or social media maven, over the last few years it has become CRUCIAL to know how to do a little bit of everything online. 

With this course as your guide, you'll learn how to confidentially and  professionally create and manage your OWN unique images for your  website, blog, eCourse, eBook, presentations, or social media pages.

-No design skills required. 

-No expensive software required. 

-Beginners and busy people welcome.

Save time, money, and sanity by learning how to finally make your own images without having to always pay someone else to do them for you.

In this course you will learn:

  • Easy and quick ways to create professional web & social media graphics in minutes using free online tools

  • How to take your regular logo and put it on a transparent background in four minutes or less

  • Learn the most essential and useful tools in Canva

  • Learn the most essential and useful tools in the Canva-alternative, Stencil

  • Absorb the most important design principles as we work together making real social media graphics for a real client

  • Understand how to better choose and organize type, images, colors, and layout in your designs 

  • See how to schedule and deliver graphics through the free social media post-planning tool, Buffer.

  • Get a birds-eye view of the design process from concept to final product by following step by step case studies.


This course was created especially for complete beginners as well as people who fight with technology who want to gain new and valuable digital imaging skills that can be used every day. You can watch and follow along with me as I show you through case studies for an actual client how I make professional-looking social media graphics and web images using the free online tools Canva and Stencil.

I'm a practicing award-winning multimedia artist and a former tenured Associate Professor of Digital Media and Program Director of Film & Digital Media at The American University of Rome (2006-2016). I'm currently an Associate Professor of Digital Media at American University of Myanmar in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma). 

Since 2000 I've been teaching students all over the world using my tried and true custom approach (turning complex information into something simple, memorable, easy-to-understand in as short amount of time as possible) to ensure that you get the most important, relevant, and useful information that can be applied immediately.

New bonus lectures and resources will continue to be added and timely design advice will be provided in the discussion forum. I love to help and always respond to inquiries and discussions ASAP. 

Empower yourself now by enrolling in this course and join our growing learning community! Click the "Take This Course" button in the upper right corner and let's get started building your new image creation skills using Canva and Stencil today.

Who this course is for:

  • Complete beginners, design novices, and traditional artists looking to add digital skills to their toolbelt will get a lot out of this course.
  • Entrepreneurs, crowdfunders, authors, and small business owners who don't have the time or budget to pay others to create web and social media graphics should take this course.
  • This course was designed especially for busy people who want to be up and running ASAP
  • People looking for an in-depth Canva or Stencil course that covers every tool and feature should NOT take this course. Here, we are only using the most useful tools and techniques for getting started quickly and easily.

Course content

5 sections • 20 lectures • 1h 43m total length

  • Preview01:52
  • Preview02:44

  • Preview03:24
  • Choosing Templates and Sizes For Different Social Media Platforms -Let's Start!
    04:47
  • Working With Text in Canva (-And Some Good Typography Advice)
    08:00
  • What Have You Learned So Far About Type?
    3 questions
  • Adding Images (-From Canva and Also Your Own)
    07:24
  • Preview03:42
  • Using Filters, Icons, Frames, and Other Canva Goodies (-Plus We Tint Our Logo)
    04:23
  • Let's Review Images and Logos
    3 questions
  • Downloading and Sharing Your Finished Design
    03:12
  • Now It's Your Turn! Make a Web or Social Media Graphic Using Canva
    1 question
  • Extra: Resizing for Social Media, Animated Gifs & Making Videos Using Canva Pro
    05:57

  • Extra: Using a Post Planner. Buffer Mini Crash Course
    08:36

  • Making a New Social Media Graphic Using Stencil (Case Study)
    10:53
  • Stencil: Let's Make Another New Graphic, This Time From Scratch (Case Study #2)
    09:18
  • The Final Stencil Image Wrap Up. +Icons and Other Features.
    02:14
  • Now It's Your Turn! Make a Web or Social Media Graphic Using Stencil
    1 question

  • Extra: 5 Easy & Free Tools That Will Free Your Creative Soul
    10:24
  • 75+ Resources to Get Free Images, Music, and Videos For Your Projects
    00:22
  • Extra: Making Image Fixes on the Go Using Photoshop's Free Online Editor
    07:06
  • Extra: Keeping Sketchbooks and Journals: Enhance Your Creative Process
    06:22
  • Thank You For Taking This Course. Please Review
    00:42
  • Bonus: Freebies, Discounts, and Special Offers
    02:04

Instructor

Kristen Palana
Professor, Award-Winning Artist, & Digital Do-Gooder
Kristen Palana
  • 4.4 Instructor Rating
  • 2,724 Reviews
  • 76,207 Students
  • 22 Courses

My goal is to empower ordinary people to do extraordinary things.

I’m an American/Portuguese award-winning artist/educator helping empower ordinary people around the globe to communicate and tell their own stories through a variety of media. I create dynamic content for clients including UNFPA, UNICEF, The World Food Programme, Children International, The Aid Myanmar Society, and The American University of Myanmar.

I have 19+ years of experience teaching digital media and creating innovative programs for secondary, undergraduate, and postgraduate students as well as adults and children with no formal education in North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. I’ve also been teaching tens of thousands of online students through online learning platforms since 2014.

I'm an Associate Professor of Digital Media who recently taught for universities, international schools, and NGOs in Myanmar from 2016-2019. I co-founded and directed the Film and Digital Media Program at The American University of Rome (2006-2016). I'm now living in Lilongwe, Malawi and am a Digital Media and Animation Specialist for The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA Malawi).

My animated films have screened in galleries and museums worldwide and in more than 75 international film festivals where they have frequently won “Best Animated Short.”

I received my MFA from Pratt Institute in Computer  Graphics and Interactive Media and also hold a BFA in Painting from  Massachusetts College of Art and Design. 

I love taking complex topics and making them simple. 

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