Become a Digital Media Creator with Canva

Canva is a graphic design platform that offers a wide range of functionalities for creating various types of designs. Here is an overview of Canva's key features.

In this lesson, we explored the various elements available for designing in Canva.

In this video we will be walking through how to the right template for you.

In this lesson, we are going to learn the process of selecting templates, layouts, and pages to feature in your designs.

You are selecting a template category and then creating 5 pages to the template. You can do this by selecting pages from multiple different templates or the same template. Want a little more practice? Select pages from multiple templates and then edit each page so all 5 have a cohesive element like color or font.

Instagram Story Template - In this lesson, we select and customize an Instagram Story Template by changing colors, changing text, adding a logo, and adding our handle.

In this lesson, we will select a presentation template and add 5 of more slides/pages to the presentation either from the templates or layout features.

In this lesson, we will be building our skills with editing a LinkedIn Post Template.

In this lesson, we cover various design tips to enhance your designs. Here are some key takeaways:

• Include headings and subheadings to organize your content effectively.

• Pay attention to the placement of text to ensure readability and visual appeal.

• Edit images to fit seamlessly into your design and enhance the overall look.

• Adjust the background to complement your content and create a cohesive design.

• Align your content properly to achieve the best layout and positioning.

This is an interactive lesson on how to utilize the design tips taught in the last lesson.

In this lesson, we look at different ways that we can edit photos with Canva.

In the skills activity, you will be creating a font pairing in a blank design. You will choose a sans font as the heading and either a sans serif font or a script font to use as your font pairing.

In this lesson, you will be learning how to utilize revision history features inside of Canva to restore a design to a previous version in case you made mistakes or liked a previous version better. Alternatively, you should can duplicate your page and edit another page to compare different versions. Important: Save your design before you make big changes, because Canva won't keep an autosave history that you will be able to restore to after every edit you make.

In this lesson, you will learn what types of elements there are and how to use them in your graphic designs. You will build skills in:

• Graphic Design

• Canva Elements

In this activity, we are using lines and shapes to enhance our design.

In this lesson, we learn about graphics, stickers, and collections. We build out graphic design skills and also learn some of the filtering options.

In this lesson, we are learning about shortcuts to recently used content and how to create designs with charts and tables.

In this lesson, you will learn how to utilize frames and grids.

In this lesson, we discuss text animations, image animations, and page animations.

In this lesson, you will be learning how to utilize keyboard shortcuts to create content faster and easier than ever. You will build skills in:

• Canva

• Graphic Design

In this bonus lesson, we will introduce on of Canva's newest 2023 design element editing options known as the layering tool. Now move elements between layers with ease in Canva.

In this lesson, we go through all of the materials ahead of us in our unit #4 of this Canva Course. You will be getting an introduction to building your skills with:

• Creating video content

• Editing video content

• Adding music to your video content

In this lesson, you will build the skills of:

• Selecting video templates

• Editing video templates

• Adding and adjusting transitions

• Trimming video lengths

• Adding Music

• Downloading your video

In this lesson, we are going to be building our skill set in:

• Understanding the usage of audio and video content in your designs

• Finding audio

• Selecting audio

• Previewing audio

• Adding audio - 1-2 different audio files

• Adjusting audio

• Trimming audio

• Combining audio

• Downloading your video design with audio - no different than any other video download

In this lesson, we are going to build our skill set in:

• Adjusting audio

• Recording your own audio/voiceover

• Adding a voiceover and audio clip to the same design

In this lesson, we are going to develop our skill set in:

• Adjusting image backgrounds

• Removing backgrounds from images

• Removing backgrounds from videos

• Zooming in on content

• Adding creativity

• Adding new design background

In this lesson, we will be going high level at how to utilize Canva presentations. You will be building your skills in:

• Graphic design

• Presentation design

• Pitch deck design

• Animations

• Transitions

• Presentations

In this lesson, we start bringing together the different skill sets that we’ve developed through previous lessons and build off of them.

• Graphic design

• Pitch deck design

• Branding

• Elements

• Element Editing

• Graphs

• Tables

• Animations

• Text

In this lesson, we are continuing to build our presentation skills by creating a pitch deck presentation using a pitch deck template. An important component of this activity is planning, so plan before creating either by brainstorming and doing some creative research.

In this lesson, we will be discussing how to present your Canva designs through sharing your screen, recording, or presenting LIVE as an alternative to a platform like Zoom, where you have to purchase a Pro plan and have certain limitations under the free plan. You will build skills in:

• Navigating Canva

• Presenting through Canva

• Using presentation magic keys

• Utilizing Canva LIVE

In this lesson, we give you an overview of how to utilize Canva for creating beautiful or minimalistic graphics that are well designed for each social media platform. Important to know that the lesson on brand kit will only apply to the business that has purchased Canva Pro. This could be good information either way, however, the full value of the 2nd half of this lesson is for the Canva Pro subscriber.

In this lesson, we go through how to create an Instagram/Facebook story with Canva. Additionally, we go into Facebook Meta Business Suite and leverage their Instagram Story Scheduling tools so that it publishes at the perfect time.

In this lesson, we are going to teach you how to utilize Canva for creating Facebook posts utilizing the most up to date knowledge in graphic design performance. You will develop your skills in:

• Graphic design

• Canva features

• Social media content creation

• Social media templates

• Social media posting

• Facebook marketing

In this video, we have a complete walkthrough on how to create highly visual content that engages your audience through Instagram Reels.

In this lesson, we show you how to easily repurpose your Canva content so that you can utilize a design for multiple social media platforms.

In this lesson, you will learn how to create a LinkedIn company banner through selecting an existing template and making adjustments for your brand. It's important to note that the correct size for a LinkedIn Company banner is 1128px x 191px.

In this video, I will introduce you to Canva's AI tools and show you where to find them in their Magic Studio. We will explore the different types of tools available and how they can enhance your design process.

In this lesson, you'll learn about the magic design feature in Canva that allows you to easily create professional-looking flyers, presentations, and social media posts. Canva provides a wide range of templates that you can customize with your own information, saving you time and effort. I will also show you how to add your branding elements, such as logos and colors, to make your designs consistent with your brand.

In this lesson, you'll learn about amazing tool called the magic switch. With just a few clicks, you can transform your Instagram posts into Instagram stories effortlessly. I'll guide you through the process of using the magic switch tool to copy the design of your post and convert it into a story format. This tool is a real time-saver and will make your Instagram content creation much easier. Get ready to discover the magic of the switch!

In this lesson, I will demonstrate the power of the magic write tool. I will show you how to add more text to a post, rewrite or continue writing, and even summarize text. With just a few sentences or a prompt, you can generate a whole text box filled with relevant information. This tool can be incredibly useful for saving time and creating engaging content.

In this video, I will walk you through the various AI artwork tools available in Canva. Sometimes, we struggle to find the perfect image for our social media posts or messages. That's where these tools come in handy. I will demonstrate how to access and use Canva's Magic Media, Dalle-3 powered by OpenAI, and Google's Imagen. By the end of the video, you'll have a better understanding of how to create stunning images using AI in Canva.

In this lesson, I introduce two more AI image generating tools: DALLE-3 by OpenAI, and Google's Imagen. I demonstrate image generation by describing a scene, emphasizing the ease of the process and the usability of the generated, royalty-free images for social media. Lastly, I advise checking for irregularities in the generated images, providing an example of an image with extra fingers, to ensure accuracy before posting.

In this lesson, we'll be using a feature in Canva for generating videos using text prompts. By inputting a simple text prompt, we can generate a video.