Canva Design Essentials

Canva Design Essentials is a beginner-friendly, hands-on course designed to help professionals create high-quality, visually compelling designs using Canva.

Designed for those with little to no experience, this interactive course will teach you how to use Canva’s intuitive tools to create polished presentations, engaging marketing materials, and professional documents.

With expert instruction and hands-on exercises, you'll explore templates, fonts, images, tables, animations, and more. The course emphasises practical application, helping you build real-world skills through guided activities and live demonstrations.

By the end of the course, you’ll be equipped to navigate Canva with ease, design visually compelling content, and export high-quality assets, ready to communicate your ideas with impact.

Who will benefit

This course is designed for professionals and business owners who want to confidently create high-quality visuals. It’s ideal if you’re looking to build your brand, design impactful documents and presentations, or promote your services online, without relying on external designers.

Content

Getting Started

• Introduction to Canva
• Navigating the Canva interface

Documents

• Creating documents from templates or from scratch
• Inserting and editing text and visual elements
• Naming and saving files
• Using Canva’s AI Magic Write tool

Professional Presentations

• Producing and editing presentations
• Using images as backgrounds
• Generating images with AI
• Using data charts
• Adding animations

Digital Marketing Materials

• Designing social media posts
• Creating image and video-based social media stories