Beginner · 1h 52m · 15 lessons
Canva Designing: Beginner
Turn any Canva template into a clean post, poster or invite, and download it right.
What you'll learn
- ✦Pick a Canva template that fits a social post, poster or invitation, and check whether it needs a paid plan
- ✦Change a template's text, fonts and colours without breaking its layout
- ✦Add your own uploaded photos and Canva's free stock photos and elements to a design
- ✦Remove or swap a photo's background using the background remover tool
- ✦Line up text and images neatly using Canva's alignment guides and a colour palette
- ✦Resize the same design for a different platform, like a post, a story or an A4 poster, without rebuilding it
- ✦Tell PNG, JPG and PDF apart and choose the right one for where a design will be seen
- ✦Download a finished design at the right size and file type for its use
Certification projects
Build 3 projects to earn your certificate
Hands-on work that proves you can apply what you learned — part of the certificate requirements.
Syllabus
Module 1 · 21m
Start With a Template Free
What you'll be able to do
- Can pick a Canva template that fits a post, poster or invitation
- Can change a template's text and font without breaking its layout
- Can download a finished design as a PNG image
Module 2 · 22m
Photos and Elements Locked
What you'll be able to do
- Can add an uploaded photo to a design and position it
- Can tell a free stock photo or element from a Pro one before using it
- Can remove or swap a photo's background
Module 3 · 21m
Tidy Layouts Locked
What you'll be able to do
- Can move an element in front of or behind another using layers
- Can line up text and photos neatly using Canva's alignment guides
- Can apply a ready-made colour palette to a design
Module 4 · 25m
The Right Size Locked
What you'll be able to do
- Can resize one design for a different platform without rebuilding it
- Can pick the right pixel size for an Instagram post, story or A4 poster
- Can explain why a design turns blurry when it is made much bigger
Module 5 · 23m
Download It Right Locked
What you'll be able to do
- Can choose PNG or JPG for the right situation
- Can choose the right PDF option for screen or for print
- Can say what Canva does well, and where deeper design thinking still helps