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Intro to the Canva Essentials Course
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Getting Started
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Project 1 - Social Post Design
3:51
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Images & Photos Level 1
49:48
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Color - Level 1
13:18
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Typography - Level 1
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Graphic & Shapes
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Magic Studio - Level 1
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Working with your Phone
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Project 2 - Logo Design
1:06:47
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Color - Level 2
51:27
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Project 3 - Proposal Document
2:30
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Typography - Level 2
39:37
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Project 4 - Presentation
40:48
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Project 5 - Poster
10:45
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Magic Studio - Level 2
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Project 6 - Video & Animation
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What Next
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Overview
Welcome to the Canva Design Essentials course! Led by professional designer Dan Scott, this course is your gateway to mastering Canva and building a strong foundation in design principles. Whether you’re new to design or looking to sharpen your skills, you’ll learn how to create impactful, real-world designs with ease.
With 17 years of professional design experience and multiple teaching awards, Dan has taught over a million students worldwide. His hands-on approach and industry insights make learning engaging and accessible, empowering you to reach your creative potential.
You’ll learn:
- - Design Fundamentals
- Social Media & Marketing Graphics
- Logo Design & Branding
- Create Professional Documents & Presentations
- Learn how to Edit Video
- Canva’s AI Features
This course is ideal for beginners in Canva and design, whether you’re a teacher, student, small business owner, or aspiring designer. With step-by-step instructions, you’ll gain confidence in creating visuals that communicate effectively and look professional.
Take the first step toward becoming a Canva Hero—sign up now to transform your design skills!
Requirements:
- - All you need is a free Canva account. You can get a free trial from Canva here to get started.
Who this course is for:
- - Absolutely no previous Canva experience is required.
- - This course is designed for newcomers to Canva and design in general, so no prior design experience is necessary.
- - This is a relaxed, well-paced introduction, perfect for producing a wide range of projects. Only basic computer skills are necessary - if you can send emails and surf the internet, you're more than capable of mastering this course.
What you'll learn:
- - Creating Designs in Canva
- Working with Free & Paid Images in Canva
- How to Crop Photos in Canva
- How to Crop with Frames in Canva
- How to Name Your Canva Documents Right
- Uploading Your Own Images into Canva
- Where to Get Free Photos for Canva
- Understanding Workspaces
- Squares, Circles + Layers & Position
- How to Export a JPG & PNG from Canva
- Mixing Colors in Canva
- Design Styles & Color Palettes in Canva
- Working with Text & Fonts in Canva
- Adding Drop Shadows to Text in Canva
- Curving Text Around a Badge
- Group, Lock & Aligning Elements in Canva
- Creating Dotted & Arrowed Lines with Text
- Modifying Shapes in Canva
- Changing Color of Graphics & Collections
- Editing the Background Remover Tool
- AI Image Generator with Magic Media in Canva
- Mockups in Canva
- Testing & Posting on Your Phone for Instagram
- Editing Canva Designs on Your Phone
- Using Canva Template Logos
- MoodBoard WhiteBoard Brainstorm
- Using Markup Tools, Stickies, Comments & Sharing
- Logo Competitor Analysis in Canva
- Designing a Custom Logo in Canva
- Picking Fonts for Your Logo
- Choosing Logo Colors
- Using Gradients in Canva
- Understanding Brand Kits
- Light, Dark & Stacked Versions of Your Logo
- Working with a Word Style Doc in Canva
- Font Combinations & Pairing in Canva
- Changing Text Styles in Canva
- Styling Tables in Canva
- Designing Header Banners in Canva Docs
- Using Highlight Blocks, Dividers & Quotes in Canva Docs
- Presentation Templates & Styles in Canva
- Using Layouts in Presentations in Canva
- Page Transitions in Presentations
- Animating Pages & Page Elements
- Creating Charts in Canva
- Adding QR Codes in Canva
- Adjusting Images in Canva
- Darkening Images for Text Overlays
- Using Magic Eraser in Canva
- Magic Edit in Canva
- Magic Expand in Canva
- Trimming Video in Canva
- Applying Video Filters & Adjustments
- Animating Text & Changing Timing in Canva
- Changing Stickers & Adding Motion Effects
- Animating Photos in Canva
- Finding Free Videos for Canva
- Exporting Video for Social Media in Canva
Daniel Scott
Founder of Bring Your Own Laptop & Chief Instructor
I discovered the world of design as an art student when I stumbled upon a lab full of green & blue iMac G3’s. My initial curiosity around using the computer to create ‘art’ developed into a full-blown passion, eventually leading me to become a digital designer and founder of Bring Your Own Laptop.
Sharing and teaching are a huge part of who I am. As a certified Adobe instructor, I've had the honor of winning multiple Adobe teaching awards at their annual MAX conference. I see Bring Your Own Laptop as the supportive community I wished for when I was first starting out and intimidated by design. Through teaching, I hope to bring others along for the ride and empower my students to bring their stories, labors of love, and art into the world.
True to my Kiwi roots, I've lived in many places, and currently, I reside in Ireland with my wife and kids.
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Check out the How to earn your certificate video for instructions on how to earn yours and click the available certificate levels below for more information.
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Hello, my name is Dan Scott, and welcome to the Canva Design Essentials course. During the course, uh, you'll learn how to master all of the tools, but also I'll share all of the design fundamentals to enable you to create beautiful real world designs easily in camper. So, who am I? I'm Dan Scott. Uh, I've been a professional designer for about 17 years now. Uh, I've won multiple teaching awards and my both in-person and online courses have been attended by more than a million people.
Just like you. You'll be given a brief to create, uh, design work for your own unique store, along with lots of class projects that you can create all sorts of designs and graphics to bring your brand to life. We'll start easy and fun with a series of social media posts working on images, color type and graphics. You'll learn how to use all of canva's new fancy AI tools like the one click background remover and image generator. You'll develop a professional logo for your company working through all of the tools, techniques, and shortcuts designers use to pick a design color and type for your logo, your master text heavy documents using canva's doc feature, utilizing things like styles and tables. Presentations will come a breeze.
Whether you are customizing templates or building something from scratch. You'll learn how to make consistent eye-catching presentations, using layouts, charts, and type animations. You'll bring your work to life with video editing and animation in Canva. I'll share all the tricks of the trade. Now, this course is aimed at people who are new to Canva and maybe new to design in general. Uh, whether you are doing work for yourself or your client, your school doesn't matter.
We're gonna start right at the beginning and work our way through step by step. Alright, it is time. Uh, don't miss out. Sign up and go from Canva. Zero to Canva. Hero.
I hope he takes better care of us than he does that plant back there. I know. Look at it. I'm sorry. Plant. Talking to them helps, right?
Actually watering them probably is better. I'm gonna go water the plant. You sign up for the course. I'll see you inside.
Just like you. You'll be given a brief to create, uh, design work for your own unique store, along with lots of class projects that you can create all sorts of designs and graphics to bring your brand to life. We'll start easy and fun with a series of social media posts working on images, color type and graphics. You'll learn how to use all of canva's new fancy AI tools like the one click background remover and image generator. You'll develop a professional logo for your company working through all of the tools, techniques, and shortcuts designers use to pick a design color and type for your logo, your master text heavy documents using canva's doc feature, utilizing things like styles and tables. Presentations will come a breeze.
Whether you are customizing templates or building something from scratch. You'll learn how to make consistent eye-catching presentations, using layouts, charts, and type animations. You'll bring your work to life with video editing and animation in Canva. I'll share all the tricks of the trade. Now, this course is aimed at people who are new to Canva and maybe new to design in general. Uh, whether you are doing work for yourself or your client, your school doesn't matter.
We're gonna start right at the beginning and work our way through step by step. Alright, it is time. Uh, don't miss out. Sign up and go from Canva. Zero to Canva. Hero.
I hope he takes better care of us than he does that plant back there. I know. Look at it. I'm sorry. Plant. Talking to them helps, right?
Actually watering them probably is better. I'm gonna go water the plant. You sign up for the course. I'll see you inside.
