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Getting Started
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Project 1 - Social Post Design
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Images & Photos Level 1
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Color - Level 1
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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
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Color - Level 2
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Project 3 - Proposal Document
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Typography - Level 2
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Project 4 - Presentation
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Project 5 - Poster
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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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Your Canva Design Brief
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Getting Started
10:21
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Project 1 - Social Post Design
3:51
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Images & Photos Level 1
49:48
SECTION: 4
Color - Level 1
13:18
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Typography - Level 1
24:04
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Graphic & Shapes
28:50
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Magic Studio - Level 1
26:48
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Working with your Phone
14:37
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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
18:00
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Project 6 - Video & Animation
37:30
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What Next
15:33
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Course info
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.
Certificates
We’re awarding certificates for this course!
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.
Downloads & Exercise files
Transcript
Alright. Hey, in this video I'm gonna give you a brief for the course. Uh, everyone's gonna get something unique, that's why it's called the Random Project Generator, but it's all gonna be very similar so that you'll get a new client, okay? And you'll get a different animal. You'll, you'll see why in a second. Um, but you'll be able to then to work on all the class projects and build something unique for you, for your portfolio so that when you do submit your class projects or include this in your portfolio, everyone's doesn't look the same.
The first thing is go to random project generator.com, something that me and the team made. Okay? Find Canva, design Essentials. Click on that. Enter your current city or town. Okay?
Here, generate my project. And this is the brief. Uh, I ended up with Fox, camping and outdoor. Yours will be a different animal and a different, uh, business here. Okay? If you, there's a retry button down the bottom.
Don't use it, especially, don't use it more than three times, okay? And you'll get a different combination of things and stick with the one you get clicking the button until you find something you already know. I don't know. It's not gonna push you as a designer. Everyone's brief is basically the same though. So basically you've been hired as the do it all marketer, designer for this company, okay?
So it's an old, you know, 30 years of history in your city and it's been taken over by the daughter who has got a million ideas. Once you do a million projects all at once, it's really common for like, it was one of my first jobs. If you are, um, make, you know, using the learning Canva for your own business, you are gonna have a million different jobs to do. So it's gonna kind of, uh, look after a lot of different use cases of Canva. If you're a student, if you're a teacher, there is so much you end up doing in Canva. So this is a nice, good overall brief.
So, um, she is gonna make you do a whole bunch of things through this course. So be prepared for a whirlwind of creativity. So have a read through it, download it as a p and g here so that you've got it, or copy and paste it out and get ready for the course. Don't hit read, try three times. I warned you.
The first thing is go to random project generator.com, something that me and the team made. Okay? Find Canva, design Essentials. Click on that. Enter your current city or town. Okay?
Here, generate my project. And this is the brief. Uh, I ended up with Fox, camping and outdoor. Yours will be a different animal and a different, uh, business here. Okay? If you, there's a retry button down the bottom.
Don't use it, especially, don't use it more than three times, okay? And you'll get a different combination of things and stick with the one you get clicking the button until you find something you already know. I don't know. It's not gonna push you as a designer. Everyone's brief is basically the same though. So basically you've been hired as the do it all marketer, designer for this company, okay?
So it's an old, you know, 30 years of history in your city and it's been taken over by the daughter who has got a million ideas. Once you do a million projects all at once, it's really common for like, it was one of my first jobs. If you are, um, make, you know, using the learning Canva for your own business, you are gonna have a million different jobs to do. So it's gonna kind of, uh, look after a lot of different use cases of Canva. If you're a student, if you're a teacher, there is so much you end up doing in Canva. So this is a nice, good overall brief.
So, um, she is gonna make you do a whole bunch of things through this course. So be prepared for a whirlwind of creativity. So have a read through it, download it as a p and g here so that you've got it, or copy and paste it out and get ready for the course. Don't hit read, try three times. I warned you.
