Canva 1 Day Training Course

Canva is an easy graphic design for people who aren't graphic designers.

Canva is used mainly to make social media posts look professional. It has a huge variety of stock images and templates to use. You can publish your designs straight to Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, and create presentations and video.

This one-day course has been designed for beginners to get to grips with Canva, and covers creating a brand kit and publishing or downloading your designs.

Course Overview

Prices

  • Standard Price

    £300*

  • Public Sector Price

    £250*

  • Charity Price

    £200*

  • *Per person, excluding VAT

  • Duration

    1 day

  • Class size

    8 approx.

  • Location

    Interactive online sessions delivered via Zoom. The link is sent to you after booking.

    Online

  • Requirements

    Learners will need to set up an account in Canva before the session. You do not need any prior experience of using Canva.

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Course Overview

Requirements

There are two versions of Canva – paid (pro) and free. This course can be attended by people who have either account. While Canva can be accessed on both desktop and mobile, for this course learners will need to access it on desktop as this has all features available.

Learners must set up their account before the session begins.

What you will learn

By the end of these sessions, you will be able to:

  • Set up a brand kit in Canva
  • Create designs such as a Facebook post or an Instagram post (both from scratch and using templates)
  • Understand how to download or publish your designs (e.g. to Facebook or Twitter)

Course timetable

Session 1

  • Introduction: 
    • What is Canva?
    • Accessing Canva
    • Canva versions
    • Navigating the home screen.
  • Getting Started (Basics): 
    • Create a design from a template
    • Create a design with custom dimensions
    • The editor – parts of the screen, naming your design, saving in Canva, Undo/Redo, Templates, Contextual Menus, Zooming (Fit & Fill, Full screen)
  • Taking it Further:
    • Photos – stock photos and personal photos
    • Editing your image (basic)
    • The colour picker
    • Using elements (including animated elements)
    • Adding text to a design (including styles)
    • Adding music
    • Using video
    • Uploading your own content (e.g. a logo or image).

Session 2

  • Creating a Brand Kit:
    • Create a colour palette
    • Delete a palette
    • Upload a brand logo and brand fonts (pro version)
  • Publishing Your Design:
    • Send straight to Facebook, Twitter etc
    • Downloading your designs
    • Printing your designs.
  • Page Management:
    • Adding, deleting and copying a page
    • Adding page titles
    • Moving through pages

Session 3

  • File Management in Canva (Using Folders): 
    • Create a folder
    • Add files to a folder
    • Rename a folder
    • Share a folder
    • Delete a folder
    • Using stars 
  • Create a Presentation:
    • Create either a mobile first or a traditional presentation
    • Using presentation templates
    • Add timings
    • Add notes
    • Animate elements
    • Keyboard shortcuts during presentations
  • Working Collaboratively:
    • Using comments & notes (add/edit/reply/delete etc.)
    • Create a team

Related courses

If you want to deep-dive into Canva's features, take a look at these courses:

  • Canva Infographics — Learn how to create striking and engaging graphics to display information clearly in a visual way, in this 90 minute course.
  • Canva Whiteboard — With the demise of Jamboard, you may be looking for an alternative, and we recommend using Canva Whiteboard. Find out how to use it and the possibilities for your brainstorming and training sessions in this 2 hour workshop.

Group Learning Events

If you have three or more learners, a private group course could be cheaper.

We can tailor the content to your team, and host the training remotely, at your workplace or here at Happy's HQ in Aldgate, Central London.

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What's it like to learn online with Happy?

In this short video, Rachael explains how Happy makes our Live Online Learning IT programmes just as interactive and engaging as our classroom sessions.

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See our available public course dates below, or contact us for bespoke options.

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There are currently no upcoming public course dates available. Please email our team on hello@happy.co.uk and register your interest for this course. We'll let you know as soon as a date is available.

Not sure if this course is right for you? Call us:

020 7375 7300

Why learn online with Happy?

  • Interactive and engaging - just like our classroom sessions
  • Bitesize or full-day sessions - fit around your schedule
  • Learn from home - all you need is a quiet place to call from and an internet connection
  • IT Helpline - 2 years of free support after your course
  • No quibble money-back guarantee

The Small Print

For Live Online Interactive Learning sessions (webinars)

The course will run remotely for a half-day consisting of two 90-minute live online sessions with independent work in between. 

All learners will need to either install Zoom on their machines or use the Web App in a browser (either Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge are supported). Your link will be included in your joining instructions once you have booked your place — if you haven't received this email then please contact our team.

Learners should log into the training session 10 minutes before the start time to ensure that they have downloaded and set up Zoom correctly. The course will start precisely on time and it may not be possible to go back over material missed by late arrivals.

Your active participation is expected: everyone will be heard and seen throughout, just as they would be if we were in a room together. To be heard, hear and seen you will need a microphone, speakers and camera – if you have a modern laptop that’s all you will need. Remember, you’ll need a quiet place to call from and a decent internet connection is a must.

Please ensure you read our Terms and Conditions before booking for our payment terms and cancellation policy.

For classroom sessions

The course will run from 10am to 1pm. Please be careful to arrive by 9.45am for registration and refreshments. The course will start precisely on time and it may not be possible to go back over material missed by late arrivals. If you arrive over 30 minutes late you may be asked to leave and attend another day.

Please ensure you read our Terms and Conditions before booking for our payment terms and cancellation policy.

Mac Users

If you are a Mac user, please let us know when booking. If the course is held in the classroom at Happy, the training is held on PCs so we recommend that you bring your Macbook with you (we are not able to provide an additional monitor). For online training, please let us know when booking and you can use your Mac as normal. We provide a PDF with shortcuts for Mac users and your trainer will refer to this throughout the training.

The happy Guarantee

We want everyone to go away from our courses feeling as though they have learnt useful, practical skills that they can use straight away when they go back to work.

If you don’t feel that your training has been useful or if you are unhappy in any way, please get in touch with our Customer Services team within 30 days of the course. We will be happy to offer you additional support and training free of charge to help you to gain the skills you need, or if you’d prefer, a full refund.

If you have any questions or concerns, or would like to arrange some online training, our friendly team are available Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. You can leave a message on 020 7375 7300 or email us at hello@happy.co.uk.

 

Your post-course support package

  • Included in the price of both online and classroom programmes
  • 2 years of free access to our IT Helpline
  • Unlimited access - call or email our team as often as you need
  • Ask about any content covered on your course