Canva Foundations: Smart Design for Marketing and Branding – 1 Day
1 Day | Class-based
This course qualifies for 6 hours of CPD Credit
Canva Foundations is a hands-on training course designed for professionals, entrepreneurs, and business owners who want to confidently use Canva to create impactful marketing materials and build consistent brand visuals. Through a step-by-step approach, participants will learn how to navigate Canva’s core tools, apply branding principles, and produce high-quality digital and print content that aligns with their business goals. No prior design experience is required—just a desire to strengthen your brand and marketing presence through smart, strategic design.
Course Content:
- Getting Started with Canva: Tools, Templates & Time-Saving Tips
Overview of Canva’s interface, navigation, account types, and how to find and customise templates efficiently. - Design Principles for Non-Designers
Covers key visual principles like alignment, contrast, hierarchy, colour theory, and whitespace to create polished marketing content. - Branding with Confidence: Logos, Colours & Consistency
Step-by-step setup of a Canva Brand Kit and how to apply brand assets consistently across materials. - Creating High-Impact Marketing Materials
How to design engaging content including social media posts, email banners, business cards and flyers. - Professional Workflows: Collaboration, Sharing & File Management
Covers team collaboration, version control, resizing for different platforms, and best practices for exporting files for digital or print use.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this Canva Foundations course, participants will be able to:
- Navigate the Canva platform efficiently and utilise key design features for professional results.
- Create visually compelling social media, email, and print assets for marketing campaigns.
- Apply branding principles consistently using brand kits, templates, and typography.
- Collaborate and share designs with teams or clients using Canva’s professional tools.
- Export and manage designs for multiple formats including web, print, and social media.
- Understand Canva templates, design elements, images, video and organising content.
Prerequisite: It is recommended that participants have a paid Canva account however a free account can be used. Please note the brand kit is a paid Canva feature.
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