Author:
Aisyah Saad Abdul Rahim
Subject:
Graphic Arts, Educational Technology, Higher Education
Material Type:
Full Course, Module
Level:
High School, Community College / Lower Division, College / Upper Division, Graduate / Professional, Career / Technical, Adult Education
Tags:
  • 21st Century
  • Canva
  • Continuous Professional Deveiopment
  • Cpd
  • Creativity and Innovation
  • Design
  • Educators Resource
  • Graphic Design
  • Higher and Further Education
  • Instagram
  • Iowa K-12 E-Curriculum
  • Presentation
  • Presentation Design
  • Presentation Tips
  • Professional Learning
  • Skills Development
  • Slide Design
  • Social Media
  • Templates
  • Tips and Tricks
  • Video Lesson
  • Visual Literacy
  • iowa-k-12-e-curriculum
  • License:
    Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike
    Language:
    English
    Media Formats:
    Video

    How To Canva: Tips and Tricks

    How To Canva: Tips and Tricks

    Overview

    How to Canva: Tips and Tricks is an online introductory course on Canva. It is designed as open educational resources for educators and all. In this course, you will learn how to customise text, text effects, colours, photos, videos and elements plus pro tips and Ideas for Creative uses of Elements, Keywords and Styles. The videos are concise, purposeful and delivered in easy-to-follow lessons that progressively build one's skills over time. By the end of this course, you will be able to create an attractive Instagram post. Click on View Resource and let's get started!

    How To Canva: Tips and Tricks - Lessons#1-7

    An Open Educational Resource for Educators, Students and All

    with Associate Professor Dr. Aisyah Saad Abdul Rahim.

    About this Course (8 videos, total length: ~55 minutes)

    Welcome to How to Canva - Tips and Tricks!

    Canva is a popular, 21st century graphic design platform that is so easy to use! Many are using Canva to create presentations, social media posts, videos and a lot more. 

    In this course, I'll be sharing some tips and tricks using Canva. This introductory course is for educators, professionals, students and for those who probably have used a presentation app before e.g. PowerPoint, and want to start using Canva.

    We will have a quick tour of Canva before we get on to creating a media post. Follow me step-by-step in creating an Instagram media post where you will discover how easy to use Canva. So we'll start from one of its many beautiful and modern templates, customising the templates with text, colours, background music and various effects.

    How to Canva videos are concise, purposeful and delivered in easy-to-follow lessons. These microlessons are designed in a progressive manner, building a micro-skill at a time towards completing a mini-assignment (please see the end of this course). 

    What will I gain from this course?

    In this course, you will learn the following topics:

    • A Quick Tour of Canva
    • Customising text, text effects and colours
    • Searching and Adding Elements, Photos and Videos
    • Customising Images with Effects
    • Pro Tips and Ideas for Creative uses of Elements, Keywords and Styles. 

    By the end of this course, you will be able to create an attractive Instagram post in Canva.

    ---o---

    If you have any questions about this course, you post the questions in the comments section at the bottom of this page or message me on Facebook @draisyahsaad or email me: aisyahsaad@uitm.edu.my

    Course author: Aisyah Saad Abdul Rahim. 

    Attribution: How To Canva: Tips and Tricks © 2021 by Aisyah Saad Abdul Rahim is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International 

    This course content is offered under a CC attribution Links to an external site license. Content in this course can be considered under this license unless otherwise noted.

    How To Canva | Section One: Lessons#1-7

    Created as concise step-by-step videos, Lessons#1-7 let you gradually familiarise yourself with the dashboard and tools in Canva. Let's get started with the course overview:

    Lesson #1 Course Introduction

    Take a look at this video for an overview of the course, How to Canva: Tips and Tricks.

    Lesson#1 Course Introduction

    Lesson #2 Canva Quick Tour

    A quick tour around Canva Dashboard (with a tip for educators) before we start creating a post in Lesson#3.

    Lesson#2 A Quick Tour of Canva

     

    Lesson #3 Let's create an Instagram post in Canva

    In this video, we will start creating an Instagram post and customise a template, text and colours. Watch the step-by-step video:

    Lesson#3 Let's create an Instagram post

     

    Take a five: A inspirational quote before going on to Lesson#4:

    Work like you never need the money

     

    Lesson #4 Refining the Design - Text Effects and Elements

    Now you have the post ready with appropriate text, let's refine the design further using the text effects and adding in some elements from Canva Elements menu. Watch the video to learn how can we refine the design:

    Lesson#4 Refining the Design

     

    Lesson #5 Adding Animations, Text Templates and Background Music 

    You can now make your Instagram post more interesting by making the elements animated and coupled it with a background music. 

    Using the first post as the base design, we are going to create a second post using a text template. Watch how I do it in the following video:

    Lesson #5 Adding Animations, Text Templates and Background Music 

     

    Lesson #6 Adding Photos, Video and Other Interesting Stuff in Canva

    In addition to text, elements (illustrations, icons) and music, you can also add photos and videos in Instagram posts. And there are also other interesting stuff in Canva for example, searching for similar elements and tips on staying organised. Watch the video to learn more:

    Lesson #6 Adding Photos, Video and Other Interesting Stuff in Canva

     

    Lesson #7 Part 1: Enrich your resources, expand possibilites - Canva integration with other apps / platforms

    Canva integration with other apps / platforms e.g. Facebook, Instagram, Pixabay mades it more versatile and customisable for your own work. In this video, I share how you can integrate Canva with other platforms - that will enrich your resources and expand the many ways you can share your media / posts:

    Lesson#7 Part 1: Integrate Canva with other platforms

     

    What's next? In Section Two, you will learn the multiple formats you can download from Canva, and the assignment.

    ---o---

    Attribution: How To Canva: Tips and Tricks © 2021 by Aisyah Saad Abdul Rahim is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International 

    This course content is offered under a CC attribution Links to an external site license. Content in this course can be considered under this license unless otherwise noted.

    How To Canva | Section Two: Download Your Design & Assignment

    In this Section, we will go over a number of ways that you can download your design created in Section One. 

    Lesson#7 Part 2: Download Your Design in Multiple Ways

    Watch the video to learn how to download your design in several ways including as a PowerPoint file (PPTX).

    Lesson#7 Part 2: Multiple Ways to Download a Canva design

     

    *The Assignment*

    We have come to the end fo the course. It's time to apply those micro-skills!

    For the assignment, you will:

    1. create a post/media in Canva (or any other format e.g. an Insta story, a quote, presentation slides, a video, GIF)

    2. download and share it on your social media platform(s).

    An example is shown below:

    Creativity having fun

    If you have come to this point, congrats! Give yourself a pat at the back, keep honing those skills.

    Lastly, thank you for taking this course and feel free to share this open educational resource with your friends and colleagues.

    p/s If you would like some feedback on your design, post it on Facebook and tag me @draisyahsaad. 

     

    Additional Resources on CANVA

    • Beautiful Presentation Templates that I love

    I went through almost all presentation templates in Canva. In the following video, I share some presentation templates that I love:

    Beautiful Canva presentation templates
    • Animated Elements for Your Presentations 

    Canva offers a number of animated shapes (for free) in its Elements menu. In this video, learn how I search and use them to create attractive title slides:

    Animated Title Slides in Canva
    • Magic Shortcuts for Presenters

    When you are presenting on Canva, you can head to Magic Shortcuts where there are a number of cool features like drumrolls, timers and confetti to make your presentation more interesting. Check out the video below:

    Magic Shortcuts for Presenters in CANVA

     

    If you would like to explore further, there are additional videos and links included in the Resources section. 

     

    ---o---

    Attribution: How To Canva: Tips and Tricks © 2021 by Aisyah Saad Abdul Rahim is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International 

    This course content is offered under a CC attribution Links to an external site license. Content in this course can be considered under this license unless otherwise noted.