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Canva Essentials Course

(4.98 out of 5) 4 Student Reviews

About the Course

Our one-day Canva Essentials course enables you to effortlessly generate impressive professional-grade with ease, even if you have no prior design experience. Learn how to use Canva's easy-to-use templates, simple drag-and-drop interface, and a huge bank of content. Master the skills to produce impactful marketing materials, engaging print and digital assets, compelling videos, and captivating social media content using Canva's all-in-one design platform.

Who should do this course?

Anyone who needs to use Canva to create documents such as advertisements, flyers, brochures or newsletters, but has little to no experience doing so, would be an ideal participant in this course.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this Canva Beginners course. However, students should have basic computer skills. To get the most value out of this course we also recommend that you have the Canva Pro subscription for use during the course.

Course Details

$495 incl GST

  • Duration:1 Days
  • Max. Class Size:10
  • Avg. Class Size:5
  • Study Mode:
    Classroom Online Live
  • Level:Beginner
  • CPD Hours:6 hours
  • Times: Classroom: 9.00am to 5.00pm approx(Local Time) Online Live: 9.00am to 5.00pm approx(AEST or AEDT)
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October 2026
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Course Units

Unit 1: Introduction to Canva

  • canva account setup
  • free vs pro overview
  • understanding canva homepage and navigation

Unit 2: Starting Your Design

  • create designs using quick start icons
  • create a design using the included templates
  • create a custom-sized design

Unit 3: Canva's Essential Editing Functions

  • working with templates in design tab
  • working with styles in design tab
  • working with elements tab
  • working with shapes
  • working with graphics and images
  • understanding typography
  • creating and editing text
  • using the text toolbar
  • creating qr codes
  • working with photos
  • uploading photos
  • editing photos
  • placing photos into frames and grids
  • arranging and positioning layers

Unit 4: Video & Audio

  • adding video to a timeline
  • adding audio to a timeline
  • adding transitions
  • adding text and graphics
  • adding graphics
  • animating text

Unit 5: Project Management and Settings

  • using the project panel
  • creating folders
  • organising your designs and images
  • understanding account settings

Unit 6: Sharing and Publishing

  • collaborating and sharing
  • creating public links
  • publishing to social media
  • downloading your design
  • understanding canva’s print services

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Student Testimonials

(5.0)
17 April, 2026

I went from zero knowledge, to "breaking in" to CANVA. I feel confident enough to work with CANVA and start creating my company website.

Stephen J
(4.9)
17 April, 2026

Thoroughly enjoyed it. Learnt so much

Alana B
(5.0)
06 February, 2026

Excellent course presentation covering a lot of content. This was exactly what I was looking for as I am a beginner using this program. The program is impressive with lots of options and graphics.

Kim C
(5.0)
06 February, 2026

great overview of Canva - valuable insights into applications that I wasn't aware - great starting point and it's a great added value you can join the class again of needed

Phil P
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