what is canva? a beginner's tutorial
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What is Canva?
A Beginner’s Tutorial
CanvaLet’s you
create beautiful
designs and documents
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CanvaHas a
Dragand
drop feature
To create stunning graphics
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CanvaLet’s you
Choosefrom over a
millionstunning images
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Canvahas
customisable layouts
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CanvahasEasy
photo editing
feature
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Canvahasan
AUTO SAVE
feature
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Canva can create• Posters• Banners• Presentations• Flyers• Social graphics• And many
more
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Let’s get started!
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Open a web browser
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Search for Canva
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Click Google search
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Click on link
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Create an account
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Enter your
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Enter your
password
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Click
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You are now signed up!
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Click work
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Watch Quick guide video
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Canva home screen
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Choose a poster
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This is Canva’s work space
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Let’s explore Canva
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The Search button
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There are
TWO ways to
SEARCH
By category folder
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There are
TWO ways to
SEARCH
By keyword search
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SEARCH
Elements
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Searchfor
Elements
•Grids• Frames
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Working with
GRIDSGrids hold images, allow resizing and manipulation of
images
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Grids
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Click on the upper
frame to edit
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Click the circle
to change grid colour
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Scroll down for more colours
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Click on a colour
to change background
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To delete, click on the
grid then press bin icon
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Working with
FRAMESFrames are more
artistic, creative way to hold images
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Frames
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Scroll down to select
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Drag every corner to resize
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Drag arrow to rotate
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Drag or upload a photo
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To add a photo, go to the search window
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Type " flower" in the search box
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Drag the photo to anywhere
to auto resize
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The photo was auto resized to fit the frame
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Uploading a photo
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Click “upload your own”
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Search for your photo in your computer
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Click location and filename
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Click “open”
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Image uploaded
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Canva will automatically fit the photo in the frame
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Searchfor
Elements • Shapes• Lines• Icons• Illustrations• Charts
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Working with
SHAPESShapes add texture,
depth and organisation
to your design
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Shapes
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Examples of shapes
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Working with
LINESLines add texture,
depth and organisation to your design
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Lines
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Examples of lines
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Illustrations are used as alternative to photos
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Example of an illustration
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Icons are used as
alternative to photos
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Example of an icon
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Working with
CHARTS
Charts are used for presenting data
in the form of a table, graph or diagram (Google
definition)
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Charts
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Examples of charts
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Same
tools and techniquesapply to
edit• Shapes• Lines• Icons• Illustrations• Charts
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Let's use a shape to
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Choose a shape
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Drag corners to adjust size
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Resize by dragging
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Drag curved arrow to rotate
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Shape rotated at 45°
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Edit shape
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Click copy to duplicate – copy will overlap the original
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Drag duplicate to edit
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Click bin to delete
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One shape left after deletion
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Click circle to change colour
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Pick a desired colour for the shape
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Scroll down for more colour options
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Click plus (+) to customise colour
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Click plus (+) to customise colour
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Click drop down arrow for more editing options
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Click to add a website link to the shape
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Click transparency to changedegree of visibility of the
shape
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Drag circle to change transparency
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Use
transparency when you want to
add textinside the shape
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reducing transparency will make the text
readable
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Searchfor
Text
Add text to deliver
compelling messages
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Choose a pre-defined text box
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Editing tools for the header design
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Editing tools for the font
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Choose font style, click arrows to browse
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Font styles, scroll up and down to browse
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Choose font size, click arrows to browse
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Font sizes, scroll up and down to
browse
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Choose font colour edit colours as per previous procedure for shape (slides 74-78)
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Click drop down arrow to change font convention
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Working with
Background Use a
background to provide a
backdrop for your design
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Choose a solid colour for a background
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Click plus (+) to customise background colour
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Background editing tools
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More background editing options
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Use a textured backgroundfor a more captivating design
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Use Canva photos as background
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Use Canva
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How to Edit
•Photos•Backgrounds
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Search for “flower”
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Click on desired “flower” photo
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Drag corners to resize
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Tools for photo editing
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Filter creates a special photo effect
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Filters are used for AUTO photo adjustments
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Click arrow for morefilter effect options
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Click advanced options to adjust more photo properties
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Photo properties
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Auto photoadjustment
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Using “Normal” effect
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At “Normal” most photo properties are set to zero (0)
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Using “Cali” effect
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At “Cali” photo properties are adjusted automatically
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Compare effectsNormal Cali
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Manual photoadjustment
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Start with “Normal” effect
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Drag locator to either left or right
to manually adjust any photo property to achieve desired effect
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Adjust “contrast” to 30
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Adjust “saturation” to 70
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Notice the “filter code” after adjustments
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Take note of the “filter code”
if you want to use the same photo effect for all your designs
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Cropto improve
framing and
accentuate subject matter
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Crop to choose the most prominent part of the photo
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Drag frame to locate part of the
photo that you want to keep
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Drag corners to resize
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Click check (√) to crop
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After cropping
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Share your design
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Share via Facebook, Twitter or email
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Download your design
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Download using different formats
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Click Options
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Choose pages to download
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Click to makeyour design public
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What are YOU waiting for?
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Sign up with Canva
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