Canva: An Amazing Graphic Design Tool for Everyone

A BEGINNER-FRIENDLY TUTORIAL BY ANNA TERMULO

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WHAT IS

CANVA HomeWorks with Anna | annatermulo.wordpress.com 2

EASIEST DESIGN PROGRAM

- THE WEBBYS

ENABLES ANYONE TO

BECOME A DESIGNER

- PSFK

LET’S EXPLORE

CANVA!

HOW TO GET STARTED?

GO TO CANVAWEBSITE: www.canva.com

YOU CAN SIGN UP BY CONNECTING TO FACEBOOK OR GOOGLE

OR BY TYPING YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS AND PASSWORD

CLICK “SIGN UP”

SELECT WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO USE CANVA FOR

THEN CHECK YOUR EMAIL TO CONFIRM YOUR ACCOUNT

CLICK “CONFIRM MY ACCOUNT”

THEN YOU WILL NOW BE DIRECTED TO YOUR HOME PAGE

THE BEGINNER’S CHALLENGE: HOW TO SELECT AND

CHANGE COLOR

LEARN WHERE TO FIND TOOLS TO DESIGN YOUR ARTWORK

FIRST CHALLENGE IS TO CHANGE THE COLOR OF THE CIRCLE TO YOUR FAVORITE COLOR

CLICK ON THE CIRCLE AND THE OPTIONS AND COLOR TOOL WILL APPEAR

CLICK THE COLOR PICKER

AND THEN SELECT THE COLOR YOU WISH TO USE

THE BEGINNER’S CHALLENGE: HOW TO SELECT AND INSERT IMAGE TO YOUR ARTWORK

USING THE “SEARCH TOOL” TYPE THE WORD OF THE PHOTO YOU ARE LOOKING FOR

THERE FREE PHOTOS AND THERE ARE PHOTOS THAT ARE FOR SALE

SELECT AND DRAG THE PHOTO YOU LIKE TO USE

AND PLACE OR ADJUST ITS SIZE OR POSITION

YOU CAN ROTATE THE PHOTO

AND ADJUST THE SIZE

USE THE SAME INSTRUCTIONS TO ADD PHOTO FOR THIS FRAME

THERE FREE PHOTOS AND THERE ARE PHOTOS THAT ARE FOR SALE

PHOTOS THAT ARE FOR SALE HAVE WATERMARK

IT ONLY COSTS $1

PAYMENT WILL BE ONLINE UPON YOUR PUBLICATION

THE BEGINNER’S CHALLENGE: HOW TO ADD BACKGROUND

TO YOUR ARTWORK

CLICK THE BACKGROUND TOOL FROM THE TOOL BOX

THERE ARE FREE BACKGROUNDS AND THERE ARE FOR SALE

SELECT THE COLOR OR PATTERNED BACKGROUND YOU LIKE

5 THE BEGINNER’S CHALLENGE:

HOW TO UPLOAD PHOTOS AND LAYOUT

CLICK “LAYOUTS” FROM THE TOOLBOX

SELECT THE LAYOUT YOU LIKE TO USE

THEN CLICK “SELECT YOUR OWN IMAGES”

THEN CLICK “UPLOAD YOUR OWN IMAGES”

YOU CAN ALSO SIMPLY DRAG YOUR PHOTOS

SELECT AND DRAG YOUR PHOTOS TO THE LAYOUT AND ADJUST

YOU CAN FILTER, CROP, COPY, BRING FORWARD, BACKWARD AND MORE FROM THIS DROPDOWN

6 EXPLORING THE MENU PAGES

OF CANVA

FROM YOUR HOMEPAGE…

YOU WILL SEE THIS MENU PANEL

THIS PANEL SHOWS THE PAGE YOU HAVE SELECTED FROM THE MENU PANEL

THIS BUTTON LEADS YOU TO YOUR DESIGNS

YOUR DESIGNS

THIS BUTTON WILL SHOWS THE ARTWORKS THAT WAS SHARED WITH YOU

THIS BUTTON IS FOR YOU TO CHECK YOUR NOTIFICATIONS

THIS “LEARN TO DESIGN” BUTTON WILL DIRECT YOU TO A NEW PAGE…

THE CANVA DESIGN SCHOOL

WHEN YOU SELECTED “GET DESIGN INSPIRATION”…

YOU WILL BE DIRECTED TO CANVA’S DESIGN STREAM

6 HOW TO MANAGE YOUR ACCOUNT WITH CANVA?

DROPDOWN THIS ARROW

YOU CAN EDIT YOUR SETTINGS…

VIEW YOUR PROFILE…

ADD A NEW ACCOUNT TEAM…

AND SIGN-OUT…

7 HOW TO EDIT YOUR ACCOUNT INFO?

CLICK “SETTINGS”

AND CHOOSE THE INFO YOU WANT TO EDIT

AN EMAIL WILL BE SENT TO YOU TO CONFIRM YOUR CHANGES

8 HOW TO VIEW AND EDIT YOUR

PROFILE?

CLICK “VIEW PROFILE”

SELECT “EDIT INFO”

FILL THE REQUIRED FIELDS

THEN CLICK “SAVE CHANGES”

9 HOW TO CREATE A NEW

DESIGN?

SELECT TEMPLATES FROM THIS PANEL

OR CUSTOM DIMENSIONS

JUST BROWSE AND SELECT THE TEMPLATE DIMENSIONS YOU LIKE

THEN YOU CAN NOW DESIGN

9 HOW TO PUBLISH YOUR

DESIGN?

YOU CAN CHOOSE ACTIONS FROM THESE BUTTONS

YOU CAN SHARE IT TO YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS…

YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT WITH THE FORMAT YOU WANT

AND YOU CAN MAKE IT PUBLIC SO OTHER DESIGNERS CAN SEE IT ON THE DESIGN STREAM

THAT’S ALL FOR NOW. J

HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM THIS HOMEWORK?

NOW APPLY WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED & START YOUR OWN.

REMEMBER:

“YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE GREAT TO START, BUT YOU HAVE TO

START TO BE GREAT.”

- ZIG ZAGLER

LET’S DO IT!

LET’S CONNECT! VISIT: annatermulo.wordpress.com

THANKS!

Canva: An Amazing Graphic Design Tool for Everyone

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