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This eBook serves as a beginner's guide to using Canva for designing professional content, particularly for social media. It covers essential features such as using templates, searching for media, and personalizing designs, while also providing tips for effective design. The author emphasizes the importance of Canva in maintaining a cohesive brand presence and encourages readers to start creating their own content.

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JJC History

This eBook serves as a beginner's guide to using Canva for designing professional content, particularly for social media. It covers essential features such as using templates, searching for media, and personalizing designs, while also providing tips for effective design. The author emphasizes the importance of Canva in maintaining a cohesive brand presence and encourages readers to start creating their own content.

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A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO NAVIGATING

CANVA
LIKE
A PRO
BY ASH THOMPSON

Start designing professional content for


your brand's social media today.
This eBook is dedicated to my family.
Never stop designing a life that you love.
I love ya'll.
A Beginner's Guide A. Thompson

Table of Contents

Why I use Canva Everyday


A note to the readers.

Use Templates to Get Started 5


No need to recreate the wheel. Choose a
template and start playing.

Your New Favorite Feature 8


Not sure if I use Canva Search more or
Google's, at this point,

Personalize it With Media 12


No one can tell your story like you. Add
your personal touch by including pics from
your brand.

Save Your Designs 13


Save them forever. We'll circle in a future
lesson on how to create evergreen content.
An Intro to Canva A. Thompson

A Note for the Reader

Why I Use Canva


Everyday
Canva is a simplified design As a digital content creator, I
tool for creating and spend a lot of time
editing marketing connecting with my online
collateral and content for communities, via YouTube,
your brand and/or IG, Tik Tok and several
company’s advertising others. Canva Pro will help
needs. I use Canva you design a Brand Kit to
everyday as an maintain a uniformed look
entrepreneur to design for your social media
YouTube thumbnails, presence.
create Ebooks for Online
Course Learning, to As you become more
advertise for my services familiar with Canva Pro,
and so much more. you'll begin to explore
making videos, creating
I'm an entrepreneur three thumbnails, and even
times over. I run a designing formal
community-based media documents yourself. The
company with a college possibilities are endless.
friend. Here I've used Canva
to keep our online portfolio Just get started, friend. I'll be
up to date and to self- here to help.
publish our first book.

.
An Intro to Canva A. Thompson

Lesson 1

Using Templates
to Get Started
So you've created a Canva account because you heard that
it's easy to use, right? Now what? Follow these easy steps to
begin designing your own social media posts.

If you are a new user, Canva has a Wizard Prompt that will
ask you to search Canva for the type of design that you want
to create, such as an Instagram post, Poster or Magazine
Cover.

Once you select your template design, Canva will offer you a
few quick tips to customizing your template. Don't skip
these! These prompts show you where the important
features live in the editor.

Pro Tip: If you are creating an animated Instagram post, be sure to


select the specific graphic for Instagram only. Size matters on these
platforms!

4
An Intro to Canva A. Thompson

Lesson 1 (continued)

There's a template for every design idea you may have!


5
An Intro to Canva A. Thompson

Lesson 1 (continued)

Tips to Improve your overall


design look:

Limit your colors to


enhance the clarity of
your design. (A good
color palette for your
brand will typically
range from 3 to 6 colors.)

Avoid clutter by limiting


the number of elements
that you include on each
page.

Use icons instead of text


to cut down on the
amount of reading text
for the target audience.

6
An Intro to Canva A. Thompson

Lesson 2

Your New
Favorite Feature
Search Videos: Canva has a library filled with suitable stock
video for all occasions. You can use the Video feature to
search for videos of people, places or things that align with
your design concept.

7
An Intro to Canva A. Thompson

Lesson 2 (continued)
Search Photos: Canva has a huge library
filled with relevant stock images. You
can use the photos feature to filter Elements
images of people, places or things that
align with your brand.

8
An Intro to Canva A. Thompson

Lesson 2 (continued)
Search Templates: Canva has
designed a template for your
brand’s specific design concept.
Elements
Use the search bar to find the right
design for you. Start your business
Pro Tip: Some icon
off right by creating a logo, then use
colors can be
the logo to create your business
customized to your
cards and web content. brand colors.

10
An Intro to Canva A. Thompson

Lesson 2 (continued)
Search Stickers (under Elements)
tab: Canva has some many design
elements to add to each design. Elements
You can search animated stickers
by adding the word "stickers" after
your keyword under the Stickers
tab. See example below.

11
An Intro to Canva A. Thompson

Lesson 3

Uploading Media Uploads

1. To use your own photos and videos, select the


Uploads tab of the left side of the Canva Design
that you are editing.
2. Select the option to Upload media.
3. Choose an image or video file from your local
computer files or Desktop.
4. Click Open.
5. Place photos in the template by dragging the
media that you uploaded to the designated spot.

Search Uploads: You can use Canva to store your media files to use in
your brand’s messaging. Organize your files by creating Folders in
your Canva account.
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An Intro to Canva A. Thompson

Lesson 4

Save Designs to
Publish Uploads

1. To use your own photos and videos, select the


Uploads tab of the left side of the Canva Design
that you are editing.
2. Select the option to Upload media.
3. Choose an image or video file from your local
computer files or Desktop.
4. Click Open.
5. Place photos in the template by dragging the
media that you uploaded to the designated spot.

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COMING SOON TO THE

Resource Bank

COLLABORATE WITH A DESIGN THUMBNAILS CREATE PODCAST


TEAM FOR VIDEOS ARTWORK

CREATE STICKERS FOR CREATE EBOOKS AND EDIT ONLINE COURSES


YOUR VIDEOS MARKETING
LITERATURE

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community on
Mighty Networks!
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