About Course

Graphic Design Foundations with Canva teaches you how to make clean, good-looking designs for work or for your own small business. Ayesha Patel, our UX and Graphic Design Tutor, shows you layout, colour, type and spacing in short, practical lessons.

You will design social media posts, a simple logo and a one-page flyer, all in Canva. Learn at your own pace, share your work for feedback and finish with a small portfolio you can send to clients or employers.

What Will You Learn?

  • Practice your new skills with short tasks and worked examples
  • Share your work and get feedback from your tutor
  • Get friendly and fast support in the course Q&A
  • Download lesson notes, templates and files for every project

Course Content

Introduction To Graphic Design
A short summary of what this topic covers, so you know what to expect before you start. Work through each lesson in order and finish the quiz at the end of the topic.

  • Hello & Welcome
    02:53
  • Course Overview and Roadmap
    02:53
  • Areas of Graphic Design To Explore
    02:53
  • Spacing Alignment & Color
    04:05
  • Adding text in Canva designs
    02:53
  • Choosing fonts and colours
    12:11
  • Steps to a Graphic Design Career
    00:00
  • Quiz – Graphic Design Foundations with Canva

Visual Communication Fundamentals

Building Clean Layouts

Starting Out As a Freelance Designer

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