Canva 101


Goals:

  • Register for Canva

  • Use photo editing tools

  • Design an item to share with group

What can you do with Canva?

Organizers

Certificates

I can's

Posters

Icons

Badges

Illustration for lesson

Cards

Branding

Banners

Templates are included for your design creation:

  • website design

  • planners

  • bookmarks

  • invitations

  • brochures

  • newsletters

  • stickers

  • and more . . .

Or grab someone else's work to use as a template:

Getting Started

Remove all the backgrounds

Add some color to the background

Background color & some filters

Dress it up!

Add text and some other enhancements!

Create your own card!

Pick a topic for your card:

Here are some corny ideas to get you started ;)

  • DONUT worry. You are doing a great job!

  • You are one smart COOKIE

  • It's o-FISH-al! You are amazing.

  • There's MUFFIN better than having you on my team.

  • OWL miss you

  • The world needs your LIGHT. Keep shining.

  • I TOAD-ally love what you did there.

Add a background

  • Click somewhere in the background space to change colors.

    • Then click on the button below. It's near the top, left of center.

  • Add a picture to the background and then change the following using the menu above.

    • size of the pix by grabbing a corner

    • color scheme using the FILTER

    • use a section of the picture using CROP

    • remove the background in EFFECTS

    • transparency with the checkerboard icon

Add some text and clipart

Use the left side menu for this section to add

  • Some pre-made TEXT

  • Another photo or some clipart (ELEMENTS)

Download to use

  • download as a PNG OR

  • The PDF option works well for handouts

Don't stop now!

Make something else while it's fresh on your mind

  • See suggestions below

OR Click on the Create a Design button

Choose the option from the dropdown menu that best fits what you want to accomplish.

Greeting Card

Poster for an upcoming event

Certificates/Awards

Schedule

Email signature

Personalized Slide Background

An insert to enhance a lesson

Share your work and make sure you get credit for attending!

Extra -- Walk through of Great Horned Owl Graphic Organizer

Choose a template from Create a Design

  • I'm using the letter size

Modify the size if needed

  • I'm going to change my size to landscape using the resize feature

  • Since it's a blank document, I'm just going to resize (no need to copy and resize)

Create the background

  • Chose a picture of an owl with a solid background on Canva

  • Since I wanted it in the background, I used the transparency tool to lighten it.

  • It didn't cover the whole page, so I used a color suggested by the photo in the background colors

Add places for information

  • I used the ELEMENT menu for these boxes, but some would only expand in one direction. I could rotate them, but they kept the same dimensions. I ended up ditching some of them. This trial and error method made making the design a little longer.

Step 5: Download to use

  • download as a PNG OR

  • The PDF option works well for handouts