This hands-on workshop is perfect for small business owners and beginners who are new to Canva and want to create professional-looking designs. You’ll learn how to work with fonts, colours, images, and layouts while creating a simple design project. Canva’s intuitive drag-and-drop platform makes it easy to get started—no prior design experience required! The session focuses on practical skills, with step-by-step guidance, and feedback to help you refine your designs and identify common mistakes.

Course Outline:

• Introduction to Canva and key features
• Working with fonts, colours, and layouts
• Using images, backgrounds, and elements
• Simple branding tips for consistency
• Hands-on practice: Creating a complete design
• Identifying and correcting common design mistakes

Learning Outcomes:

• Navigate Canva with confidence
• Create simple and professional-looking graphics for personal or business use
• Apply basic design principles using fonts, colours, and images
• Identify and correct common design mistakes through feedback

What to bring:

• Pen and paper
• A laptop or tablet with internet access (laptops can be provided if needed)
• A Canva account (free version is sufficient)
• Any images, logos, or brand elements you’d like to use

About the Tutor:

'Smaragda brings extensive experience to our Canva workshop, having trained numerous participants in Canva, Learning Management Systems (LMSs), WordPress, and other graphic design tools. With a strong teaching background, she specialises in tech training, equipping participants with essential skills in business tools like Microsoft 365 and Zoom.

Smaragda excels at adapting her training to meet diverse learning needs, ensuring practical, hands-on experiences that empower participants to master Canva and develop the skills necessary for effective online presence management and successful business operations.'

Other Information:

• To ensure resources are ready for you at the start of your course, we ask you ideally enrol at least one week before the course commences.
• All courses need a minimum number of students to run ("we try our hardest to get those") . If your course does not have enough students it will be cancelled before the commencement and you will be informed.