Tool or Technology
TT0091

Canva in Action

Design, Create & Scale Visual Content with AI

Canva
Duration
16 Hours
Level
Intermediate
Delivery
Instructor-Led
Format
Capability Training

Programme Objectives

  • Develop functional proficiency in using Canva to create professional visual communication, presentations, documents, marketing assets, videos, and digital content.
  • Apply design principles, structured creative prompting, and AI-assisted tools to improve content quality, speed, and consistency.
  • Build brand-aligned content using Brand Kits, templates, reusable assets, and collaborative design workflows.
  • Use Canva Docs, Sheets, Presentations, Whiteboards, Video, Websites, and AI capabilities to create connected business deliverables.
  • Develop reusable visual-content workflows that improve productivity, campaign execution, collaboration, and content scalability.

Technology covered

Canva Visual SuiteCanva AIMagic StudioMagic DesignMagic WriteMagic MediaCanva PresentationsCanva DocsCanva SheetsCanva WhiteboardsCanva VideoCanva WebsitesBrand KitCanva Code

Who should attend

  • Marketing & Communications Professionals
  • Content & Social Media Teams
  • Brand & Corporate Communication Professionals
  • Human Resources & Learning Professionals
  • Sales & Business Development Professionals
  • Business & Functional Professionals
  • Product Marketing Teams
  • Learning & Development Teams
  • Event & Internal Communication Teams
  • Entrepreneurs & Business Owners
  • People Managers & Team Leaders
  • Digital Transformation & Innovation Teams

Prerequisites & Participant Readiness

  • Basic computer and internet proficiency
  • Familiarity with presentations, documents, social media, or business communication is beneficial
  • Basic understanding of visual communication is helpful but not mandatory
  • No professional graphic-design experience required
  • No programming knowledge required
  • Access to certain AI, brand, collaboration, or premium capabilities may depend on the participant's Canva plan and organisational settings
  • Completion of shorter Canva programmes is not required

TOC Modules

Concepts
  • Understanding Canva as an integrated visual communication and productivity platform
  • Understanding the Visual Suite across presentations, documents, sheets, whiteboards, video, and websites
  • Understanding fundamental principles of hierarchy, alignment, spacing, contrast, and consistency
  • Understanding templates versus custom design
  • Identifying appropriate Canva formats for different business requirements
Practical activities
  • Navigating the Canva editor and Visual Suite
  • Creating a structured business design from a template
  • Applying basic visual hierarchy and layout improvements
  • Comparing weak and professionally structured designs

Scenarios

Campaign Brief to Multi-Channel Brand Campaign

Campaign Requirement → Canva Docs Brief → Canva AI / Magic Design → Brand Kit → Social & Marketing Assets → Video → Website / Interactive Content → Review → Publishing

Participants transform a campaign requirement into a consistent set of brand-aligned visual assets across multiple channels, improving creative productivity and reducing repetitive content-production effort.

Business Data to Executive Communication

Business Data → Canva Sheets → Analysis & Visualisation → Canva Docs Summary → Presentation → Brand Alignment → Executive Communication

Participants convert structured business information into clear charts, summaries, and management-ready presentation content, improving the efficiency and visual quality of business reporting.

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