Canva's Design School is a great way to teach basic graphic design and encourage visual literacy.
Design School
Here's a brief overview of how to get started.
1. Go to Canva and create a login
2. You will get a menu that looks like this (see below). And, yeah, those are a just few of the format options Canva offers. You can pick anything from a social media template to a resume template.
1. Go to Canva and create a login
2. You will get a menu that looks like this (see below). And, yeah, those are a just few of the format options Canva offers. You can pick anything from a social media template to a resume template.
3. Click to pick a template.
4. Add and delete items to create your design. There are tons of cool fonts and font headers.
4. Add and delete items to create your design. There are tons of cool fonts and font headers.
5. Canva has many images you can inset. However, I find their library can be a little glitchy at times to search and some of their images have a cost to use. Instead, just upload your own images for free (yep, Canva allows you to do that too). You can upload JPG or PNG files. I prefer to use transparent PNG files because they look cleaner, but you can use either.
Also, you can use Pixlr to create your own images and then import those images into Canva.
Also, you can use Pixlr to create your own images and then import those images into Canva.
5. Canva automatically saves, but I like to still click on "file" and then "save" just to make sure. When you're done, just click on "download" in the upper right corner and select your output.