This slide was from an introductory session on Canva I gave to undergraduate students at Purwanchal Campus, IOE. In the session, I discussed the basic concepts of design, functionalities, and features of Canva, demo design examples, and more.

1. A Beginner's Guide to
Designing with
Shristi Shrestha

2. Background: My experience with Canva

3. Content
1. Opening a Canva Account (Perks of account with .edu email)
2. Introduction to Canva
a. Templates
b. Creating a new design (From Template/Custom Design)
c. Brand Kit (Colors, Fonts)
d. Folders
e. Collaborating and Sharing
f. Learn - Courses, Tutorials & Blogs
3. Basic Know-Hows of Design
a. Alignment
b. Border
c. Spacing
d. Colors
e. Photo Usage
4. Demo - Making a Banner
5. Demo - Making a Resume
6. Q/A

4. Section 1: Opening a Canva Account

5. Perks of Education Canva Account Over Free Account
Millions of premium images
Premium fonts, graphics, videos and animations
Remove the background from an image in a click
Upload logos and fonts
Create designs with transparent backgrounds

6. Section 2: Introduction to Canva

7. Section 3: Basic Know-Hows of Design

8. Aligned
Aligned
Aligned
Not Aligned
Aligned
Aligned
Alignment
I’ve dreamed many a
dream that’s never come
true, I’ve seen them
vanish at dawn, but
enough of my dreams have
come true, to make me
keep dreaming on.
I’ve dreamed many a
dream that’s never come
true, I’ve seen them
vanish at dawn, but
enough of my dreams have
come true, to make me
keep dreaming on.
I’ve dreamed many a
dream that’s never come
true, I’ve seen them
vanish at dawn, but
enough of my dreams have
come true, to make me
keep dreaming on.
I’ve dreamed many a
dream that’s never come
true, I’ve seen them
vanish at dawn, but
enough of my dreams have
come true, to make me
keep dreaming on.

9. Margins
“Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm
chases you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts. Over and over you play this out, like some ominous dance with death
just before dawn. Why? Because this storm isn’t something that blew in from far away, something that has nothing to do
with you. This storm is you. Something inside of you. So all you can do is give in to it, step right inside the storm, closing
your eyes and plugging up your ears so the sand doesn’t get in, and walk through it, step by step. There’s no sun there, no
moon, no direction, no sense of time. Just fine white sand swirling up into the sky like pulverized bones. That’s the kind
of sandstorm you need to imagine.
And you really will have to make it through that violent, metaphysical, symbolic storm. No matter how metaphysical or
symbolic it might be, make no mistake about it: it will cut through flesh like a thousand razor blades. People will bleed
there, and you will bleed too. Hot, red blood. You’ll catch that blood in your hands, your own blood and the blood of
others.
And once the storm is over you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even
be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm you won’t be
the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”
– Haruki Murakami, Kafka On The Shore

10. Spacing
I’ve dreamed many a
dream that’s never
come true, I’ve seen
them vanish at dawn,
but enough of my
dreams have come
true, to make me
keep dreaming on.
I’ve dreamed many a dream
that’s never come true, I’ve
seen them vanish at dawn, but
enough of my dreams have
come true, to make me keep
dreaming on.
I ’ v e
d r e a m e d
m a n y a
d r e a m
t h a t ’ s n e v e r
c o m e t r u e ,
I ’ v e s e e n
t h e m v a n i s h
a t d a w n , b u t
e n o u g h o f
m y d r e a m s
h a v e c o m e
t r u e , t o
m a k e m e
k e e p
d r e a m i n g
o n .
I ’ v e
d r e a m e d
m a n y a
d r e a m
t h a t ’ s
n e v e r
c o m e
t r u e , I ’ v e
s e e n t h e m
v a n i s h a t
d a w n , b u t
e n o u g h o f
m y d r e a m s
h a v e c o m e
t r u e , t o
m a k e m e
k e e p
d r e a m i n g
o n .

11. Colors
I’ve dreamed many a
dream that’s never come
true, I’ve seen them
vanish at dawn, but
enough of my dreams have
come true, to make me
keep dreaming on.
I’ve dreamed many a
dream that’s never come
true, I’ve seen them
vanish at dawn, but
enough of my dreams have
come true, to make me
keep dreaming on.
I’ve dreamed many a
dream that’s never come
true, I’ve seen them
vanish at dawn, but
enough of my dreams have
come true, to make me
keep dreaming on.
I’ve dreamed many a
dream that’s never come
true, I’ve seen them
vanish at dawn, but
enough of my dreams have
come true, to make me
keep dreaming on.

12. Photos

13. Section 4 & 5: Demo

14. Section 6: Q/A

15. Contact Me
shristi@esferabrandings.com
linkedin.com/in/shrististha/