Canva is a free online graphic design tool that allows users to create social media graphics, presentations, posters and other visual content using templates and stock images. The tutorial demonstrates how to sign up for a Canva account using Google, navigate the interface, and create a basic greeting card design. Key steps include selecting a template, adding text, searching for images to insert, customizing colors and layouts, and downloading or sharing the finished design. With Canva, users can learn graphic design basics and create professional looking visuals without design experience.

1. LEARN THE BASICS OF CANVA

2. WHAT IS CANVA?
Canva makes graphic design
amazingly simple for everyone.

3. It brings together a drag and drop design
tool with a library of more than 1 million
stock photographs, graphic elements and
fonts.

5. SELECT YOUR BROWSER.

6. FOR THIS TUTORIAL WE’LL USE
GOOGLE CHROME.

7. KEY IN WWW.CANVA.COM AT THE
SEARCH TAB.

8. THEN IT WILL LEAD YOU TO THE
DASHBOARD OF CANVA.

9. YOU HAVE 3 OPTIONS TO SIGN-UP TO
CANVA.

10. FACEBOOK

11. GOOGLE

12. OR EMAIL.

13. FOR THIS TUTORIAL WE’LL USE
GOOGLE TO SIGN-UP.
Point the cursor to GOOGLE
then click your mouse.

14. IF YOU HAVE AN EXISTING GMAIL
ACCOUNT IT WILL LEAD YOU TO THIS
SCREEN.

15. IF YOU DON’T WANT TO USE THE EMAIL SEEN
ON THE PROMPT, YOU CAN ALWAYS ADD AN
ACCOUNT,

16. THEN FILL OUT THE INFORMATION
NEEDED.

17. OR RATHER REMOVE ALL THAT WAS
SAVED.

18. JUST CLICK ON THE “X” PART OF THE BOX SEEN
ON THE SCREEN YOU WANT TO REMOVE.

19. FOR THIS, WE’LL CHOOSE THE EXISTING
EMAIL ON FILE.

20. IT WILL PROMPT YOU TO ENCODE YOUR
PASSWORD HERE.

21. WHICH WILL LOOK LIKE THIS.

22. SIGN-IN TO THE ACCOUNT OF CHOICE.

23. THE SOFTWARE WILL ASK PERMISSION TO
BASICALLY ACCESS YOUR ACCOUNT.

24. CHOOSE DEPENDING ON YOUR
OPTION.

25. FOR THIS TUTORIAL LET’S CHOOSE
PERSONAL.

26. CONGRATULATIONS! YOU JUST SIGNED UP TO
CANVA.

27. YOUR CANVA ACCOUNT NOW LOOKS
LIKE THIS.

28. NOW LET’S START WORKING!

29. NOW YOU CAN START CREATING YOUR
OWN DESIGNS.
Let’s play with
CANVA!

30. FOR BEGINNERS IT WILL LEAD YOU TO
2 QUICK TUTORIALS PROVIDED BY THE
SOFTWARE.

31. CLICK ON “SHOW ME HOW IT’S
DONE”.

32. THEY ALSO HAVE THIS.

33. SCROLL DOWN THE ARROW KEY.

34. BEGIN THE STEP BY STEP PROCESS IN
BECOMING A DESIGN PRO IN MINUTES.

35. FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS AS
ADVISED.

36. Click on the
circle and
select the
upper right box
to change color.

37. WORK ON ADDING OBJECTS ON
THE PICTURE.

38. SELECT FROM THE IMAGES SEARCHED THEN
DRAG TO THE PICTURE.

39. YOUR SCREEN WILL THEN LOOK
LIKE THIS.

40. LET’S NOW LEARN TO CHANGE
BACKGROUND.

41. TO CHANGE BACKGROUND, SELECT THE
BACKGROUND ICON FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF
THE PAGE AND CLICK ON YOUR COLOR.

42. NOW, LET’S ADD IMAGE TO A FRAME.

43. DOUBLE CLICK ON THE FRAME AND IT WILL
LOOK LIKE THIS.

44. SELECT THE PICTURE OF YOUR CHOICE FROM
THE SEARCH TAB.
This will be the picture
for this sample.

45. DRAG THE PICTURE TO THE FRAME AND IT WILL
LOOK LIKE THIS.

46. AWESOME!
We just had easily learned:
•To change the color of an image.
•Add an image to a picture.
•Change background
•Add picture to a frame.

47. NOW LET’S START YOUR OWN
DESIGNS!

48. HERE IS YOUR MAIN PAGE.

49. SELECT ON WHAT TYPE OF GRAPHIC DESIGN YOU
WOULD LIKE TO CREATE.
Select from
the options here.

50. LET’S START CREATING A CARD.

51. THIS IS YOUR CANVAS AREA,
WHERE YOU EDIT YOUR IMAGE.

52. THIS ARE YOUR EDITING TOOLS.

53. SEARCH TOOL IS WHERE YOU
SEARCH PICTURES NEEDED FOR
YOUR DESIGN.

54. LAYOUTS TOOL GIVES YOU A
SELECTION OF NUMEROUS
LAYOUT OPTIONS TO CHOOSE
FROM.

55. ELEMENTS TOOL LET’S YOU
CHOOSE FROM PRE-MADE PHOTOS
TO ADD ON YOUR DESIGN.

56. TEXT TOOL ALLOWS YOU TO FIND
FORMATTED AND TEXT STYLES TO
USE.

57. YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR
BACKGROUND BY CHOOSING
FROM THIS TAB.

58. UPLOAD YOUR OWN IMAGE BY
SELECTING THIS TAB.

59. THINK OF THE THEME OF YOUR CARD.
Choose from the
following template options.

60. AS A SAMPLE I SELECTED THIS
TEMPLATE.

61. THE SCREEN WILL NOW LOOK LIKE
THIS.

62. LET’S NOW WORK ON CHANGING
THE TEXT.

63. DOUBLE CLICK ON THE TEXT AND
IT WILL LOOK LIKE THIS.
See the box?

64. OVERRIDE THE TEXT WITH THE
MESSAGE YOU WANT TO SEE ON
THE CARD.
I wrote on the sample,
“I MISS THE BEACH”.

65. ADD PHOTOS USING ELEMENTS.

66. THERE ARE MANY OPTIONS TO
CHOOSE FROM THE ELEMENTS
SELECTION.

67. I’LL CREATE ONE FROM THE FREE
PHOTOS.

68. SINCE THE TOPIC IS BEACH, I
SEARCHED FOR A BEACH PHOTO
ON IT.

69. YOUR PICTURE WILL LOOK LIKE
THIS.

70. CAREFULLY LAYOUT YOUR IMAGE
TO YOUR TEXT.

71. MAXIMIZE YOUR EDITS USING THIS
OPTIONS.

72. TO EDIT YOUR TEXT, HIGHLIGHT
AND WORK ON THIS.

73. MY EDITS RESULTED TO THIS
IMAGE.

74. MAKE SURE TO MAKE YOUR OWN
DESIGN TITLE HERE.

75. IF THE IMAGE IS DONE, GO AHEAD AND
DOWNLOAD!

76. SELECT FROM THE FOLLOWING,
FOR THIS SAMPLE, I’LL CHOOSE
HIGH QUALITY IMAGE.

77. FINALLY.

78. THE IMAGE CAN BE SAVED ON
YOUR DESKTOP OR SHARE IT AT
YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS.

79. YOU JUST HAD LEARNED THE
BASICS OF CANVA.

80. Go ahead and explore further
this software and utilize it to
create beautiful graphic designs
for your personal or
presentation materials for your
business.