Use Canva to Create Social Media Marketing Designs

Use Canva to Create Social Media Marketing Designs

Name: Use Canva to Create Social Media Marketing Designs
Rating: 4.575342465753424 (378 reviews)

Instructor: Stacey Shanklin-Langford

What you'll learn

Use features in Canva
Use design tools to create a social media graphic
Prepare a graphic for publishing

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Taught in English

No downloads or installation required

Only available on desktop

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About this Guided Project

By the end of this project, you will create a sample social media graphic for business. The graphic is shareable across your business’ social media platforms. You will be able to incorporate the color palette from your business style guide, in order to create brand recognition as part of your social media marketing strategy. This course will include an introduction to Canva, how to determine your canvas size for a social media post, incorporate images specific to your business into a social media post, and prepare a post for your social media channels.

Learn step-by-step

In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:

Create a new Canva account.
Tour the Canva dashboard and templates.
Choose a project template and navigate the workspace.
Create content for a social media graphic.
Add text to a social media graphic.
Prepare your social media graphic for publishing.

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Stacey Shanklin-Langford

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How you'll learn

Skill-based, hands-on learning
Practice new skills by completing job-related tasks.
Expert guidance
Follow along with pre-recorded videos from experts using a unique side-by-side interface.
No downloads or installation required
Access the tools and resources you need in a pre-configured cloud workspace.
Available only on desktop
This Guided Project is designed for laptops or desktop computers with a reliable Internet connection, not mobile devices.

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Reviewed on May 8, 2020

A perfect course for beginners in the creative field. It has been a wonderful experience to learn and understand with such ease. A big thank you to Ms. Stacey for explaining the course.

Reviewed on Oct 16, 2020

Very easy to follow along and understand. I feel confident that with a little practice, creating eye-catching social media posts will be quick and easy.

Reviewed on Jun 2, 2020

This was a great course and the instructor did a good job to explain the basic aspect of Canva. I would have love to learn different aspect and delve more into Canva.

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