Become a Graphic Designer: Go From Beginner to Advanced Using Canva

Becoming a graphic designer requires creativity and willingness to learn a new skill! In this class, we will focus on design fundamentals to create amazing designs in Canva. Each week, we will create a unique design to give learners a broad experience in graphic design. 

Week 1- Introduction to Graphic Design + Create a personal wallpaper background for desktop computer or mobile phones 
Week 2- Introduction to Design Fundamentals + Create a 2-sided card. 
Week 3- Create a graphic t-shirt design (front and back).
Week 4- Create a video.
Week 5- Create a GIF with animated text.
Week 6- Create a GIF with a moving background.
Week 7- Begin a stop motion animation.
Week 8- Finish Stop Motion Animation + Wrap Up

Each week, we will build on skills from the previous week. 

Some of the features that we will use in Canva include: templates, animated elements, photos, photo adjustments, photo filters, text fonts, text colors, text animations, backgrounds, videos, and more. 

Each class session, we will begin with a greetings as we build our class community. We will spend a few minutes setting the objective for the day. (What is our design goal? What are we trying to accomplish?) Most of our class time will be spent in Canva doing hands-on design as I give step-by-step instruction. Each class will end by sharing designs to our classroom page on Outschool. 

Students will have flexibility within each project to add in their own creativity and personal touches.