Graphic Design Portfolio: Create Designs for a Portfolio Website Using Canva

Graphic Design Portfolio allows students to develop new skills in Canva including creating a website. In this class, we will focus on design principles 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 Design Principles + Create a flyer
Week 2- Design Principle (Contrast and Color Wheel) + Create a invitation
Week 3- Design Principle (Pattern) + Create a notebook cover
Week 4- Design Principle (Hierarchy) + Create a brochure
Week 5- Design Principle (White Space) + Create a sticker
Week 6- Design Principle (Repetition) + Create and edit a video
Week 7- Design Principle (Contrast and Fonts) + Create a portfolio website
Week 8- Design Principle Review + Finish portfolio website

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

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

Each class session, we will begin with 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.