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Introduction to Canva for Everyday Design

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Start date: 17th May 2025

Time: 10:00 - 15:00

Cost: £35

Day: Saturday

Duration: 1 weeks

Tutor: Gillian Ripley - IT

Course code: 25SU058

 A fun and interactive workshop that will deliver:

  • A solid understanding of Canva’s key features
  • Confidence and ability to use Canva templates to design a project, or to even start a project from scratch!

 Do you have something in mind that you’d like to design in our session? Some ideas might be:

  • A business flyer
  • A party invitation
  • A poster
  • A digital graphic that requires movement, such as a social media post

 Bring your idea along to the workshop and we will bring it to life over the course of the day.

 We will cover:

  • Choosing formats and creating your own sizes
  • Adapting pre-made templates, changing colours and text style
  • Adding and removing elements of a design
  • Creating movement within words and images
  • Correction tools - removing backgrounds, blurring and resizing
  • Downloading and filing your designs

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Gill Ripley

Gillian Ripley - IT

ill Ripley has worked in digital marketing for the last 20 years and is a daily user of Canva, for personal and business use. Canva has disrupted the field of graphic design, in terms of usability and cost, creating a platform for people of all abilities to get creative.

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