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The Complete Canva Course (Udemy.com)

Graphic Design for beginners - Learn how to create amazing designs with Canva

Created by: 29 Indigo Academy

Last updated December 2020

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What you will learn

  • Create fantastic, professional graphic designs, all for free inside Canva
  • Learn core design skills that are transferable to all of your design projects
  • Design 9 different fun and engaging projects, each in a very hand-on, practical way
  • Master all the elements within Canva to produce stunning results every time
  • Create videos and awesome animations

How it compares

Against the other 413 rated Udemy courses in Graphic Design on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 65% of them
  • Reviews1,445#37 of 414 by number of reviews
  • Length5.5 hourslonger than 55% of them
  • Last updatedDecember 2020earlier than 83% of them

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Course Description

In this course you will learn how to create amazing, beautiful, professional graphic designs inside Canva, one of the world’s leading free graphic design applications.

  • Have you tried producing your own graphic designs that just don’t look professional?  

  • Have you been outsourcing your graphic design work, paying a lot of money while not getting designs you’re completely happy with?  

  • Want to get started in graphic design but have no formal design training and don’t know where to start?  

Well this course is for you! I will teach you everything you need to know to be able to produce all of your own designs, quickly and easily. Canva is amazing, and is much easier to learn than other expensive graphic design software. You can achieve excellent results, and because Canva is free to use, you can save huge amounts of money on design outsourcing or software fees. I have used Canva for many design projects, and always come up with fantastic end results!  

The course is split into five parts:   


Part 1 covers all of the core skills you need to use Canva efficiently and effectively. I will teach you how to use all of the tools and elements available to you, and cover topics such as:  

  • Text and Typography  

  • Using shapes and lines  

  • Adding icons and Illustrations  

  • Working with pictures and filters  

  • Adjusting colour, alignment and transparency  

  • Exporting your work  

Plus much more.  

I will also show you the website I use to get all of my stock photography, absolutely free of charge. A huge library of professional stock photography at your fingertips, all for free, with all commercial licences included. This one resource alone will save you hundreds in stock photography costs!  


In part 2, we will apply our new skills to real-world examples, and work on 9 different projects. We will produce:  

  • An album cover  

  • A Youtube video thumbnail  

  • Youtube channel art  

  • A Twitter header  

  • A Facebook cover  

  • A Facebook post  

  • An ebook cover  

  • An A4 document with data charts  

  • Presentation slides  

In each case, I will show you how to apply all of the core skills to each project, and we will produce some high quality examples, which you can then apply to your own work.  


In part 3, we will cover some basic graphic design theory, and I will show you some tips and tricks within Canva to help your work stand out. We will cover areas such as:  

  • Typography and font pairing  

  • Lines and spacing  

  • Shortcuts and quick tricks  

  • Text masking  

  • Basic colour theory  


In part 4, we will go over everything that is included in Canva Pro. This is Canva’s monthly subscription and I’ll cover everything that is included with a Canva Pro subscription. This includes the Brand Kit, Magic Resize, Background Remover, plus more.


Finally, in part 5, we will cover video and animation. Canva has added several upgrades recently and you can now work with video, add music tracks and create animations, all within the app. I’ll show you how to create amazing, professional videos with Canva’s new, easy to use tools.


By the end of this course you will have created some amazing designs for yourself, and you will have mastered the skills necessary to achieve professional results. You will be able to apply these skills to any project you wish, and with over 5 hours of video lessons, you will take your graphic design skills to the next level!

There is a 30 Day, 100% Money Back Guarantee, so you can take this course risk-free!  

Enroll now, and I’ll speak to you soon.

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Instructor Details

29 Indigo Academy

Hi, my name’s Jamie Smith, and I’m a designer, web entrepreneur and teacher. I’m the founder of 29 Indigo Academy, which I set up to teach graphic design skills to beginners and those with no formal design training. I work on many different design projects, both for my own business and as a freelancer for artists and business all over the world - I have created album covers, picture books and illustrations, marketing materials, websites, book covers, logos and much more. I love design, and I’m really excited to be teaching here on Udemy. Please check out my courses, and I hope to speak to you soon.

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Reviews

4.6

1,445 ratings on Udemy

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By Emily Oberg on 12/27/2025

Visual training through videos is helpful and it makes it easier to understand step to step on how to proceed with graphic designing on templates, picking out the designs from thumbnails, and to design the template with own ideas. Find it helpful for me to create ideas of photography turning into arts into templates.

By Anne Geach on 7/14/2023

I am starting my own Etsy shop and intend to promote it on Pinterest. I took this course to help with creating the items I want to sell and to create the pins to get more traffic to my shop. I learned some good tips and ideas in order to create my own art and designs to sell. I won't be using any of the items on Canva, but my own designs and this course helped me figure out the best ways to do that.

By Roma McGill-Bowen on 5/3/2022

I really enjoyed the course. So many aspects were taught about the software that I opened my eyes to all the possibilities. The teacher has a calm engaging voice that encourages you to listen and learn the software. I will go back and review the course again and practice what was taught the 2nd time through. Thank you for making this course available to revisit again and again in the future.

By Tasha London on 5/2/2022

The course was good. I learned some new things and there were good resources. I don't know if there is a difference in the version being used for demonstration vs what I am using online, but sometimes the screens I saw didn't match up or the resources like shortcuts didn't work.

By Monica Dyess on 4/22/2022

The presenter was clear and had the lesson plans well-thought-out ahead of time. I learned a few new things I didn't know having been using Canva for about 2 years now. It's great to see all the things you really can do with the free offering, but this course highlights the amazing features available in the Pro version. Thank you for providing this coursework!

By Jenn Cadiz on 5/26/2021

Overall, the breakdown of the software and examples given are very well done! I would add, however, that this course is based on an older version of Canva. That being said, you can still gain a lot of knowledge, insight and experience on the overall feel and interaction with Canva.

By Brian on 12/26/2020

great easy to understand practical training!! Just watched all about A4 documents and how to get different templates to have the same look and feel - blew my mind awesome! Great content, I can't get enough content and continuing on to the end.

By Makana Geppert on 12/1/2020

Definitely felt there were a lot of excessive and unnecessary examples. If you're showing me how to add music to a video, I don't need to watch you throw text on it. If you're trying different text options I don't need to watch you try out every font you go through. Make some decisions before you start recording, then hit record. I felt like there were a lot of good tips, but at the same time, it could've been trimmed down quite a bit.

By Anna Havard on 11/21/2020

Excellent so far, starts with the basics which is what I need & very easy to follow :)

By Christopher Toto on 11/14/2020

Perfect class for a beginner, good intro into the tools and concepts of design.

By Robin Grant on 11/7/2020

I am so glad I found this course! I was struggling with using Canva for my social media marketing. The tutorials on Canva moved too fast and did not offer much in depth. I am only 1/3 of the way through this course but already I feel so much more confident. The instructor makes no assumptions that the listener already knows something, so everything is explained very well. I can't wait to finish the course and go on to make quality posts from now on.

By Shawn Kata on 10/24/2020

Yes, it seems to be so far. I have a basic understanding of Canva, but I am looking to achieve a much deeper skill level to create quite advanced designs. My purpose is to master designs to be utilized in the YouTube environment.

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Overall Score : 92 / 100