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Canva Introduction Masterclass 2 Day - London
Level:
Introduction to Intermediate
Duration:
2
Days - 10am to 5pm
Price:
£450 + vat
Discover Canva in depth with our immersive two-day Introduction Masterclass, designed to take you from complete beginner to confident creator. You'll explore Canva’s powerful yet intuitive tools while building the practical skills you need to design polished graphics, social posts, videos and branded materials with ease.
As you progress, you’ll move beyond the essentials of the workspace to develop a fuller understanding of layout, colour, typography and visual consistency. Through hands-on projects, you’ll learn how to create multi-page documents, presentations, short videos and campaign-ready assets, and how to set up brand kits, collaborate effectively and optimise your exports. By the end you’ll have the confidence to produce professional, engaging content for any purpose.
Discover Canva in depth with our immersive two-day Introduction Masterclass, designed to take you from complete beginner to confident creator. You'll explore Canva’s powerful yet intuitive tools while building the practical skills you need to design polished graphics, social posts, videos and branded materials with ease.
As you progress, you’ll move beyond the essentials of the workspace to develop a fuller understanding of layout, colour, typography and visual consistency. Through hands-on projects, you’ll learn how to create multi-page documents, presentations, short videos and campaign-ready assets, and how to set up brand kits, collaborate effectively and optimise your exports. By the end you’ll have the confidence to produce professional, engaging content for any purpose.
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Canva Masterclass 2 Day
Course Details
This 2-day Canva Introduction Masterclass offers a deeper, more comprehensive exploration of Canva’s powerful creative tools. Over two immersive days, you'll develop the confidence to design polished graphics, videos, documents, and branded materials using Canva’s intuitive drag-and-drop interface. With extended time for guided practice, this course ensures you can apply your skills across a wide range of projects—from social media content to presentations and marketing assets.
Ideal for beginners, marketers, business owners, educators, and anyone looking to elevate their visual communication skills, this masterclass expands on core design principles while introducing advanced features such as brand kits, multi-page layouts, and video editing. You’ll not only learn how to create engaging content but also how to streamline your workflow and maintain consistency across your designs.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Navigate the Canva interface with confidence and efficiency
- Design a wide variety of assets including social posts, flyers, videos, and multi-page documents
- Apply core design principles to improve layout, typography, and visual hierarchy
- Build and use brand kits for consistent, professional branding
- Edit images, apply effects, and enhance content with advanced tools
- Collaborate on shared projects and manage workflow effectively
- Export high-quality files for print, social media, and digital platforms
By the end of this masterclass, you’ll have the practical skills and creative confidence to produce professional, engaging designs for any purpose—with the expertise to continue developing your visual content independently.
Course Target Audience and delegate prerequisites:
This course is ideal for marketers, social media managers, small business owners, content creators, educators and anyone looking to create professional-quality designs quickly and efficiently without advanced design skills.
You will need basic PC or Mac skills, including a good understanding of your operating system. You should be able to launch applications, manage files and folders, and save or locate documents confidently.
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Full Course Outline
The following is a general outline. The range of topics covered during your training is dependent upon student level, time available and preferences of your course booking.
Introducing Canva- Why and when to use Canva
- How Canva compares to Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign
- A brief history of Canva’s development
- Overview of Free, Pro and Teams plans
- When you should upgrade to Canva Pro
- Using Canva on desktop vs. browser
- Understanding the Home screen
- Creating folders and sections
- Managing Projects
- Working with Templates
- Selecting Documents, Whiteboards and Presentations
- Choosing Social Media and Marketing formats
- Exploring Education and Video templates
- Switching between Scroll, Thumbnail and Grid views
- Zooming and navigation tools
- Adding elements, text and visual assets
- Adding shapes, graphics and frames
- Using stock images effectively
- Understanding vector vs. bitmapped images
- Choosing the right font
- Uploading custom fonts
- Applying styles and text presets
- Understanding text hierarchy and readability
- Moving objects forward and backward
- Working with the Layers panel
- Rearranging layers for clean layout
- Using alignment and positioning controls
- Copying style attributes between objects
- Pasting type and effect attributes
- Applying styles to shapes and graphics
- Locking pages and elements
- Duplicating elements and layouts
- Using the Alt key for quick duplication
- Using the Duplicate function for speed
- Animating pages and individual elements
- Applying Magic Animate
- Building simple animated visuals
- Placing and trimming video clips
- Adjusting timing in the video editor
- Duplicating and reusing video content
- Working with background video
- Adding design notes and comments
- Sharing links and managing access
- Using Public View links
- Presenting live or through Zoom/Teams
- Adding tables and spreadsheets
- Editing rows, columns and formulas
- Formatting sheets for clarity
- Adding and customising charts
Downloading and Exporting- Understanding export options and file types
- Working with PDF settings
- Vector vs. bitmapped export considerations
- Setting up a Brand Kit
- Choosing colours and defining type styles
- Uploading fonts and brand graphics
- Creating reusable templates
- Writing content with Magic Write
- Magic Write vs. Grammarly
- Setting up a consistent Brand Voice
- Understanding AI limitations and cautions
- Setting up and navigating a Whiteboard
- When to use Whiteboards
- Creating mindmaps and collaborative layouts
- Using drawing tools for sketching ideas
- Cropping, flipping and adjusting photos
- Using the Background Remover
- Adjusting light, colour and white balance
- Applying textures, clarity and filters
- Sharing content via Canva Websites
- When web delivery is appropriate
- Choosing a URL and understanding limitations
- Generating designs and layouts
- Creating AI-generated images
- Drafting documents with AI tools
- Generating video and code-based elements
- Finding and installing Canva Apps
- Using file and graphic apps
- Adding voice and sound assets
- Extending Canva using AI-powered apps
- Exploring advanced animation features
- Animating objects along a motion path
- Smoothing and adjusting animation movement
- Adding advanced effects and transitions
- Understanding print formats and requirements
- Resizing designs for print outputs
- Choosing print suppliers
- Preparing files for local printing
- Understanding scroll-based layouts
- Designing content for web scrolling
- Controlling scroll motion and behaviour
- Exploring additional scroll-based features
- Using essential keyboard shortcuts
- Working efficiently with image frames
- Adding sound, audio and voice elements
- Using rulers, guides and Version History
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Location Details
This course is provided at the XChange Training London training centre based at:
5 St John’s Lane
Clerkenwell
London
EC1M 4BHSt John’s Lane is located in the heart of Clerkenwell close to the junction of Farringdon and Clerkenwell Road. Farringdon tube & train station is just a few minutes away and the training centre can also be accessed from Chancery Lane and Barbican tubes in about 10 minutes. There is also easy direct access by bus from Waterloo (243) and West End (55) with nearby stops.
Daily course times run between 10am and 5pm with an hour break for lunch and both mid morning and mid-afternoon refreshment breaks. We recommend arrival at 9.45am for registration on the first day of the course.
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Canva Masterclass 2 Day - Upcoming London Course Dates
19 Aug - 20 Aug Special Offer! £369 + vat 12 Oct - 13 Oct £450 + vat 09 Dec - 10 Dec £450 + vat -
Client Reviews
"An excellent day which achieved my objectives."
Michael Laurie, Arat Consulting, Lightroom - 1 Day Introduction
"Very good hands-on experience. Instructor was very enthusiastic and obviously knew his stuff."
Helen Swailes, JT International S.A., HTML & CSS - 2 Day Introduction
"Thorough training and everything was explained really clearly. I feel like I can go away and build a HTML Email from scratch confidently."
Sophie Sedgley, Vax, Dreamweaver for HTML Emails Introduction
"For such a brief time frame an awful lot is covered. The walk-throughs via projection were excellent and instruction/explanation was excellent. He is clearly a very knowledgeable professional!"
Angelo Christodoulou, Queen Mary University, InDesign - 1 Day Introduction
"The trainer had a fantastic knowledge and a great attitude to teaching this product. I learnt so much within 2 days! Would definitely recommend to my colleagues."
Louise Murphy, Buxton Building Contractors, Trimble SketchUp - Two Day Masterclass
"It was brilliant. I feel like I have learnt so much in 2 days. Our trainer was fantastic and I would love to come back and learn more."
Alex East, ISG, Adobe InDesign - Two Day Introduction
"The trainer was easy to follow and very easy going, which creates a excellent training environment. I will certainly be coming back in the future. A great teacher and a great course!"
Scott Godfrey, InDesign - 4 Day Masterclass
"Very good training session. Was able to fill in any holes we had in experience while keeping the course on track at the same time. Will definitely consider XChange Training again in the future. "
Rob Baines, IGL Surveying, Trimble SketchUp - 1 Day Advanced
"Thanks for a very pleasant and educational 2 days. I think it was especially good because it was a small class which gave very individual training."
Nigel Hopwood, Jacob Jensen Design, InDesign - 2 Day Advanced
"Very good comprehensive training course, the instructor was great and clearly explained everything in a easy to understand way that helped me further my skill base."
Chris Whalley, Mediacom, Web Combo - 4 Day Masterclass
Next Dates:
19 Aug - 20 Aug Special Offer! £369 + vat
12 Oct - 13 Oct £450 + vat
09 Dec - 10 Dec £450 + vat
Over 15 years of providing certified Canva training courses UK wide
5/5 Stars
Broad coverage of fairly difficult material. Excellent teaching, with enthusiasm, patience and great vision
18/06/2026
5/5 Stars
I am new to Canva and I needed to get professional guidance and this course provided me with all the answers to my queries and I will now get to practice with the video that will be sent me. Thank you
02/06/2026
5/5 Stars
Phil was a lovely teacher, very helpful in demonstrating techniques and answering any questions.
02/06/2026
5/5 Stars
I learned various Canva skills of how to create assets across all different styles. I now feel confident to make whatever material needed.
02/06/2026
4/5 Stars
Good course structure and flow. Delivered a good pace for new learners to understand and lots of oppertunity to follow along for embeded understanding.
07/05/2026
4/5 Stars
Learned new skills which is always what I want to take away from training. Also confirmed that my self taught ways were right and how I could take them to the next level.
30/04/2026
4/5 Stars
Great training session
29/04/2026
4/5 Stars
For me, I can search online for shortcuts, getting round the functionality of the software is more useful to me & knowing the idiosyncrasies that will cause me problems when I go to use it.
29/04/2026
4/5 Stars
Good detailed overview of Canva and all of the elements that it provides. Craig enquired about our knowledge and our uses before undertaking the course to help us adopt Canva in our projects. We were introduced to every aspect and the tools to help enhance our products, presentations, content and how to elevate our work
10/04/2026
4/5 Stars
Craig was really enthusiastic and covered everything on Canva really well. Even though I’ve been using Canva for about two years I still picked up lots of useful tips and learned about features I hadn’t used before. The session was easy to follow, engaging and useful for all levels. Overall it was a great course and has helped me feel more confident using Canva and I cant wait to start introducing into my role/colleagues and any upcoming projects.
10/04/2026
Whats Included:
Your choice of Windows or Mac 
Certified hands-on training 
Small class size (max 4-8) 
6 months post course support 
Authorised Course Certificate
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the course times?
For all courses in the London Centre the normal session timings are 10am to 5pm with an hour break for lunch. In addition to the hour lunch break there are also two fifteen minute coffee breaks mid morning and mid afternoon.
Daily times are:
09.45 - Registration
10.00 - Course start
13.00 - Lunch
14.00 - Afternoon starts
17.00 - Course ends
Do you offer discounts
or promotions?
We offer a range of regular discounts available for self funding individuals, charities and education along with period special offers. See our promotions page for full details.
What is provided with this course?
During the course we provide all computers for your use with choice of Windows or Mac, lunch and refreshments along with pads & pens. After the course you will receive the authorised Certificate, quality reference manual and 6 months direct post course support.
Does this course give
a qualification?
Although this course does not provide an actual qualification each delegate is provided with an official Certificate for completion of the course level.
Can you invoice my company?
In short yes we can provide 30 day invoice terms to any UK Limited company with the provision of your official purchase order and/or completing the invoice request for your booking online.
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