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Canva Introduction Masterclass 2 Day - Manchester
Key Course Details:
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 Manchester training centre based at:
Piccadilly House
49 Piccadilly
Manchester
M1 2APPiccadilly House is located in the heart of Manchester directly next to the Piccadilly Gardens transport interchange with excellent bus and tram connections and is easily accessed from Piccadilly train Station (5 mins). Victoria station is also close by (around 10 mins).
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 Manchester Course Dates
19 Jan - 20 Jan £450 + vat 25 Mar - 26 Mar £450 + vat 01 Jun - 02 Jun £450 + vat -
Client Reviews
"The course was excellent and the pace was kept to the right speed."
Kate Durrant, IAPA, Dreamweaver - One Day Introduction
"Excellent, as always! Great teaching methods, fun and interesting, easy to follow. Always a great experience!"
Richard Littler, Brother, Illustrator - One Day Intermediate
"It was an informative two days I now feel confident enough to design and create my own brochures and have picked up some handy short cuts."
Lauren Partakis, Fairhome Group, Adobe InDesign - Two Day Introduction
"Fantastic course, has completely blown my mind and come out of it wanting to learn more. Our instructor was great and I'm keen to try out my new skills and continue learning more about After Effects, video and 3D. Thank you once again for everything!"
Margaret Nolan-Meddings, Miller Insurance Services, After Effects - 2 Day Introduction
"Got everything out the course I wanted to. The trainer was great, really knew his stuff and helped to cover the areas we would be using in our jobs. Fantastic!"
Chad Doyle, Stockport Council, InDesign - 4 Day Masterclass
"Instructor was very knowledgable and provided great assistance and help in our introduction course. Would definitely recommend."
Stefan Elias, EE, Cinema 4D - 2 Day Introduction
"Entirely met my needs and expectations. Excellent trainer and facilities."
Mike Claydon, JDE Interim, AutoCAD Introduction - Two Days
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Dawn Irons, Imago Group plc, HTML and CSS - 2 Day Introduction
"Fantastic, well-paced course with excellent instructor - both in terms of knowledge and delivery."
Paul Duthie, Pennine Care NHS, Adobe Premiere Pro - 2 Day Introduction
"Overall a very well presented course and I hope to be back for other courses."
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£450 + vat
Next Dates:
19 Jan - 20 Jan £450 + vat
25 Mar - 26 Mar £450 + vat
01 Jun - 02 Jun £450 + vat
Over 15 years of providing certified Canva training courses UK wide
4/5 Stars
Excellent training, Craig had a good knowledge of all aspects of Canva despite the fact they have recently launched several new elements to the platform last week.
03/11/2025
5/5 Stars
Scott was an excellent trainer, very knowledgeable and a great personality.
31/10/2025
4/5 Stars
The course met the brief.
31/10/2025
4/5 Stars
The instructor was really enthusiastic and knew the features of Canva very well. I really enjoyed the experience. Many thanks to Craig for maintaining the tempo and engagement level throughout, and covering a wide range of topics in a short period of time. There were some challenges with Canva functionality due to different versions in use but that could not have been foreseen and despite this Craig handled any of these minor bumps in the road perfectly.
27/10/2025
5/5 Stars
Very good course. Considering I had zero knowledge of Canva before today, I can now go away and and create content for my company.
03/06/2025
5/5 Stars
Course covered all I needed to know for a good understanding of Canva. The course was delivered and adapted to suit our individual needs.
03/06/2025
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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