Canva is a free online graphic design platform that allows users to create visual content such as social media posts, documents, and marketing materials. Users can sign up using their Facebook, Google, or email accounts. The platform provides hundreds of design layouts and templates that users can customize with text, images, shapes, icons and other elements. Users can also upload their own images or search for images within Canva. Once a design is complete, it can be shared on social media or downloaded in various file formats.

1. How to use
to Create Awesome
Visual Content

2. What is Canva?

3. Canva is a free online
graphic design platform.

4. Log on to www.canva.com

6. Let’s create an account

8. You can sign-up by…

9. …using your Facebook
account

11. …using your Google Account

13. …or by using your Email

15. Done signing-up?

16. You will receive an email
from Canva

17. Just confirm your Canva
account…

19. …by simply clicking the
confirm button

21. You will be directed to the
Canva home page

23. Click on “Create a Design”

25. There’s a lot of “design types”
to choose from

27. Social Media Posts
i.e. Facebook Post

29. Documents
i.e. Letterhead (US)

31. Blogging & eBooks
i.e. Kindle Cover

33. Marketing Materials
i.e. Real Estate Flyer

35. Social Media & Email
Headers
i.e. Facebook Cover

37. Events
i.e. Wedding Invitation

39. Ads
i.e. Facebook Ad

41. Don’t like any of the “Design
Types”?

43. Not a problem…

44. …click “Use Custom
Dimensions”

46. Type in the Width

48. Type in the Height

50. Select either PX, MM or IN

52. Click on Design

54. In this tutorial

55. We will select the Facebook
Cover

56. In the Social Media & Email
Header Design Type

58. Choose a lay-out

60. There are hundreds of
lay-out to choose from

64. After selecting your preferred
Layout

65. Click on ‘Elements’

67. There are 9 categories to
choose from

69. Free Photos

71. Grid

73. Frames

75. Shapes

77. Lines

79. illustrations

81. Icons

83. Charts

85. I ♥ Canva

87. Let’s now move on to Text

89. You can Add Heading…

91. …or Add Subheading…

93. …or add a lil’ bit of body text

95. How about Background?

97. Click here to change the
color of the background

99. Choose your background
here

101. Didn’t find the design you
were looking for?

103. If you have your own designs

104. Click on Uploads

106. Upload pictures from your
desktop or laptop

108. Any images you purchase a
“multi use license for” will
appear here

110. You may also upload images
directly from your Facebook
account

112. OR

113. You may also use Canva’s
search tool bar

115. Play around with Canva

116. Choose your preferred
Layout

117. Choose your preferred Text
Font

118. Add Pictures or Icons

119. Please note that Canva’s
Premium Lay-out, Font Text,
Icon & Background would
cost you $1 each.

120. Are you done creating your
Awesome Visual Content?

121. Upload the Facebook Cover
Design

122. Here’s our sample Facebook
Cover using Canva

123. Rename the Facebook Cover
by clicking here

124. Notice that the design has
been renamed

125. We’re almost done

126. We can Share or Download
our Facebook Cover design

127. Click Share

128. Share it in Facebook

129. Share it in Twitter

130. Share it via email

131. Click Download

132. Download the Facebook
Cover Design in JPG format

133. Download the Facebook
Cover Design in JPG format

134. Download the Facebook
Cover Design in PDF

135. Once you click on any of the
selection

136. Canva will prepare your file
for download

137. Download completed in Zip
Format

138. Unzip the file using winzip or
winrar

139. Logon to www.facebook.com

140. Thank you!!!