workshops

DAY 1: Canva Foundations + Design Essentials

Learn the basics, build confidence, and design with clarity

January 14th 2026 | 9:00am – 5:00pm

Venue: Judge Accountants
Suite 2, Level 3, 50 Belmore St, Penrith

Overview

This beginner-friendly workshop is perfect for small business owners, creatives, and community groups wanting to feel confident designing their own marketing materials.

We’ll cover Canva step-by-step, explore essential design principles, and show you how to prepare content for print, web, social media, and presentations.

You’ll leave knowing not just how to use Canva, but why your designs work.

What We Cover

    Design Essentials

    • Layout, alignment, white space, balance
    • Colour theory, contrast, hierarchy
    • What makes a design “look professional”

    Templates for Everything

    • Print (flyers, brochures, posters)
    • Web & social
    • Presentations, documents, and Canva Sheets
    • Adapting templates to your brand

    Customising Styles

    • Changing fonts, colours, and styles in bulk
    • Intro to Brand Kits
    • Applying consistent styling across multi-page designs

    Working with Elements

    • Shapes, graphics, frames, grids & tables
    • Editing, recolouring, cropping, layering
    • Using Canva’s photo tools

    Typography & Text Styling

    • Font pairing
    • Readability & hierarchy
    • Text effects & spacing
    • Uploading your own fonts
    • Text apps inside Canva

      Organising Your Assets

      • Uploading images and logos
      • Folder management & naming conventions
      • Maintaining a tidy workspace

        Presentations

        • Effective slide design
        • Slide timing & animation
        • Animating individual elements
        • Adding and editing charts (bar, stacked bar, pie)
        • Entering precise data, importing CSVs
        • Presenting live in Canva
        • Downloading PowerPoint or PDF
        • Troubleshooting PowerPoint conversions

        Exporting for Print & Web

        • File types (PDF, PNG, JPG, MP4, GIF)
        • Preparing print-ready files (bleed, margins, colour accuracy)

        Intro to AI Tools

        • Magic Write for content ideas
        • Magic Edit & Magic Expand
        • AI graphics & backgrounds
        • AI in Canva Docs

        What You’ll Receive

        • Canva Quick Start Guide
        • Design Principles Cheat Sheet
        • Starter templates
        • Post-workshop Q&A support

        Who It’s For

        • Beginners & self-taught users
        • Small business owners
        • Creatives & community groups
        • Anyone wanting to feel more confident with visual design
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