Canva is an online application that has forever changed the face of the design industry. Canva has made it possible for anyone to create stunning designs quickly, even if they are not a designer, while still giving professional designers plenty of room to channel their creativity. With Canva, you can create graphic designs for print and digital media, create presentations, edit videos and add animations, write content, and even build websites. If you want to master Canva quickly, from beginner to advanced, then this online course series is the answer.

What you will learn

Throughout this course series, you will be guided step-by-step to master and utilize all of the features of Canva. As for this course alone, this is the third in the series and is a continuation of the second course titled "Creating Websites and working with Docs using Canva“.

Here you will learn various animation and video features in Canva. From creating animations per page, then animations per element, and then creating custom path-following animations. Next, you will learn video editing techniques in Canva. Like trimming, splitting and adding transitions between videos. Lastly, you will learn how to combine animation features with video features in a single project. For the final project, you will need to create a short video about nature using all the techniques discussed in this course. The video should have an animated title, animated lower thirds, and transition effects between video clips.

What you will need

Since this is the third course in the series, you will need to take the first and the second course before taking this one. Then, because Canva is an online application. You will also need a computer and an internet connection. Throughout the course, I will be using a PC with Windows 10 operating system. So all of the keyboard shortcuts that I'll be demonstrating will be of the PC. If you're using a Mac computer, you can still follow the lesson, as I will be using Canva's user interface most of the time, which is consistent across different platforms. The only difference is in the keyboard shortcuts. In general, you will need to replace the Ctrl key with the Command key and the Alt key with the Option key.

Who is this course for?

This course series is perfect if you are a hobbyist who wants to learn design from the basics. Also if you are a teacher or a student who needs a free design application. If you run a business, this course series can be very valuable, as Canva can help you create marketing materials quickly and easily. If you are a professional designer, you will find that Canva's library and easy-to-use interface can help you speed up your work considerably. Last but not least, this course can also help you if you are a content creator who wants to take advantage of the latest AI technology. This course does not yet cover Canva's AI features. However the lessons in this course will lay the groundwork for the future course where we will discuss the AI features.