Design With Confidence
A CANVA COURSE TO BOOST YOUR ONLINE PRESENCE
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Start Here
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Lesson 1: Let's Get Familiar
WELCOME. And here’s a bit on why I made this course for you.
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Lesson 2: Canva Pro
Brand new to Canva? Decide whether the paid version is worth it.
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Lesson 3: What To Expect
A cute little preview of what’s to come so you can plan ahead.
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Lesson 4: Hi I'm Erin
Some background in case you’re new to Design Rehab.
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*Lesson 5: Content Strategy*
Build your content strategy to streamline your process.
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Getting Comfortable With The Canva Interface
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Lesson 1: Introduction
Brand new to Canva? let’s walk through the homepage to get you started.
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Lesson 2: Projects
Organize your uploads and designs in the projects tab to stay organized.
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*Lesson 3: Templates*
Not confident in your design skills? Templates are a great option.
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Lesson 4: Branding
Upload your brand details to streamline your design process.
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Branding 101
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*Lesson 1: Intro To Branding*
Your crash course into what branding is and why you should give a shit about it.
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Lesson 2: Logos + File Types
PNG, JPG, SVG…make sure you know when to use those different file types.
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Lesson 3: All About Colors
Even if you only have a personal brand, you need to know your hex codes for your colors.
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Lesson 4: Font Choices
Get specific about your fonts so you’re not wasting time when editing your designs.
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Lesson 5: Photos, Graphics, + Icons
Add your own photos because they’re always better than Canva photos.
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*Lesson 6: Implementation*
Use guides and tools to create on-brand content that reflects your values.
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How To Start Your Design
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Lesson 1: Opening Your Design
Use Canva’s premade designs to be sure your file is the correct size.
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Lesson 2: Exploring Shapes
Learn how to customize shapes to make them your own.
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Lesson 3: Personalizing Graphics
Graphics can be customized to fit your brand.
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Lesson 4: Photos + Videos
Tricks for how to best search for photos and videos within Canva.
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Lesson 5: Frames + Grids
An underutilized tool that will make editing your posts even easier.
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Lesson 6: Charts, Sheets, + Tables
Take that data from boring to pretty and branded and colorful
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Lesson 7: Duplicating + Adding Pages
Tips for adding vs duplicating pages as well as controlling the order.
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*Lesson 8: Exporting Your Design*
Choose the right file type and take advantage of brand templates
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Choosing The Right Font
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Lesson 1: Types of Fonts
Become an expert on the different types of fonts.
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*Lesson 2: Visual Hierarchy*
Learn how to draw your readers eye where you want it to go.
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Lesson 3: Modifying Your Text
A quick discussion on how you can modify text within Canva.
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Lesson 4: Text Effects
Use text effects to make your text stand out.
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Using Color The Correct Way
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*Lesson 1: Build Your Color Palette*
AND learn how colors pair (if you already have a palette).
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*Lesson 2: Color Contrast*
This is the most important lesson in this entire course.
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*Lesson 3: Design Accessibility*
Canva’s most underutilized tool.
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Lesson 4: Text Effects For Contrast
A little recap never hurt.
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Lesson 5: Transparency For Contrast
Keep your shit legible and within your color palette.
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Lesson 6: Gradients For Contrast
This is an elite skill that will make you a Canva pro.
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*Lesson 7: Create Custom Backgrounds*
Plus a lesson in doing less.
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Making Your Images Better
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*Lesson 1: Finding Stock Photos*
There’s something of an art to finding good stock photos.
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Lesson 2: Search By Color
Search for and manipulate the hue of your images.
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Lesson 3: Adjusting Images
Get the briefest intro to how you can adjust your photos.
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*Lesson 4: Canva Magic*
Discover AI editing tools if you have Canva Pro.
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Lesson 5: Photo Effects
Go crazy with your photos.
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Make Sure Your Shit Is Aligned
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Tutorials
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Lesson 1: Introduction
But more than just an intro…some tips on cohesion and cleanliness to make your grid on brand.
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*Lesson 2: Testimonial Post*
Someone else saying you’re good at what you do goes a lot further than just you saying it.
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*Lesson 3: Education Carousel*
Create a carousel post to showcase your expertise and build a perfect patient/athlete/client/whatever your audience is.
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Lesson 4: Bold Quote Post
Learn techniques to help make an impact with your posts and make them even more re-shareable.
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Lesson 5: Podcast Cover
Or this could be a blog post, an athlete spotlight, a practitioner bio…whatever you want.
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*Lesson 6: Reel Cover*
Create custom reels and get a BUNCH of resources for how to film and edit your videos.
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You’re A Design Expert Now.
Or at least hopefully you feel more confident in creating your designs.
I always love feedback so if you have time, you can fill out a feedback form to let me know how helpful the course is and provide any suggestions to make it better. And if you learned anything and turn it into some amazing social media post, I’d love to see it so be sure to tag me @design.rehab.services