Start date: 22 September 2026
Duration: 22nd September (9:30am - 12:30pm)
Location: Online
Certificate: N/A
Cost: €69 per person (Non Chamber & Network Members €99)
Course code: N/A
Programme overview
Canva is a popular and easy-to-use graphic design platform that helps businesses create professional visual content without needing advanced design skills. It can be used to produce social media graphics, posters, flyers, presentations, videos, branded templates and a wide range of marketing materials.
This practical workshop is designed for anyone who wants to use Canva to create more engaging and consistent visual content for their business. Participants will learn how to set up and use Canva, work with templates, apply brand colours and logos, create content for different social media platforms and use features such as video, GIFs, QR codes, animations and scheduling tools.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of the training programme, participants will:
- Understand what Canva is and how it can support business marketing
- Set up and manage a Canva account for business use
- Understand the difference between Canva Free and Canva Pro
- Use Canva templates to create professional visual content
- Create visual content for social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter and LinkedIn
- Upload and apply logos, brand colours and fonts to designs
- Organise designs and brand assets within Canva
- Add and use images, video, audio, GIFs, QR codes and maps
- Source non-copyright images, video, audio and graphics
- Use Canva tools such as grids, frames, background remover and animations
- Resize designs for different social media channels
- Plan and schedule content directly from Canva
Who Is This Course For?
Anyone involved in generating promotional images / Digital Marketing content
Modules
- Introduction to Canva and visual marketing
- Canva Free versus Canva Pro
- Setting up a Canva account
- Canva pros and cons
- Using Canva templates
- Creating content for social media marketing
- Organising designs in Canva
- Uploading logos, brand colours and fonts
- Working with images, graphics and non-copyright content
- Adding video, audio and GIFs
- Using QR codes and maps
- Using grids, frames and background remover
- Converting images into animations
- Resizing content for different platforms
- Planning and scheduling content from Canva
Applications Closing on 21/09/2026
