FA-0595Agentic & Generative AI

Canva and AI-Assisted Design

Content, layouts and a practical visual project

Use Canva and selected AI tools to draft, refine and review visual content for an illustrative communication project.

Introduction

Why this course

This two-day course combines Canva workflow skills with AI-assisted content and visual design. It is intended for marketers, creators and entrepreneurs who already have basic familiarity with a design tool.

Participants create a small set of related visual assets for an illustrative brief. Website, ebook, presentation, animation and external-editor workflows are explored through selected examples rather than all built as complete products. Tool features and usage allowances depend on the current plan, account and region; design or marketing results are not guaranteed.

Learning outcomes

The course teaches participants to:

Use Canva templates, fonts, elements and brand styling in a coherent design.
Compare selected Canva AI and external image-generation features.
Create and review social-content or short-document assets for an illustrative brief.
Explore a simple landing-page, presentation or animation example.
Organise repeatable design steps and evaluate where AI assistance is useful.
Review content accuracy, permissions, licences and marketing claims before publication.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of Canva or similar graphic design tools.
Familiarity with digital content creation.

Access to Canva and a browser/internet connection.
A suitable selected AI tool for the exercise; paid or limited features can be demonstrated rather than assumed available to everyone.
Use fictional or approved brand material and avoid confidential client information.

Training outline

2 modules

01Day 1 — Canva Foundations and AI-Assisted Assets1 topics

Module 1 — Tools and Interface

Canva's core design capabilities and practical limits.
Compare selected Canva AI/Magic Studio features with an external tool such as Leonardo AI, according to current availability.

Navigation and essential tools.
Using templates, fonts, and design elements effectively.
Customizing designs with brand colors and logos.

Module 2 — AI Design Features

Explore AI/layout features, resizing and background removal where the chosen plan supports them; distinguish manual alternatives and usage limits.
Use templates and AI suggestions to support consistency, then review the result.
Create selected AI-assisted assets and evaluate fit to the brief.

Module 3 — Social Content

Draft sample social posts or ad visuals for an illustrative brand.
Design readable thumbnails, logos or memes; discuss audience fit without promising virality.
Review content-planning and scheduling features where supported; no live posting is required.

02Day 2 — Formats, Integration and Project Review1 topics

Module 4 — Websites and Marketing Materials

Explore a small Canva website or landing-page example rather than a complete production website.
AI-powered layout and design enhancements.
Review clarity, hierarchy, mobile presentation and proposed calls to action; conversions require evidence rather than a design guarantee.

6. Designing Effective Marketing Materials

Draft a short ebook/lead-magnet sample with content verification.
Explore an illustrative affiliate-style landing/bridge page with transparent, truthful claims and appropriate disclosure review.
Plan reusable email/social visual content; do not imply automatic campaign integration or publish live campaigns.

Module 5 — Apps, Presentations and External Editors

Review selected third-party apps, permissions and plan requirements.
Demonstrate a compatible Canva/CapCut asset workflow without assuming identical account or feature access.
Explore a short presentation/animation example and review generated content.

8. Advanced Techniques

Compare a selected Photopea editing step where useful; the workflow does not establish professional accreditation.
Create a short animated presentation or inspect a prepared example.
Discuss digital-product design and licence/platform constraints, using an illustrative Etsy-style example without sales guarantees.

Module 6 — Selected Final Project

Complete one scoped project using selected course techniques, not every demonstrated format.
Peer reviews and feedback session.
Review useful follow-on techniques and availability-sensitive tools without predicting market trends.

Check factual claims, asset licences, disclosure needs and privacy before using designs outside the class.
Document remaining design or implementation work rather than promise professional or commercial success.

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