Canva for UX Brainstorming and Collaboration

Learn how to use Canva, a popular hosted graphics service for UX design, brainstorming, collaboration, and presenting your ideas simply and effectively.

Introduction

• What is Canva and Canva Pro?
• Explore the Canva UI

1. Business Design Essentials

• Cropping, flipping, and basic positioning
• Structure and align design elements
• Use the Background Removal tool
• Use color palettes and symbolism
• The power of SVG graphics
• Lock and switch between layers
• Configure dynamic charts and lines
• Use frame, grids, and smart mockups
• Resize designs with Magic Resize
• Working with interactive tables
• Magic Edit and Erase

2. Presentations

• Connect design vision and target audience, part 1
• Connect design vision and target audience, part 2
• Understand typography
• Animation and effects in presentations
• Talking presentations and Canva Live
• Podcasts and adding audio to designs
• Edit video in Canva with timelines and transitions
• Import and edit PDFs
• Canva Docs and the Magic Write AI tool
• Create unique images with Text to Image

3. Collaboration

• Design together with your team and clients
• Engage your audience with icebreakers
• Run ideation or brainstorming sessions
• Create interactive polls and quizzes
• Utilizing freehand drawing for collaboration
• Elevate interactive collaboration with whiteboards

Conclusion

• Design with Canva on desktop and mobile
• Apps and integrations
• Next steps