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Beginner  2 Days

Canva for Business: Mastering Visual Design for the Workplace

Design like a pro with Canva — create impactful presentations, flyers, and social media content that elevate your brand. No design background required.

  • Duration: 2 Days (9:00AM – 5:00PM)

  • Instructor: Onion Lim

  • Mode: Physical / Virtual
  • Level: Beginner to Intermediate

Course Overview

This two-day course equips non-designers and business professionals with the skills to create professional, visually compelling designs using Canva.

Participants will learn key design principles, how to use Canva’s tools effectively, and how to integrate AI tools like ChatGPT to generate content that complements their visuals.

Through guided exercises, feedback sessions, and a final project, participants will walk away with both the confidence and capability to create high-impact visuals for their workplace needs.

What You’ll Learn

  • Learn the core principles of effective visual design — including layout, typography, and color harmony — to enhance communication and branding.

  • Get comfortable navigating Canva’s features and tools, and learn when to use Free vs Pro resources for optimal results.

  • Use AI tools like ChatGPT to quickly generate content for your designs — from taglines and captions to flyers and presentations.

  • Create a final project using everything you’ve learned and get feedback to refine your visual communication skills.

Who Should Join?

This course is ideal for:

  • Non-designers who need to design for daily tasks (slides, social media, certificates)
  • Small business owners creating their own marketing visuals
  • Anyone looking to create impactful designs efficiently, even without prior experience

Course Modules

Learn why design matters in branding and communication. Understand the five essential design principles and how to build a structured workflow for any design task.

Hands-on activity: Analyze a sample design and create a basic design workflow for a real-world task.

Explore Canva’s interface, templates, and tools. Learn how to choose the right template and customize it for different needs.

Hands-on activity: Create simple designs (business cards, flyers, social posts) and share them with the group for feedback.

Strengthen your design intuition by breaking down and recreating strong design examples. Learn techniques to improve layout, hierarchy, and typography.

Hands-on activity: Recreate 2–3 sample designs and improve an external design of your choice, then share your work for feedback.

Discover how to use ChatGPT to generate content ideas that align with your design goals — from captions to full-length copy.

Hands-on activity: Use ChatGPT to generate copy, then design a flyer using Canva based on the content.

Master the basics of color theory and font pairing to achieve balance and consistency in your designs.

Hands-on activity: Design a business card using cohesive colors and well-paired typography.

Apply everything you’ve learned in a comprehensive project (e.g., brand kit, social media campaign, or presentation). Present your work and receive feedback from peers and the instructor.

Hands-on activity: Design and present a final project ready for real-world use.

Featured Review

This Canva class was super helpful! Mr Onion was clear, straight to the point, and easy to follow. I really appreciated the slides and workbook.

Amy Deepz

21st January 2025

Meet Your Trainer

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Onion Lim

Marketing Manager @ Twenty-Four Consulting

Onion is an HRD Corp TTT-accredited trainer who has conducted Canva workshops for government agencies and universities across Malaysia. With a hands-on approach, Onion helps professionals streamline their workflow and create impactful designs.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, all participants who complete the course will receive a digital certificate of completion.

Not at all. This course is designed for beginners and non-designers. Basic computer literacy is all you need.

Yes. We offer in-house and private group training sessions, either at your location or virtually.

Yes, this course is fully HRD Corp claimable. Learn what HRD Corp claimable means and follow our step-by-step guide to apply via the SBL-KHAS scheme. You can also contact us to customise the session or get help with the claim process.

Yes! We’re proud to be an official Canva Agency Partner — the first in Malaysia and Southeast Asia. This means we’re recognised by Canva for our design expertise and our ability to train and support teams using Canva for business.

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We’re excited to announce that Twenty-Four Consulting is now an official Canva Agency Partner—the first in Malaysia & Southeast Asia.

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