50 Canva Designs
Canva issued me a credential this week for building my 50th design. I have a corporate team account so this is in a work capacity.
What are some of my recent use cases for Canva?
Branded quick reference guides - I created a lot of guides that show a concept in a nutshell for a recent technical training pathway. Learners can come back and view the QRG as a refresher.
Promotional one-pagers - I design one-pager takeaways for learning programs I manage that I share with stakeholders and interested parties. The public link sharing option works well for this.
Process/how-to docs - It’s easy to make flow charts or step-by-step guides that have a similar look and feel. Again, with the company branding, these look very consistent and professional.
Collaborating/reviewing - Team members leave me comments on my work and vice a versa. We also have share folders, templates, and other assets that make it easy to collaborate.
Embedding in WordPress and Degreed - With various options for output, Canva enables you to share your work across a variety of mediums.
There are some areas for improvement with Canva where it is not keeping up with Adobe Illustrator. You can’t change the colors in all of the graphic elements, which is annoying when I’ve found a great visual but I can’t use it because I can’t edit it to my company colors. Also, I wish you could change the artboard size in their infographics without warping everything on the page. It’s difficult to trim a bit off the edges. Lastly, the embed background on Articulate Rise is stark black which doesn’t look great and we have not figured out a way to edit the code.
Overall, Canva is great for corporate learning teams, and I’ve barely tapped into the functionality on the platform.
