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Description

Canva — AI-Assisted Online Design: Create, Adapt and Share Your Visuals

Produce clean and consistent visuals without professional design software or a graphic design background

  • 2 days — 14 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Foundation
  • Up to 6 participants

Requests for visuals come from every direction: a poster for an event, a sales document, a social media post. The team has neither an available designer nor a licence for professional design software. Materials produced under pressure drift away from brand guidelines and everyone starts from a different file.

These 14 hours are designed for non-specialists. Participants learn to use an online design tool, build a brand kit and produce visuals adapted to several formats. AI-assisted features are used to generate options, retouch an image and adapt an existing document.

Learning objectives

  • Create a visual from a template and adapt it to the stated requirement
  • Build a brand kit bringing together colours, fonts and logos
  • Adapt a single visual across several distribution formats
  • Use AI-assisted features to generate and retouch elements
  • Share a document and organise collaborative work
  • Export a file in the format suited to its final use

What makes this programme different

A brand kit is built and then applied to every piece of work produced during the session
Each participant leaves with three finished visuals ready for immediate use
The limits of AI-assisted features are demonstrated on cases where they fail

Programme

1Getting to grips with the design tool

From template to customised visual

  • Interface, workspaces and libraries
  • Selecting and reworking an existing template
  • Text, images and graphic elements
  • Layout rules for a legible result

2Setting up your brand guidelines

Recognisable outputs

  • Building a kit of colours and fonts
  • Importing and using the organisation's logos
  • Creating reusable templates for the team
  • Checking consistency across several outputs

3AI-assisted features

Saving time without losing control

  • Generating images and layout suggestions
  • Cut-outs, element removal and image extension
  • Assisted writing of short copy
  • Systematic checking and reworking of results

4Adapting, sharing and distributing

One visual, several channels

  • Automatic resizing to other formats
  • Adapting content to the constraints of each channel
  • Sharing, comments and third-party approval
  • Exports for screen or print use

Who is it for

Communication officers, sales support staff and non-profit managers required to produce visuals without prior graphic design skills.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.