Logo Design in Canva for Beginners

📘 Course Overview:
This course teaches you how to design clean, modern logos using free Canva tools — even if you’ve never designed before. You’ll learn about backgrounds, text, fonts, spacing, and how to remove backgrounds from images to create professional logos you can use anywhere.

🧭 Course Outline (5 Simple Modules)

📌 Module 1: Introduction to Logo Design

1. 🧠 What is a logo? Why does it matter?
2. 🔠 Types of logos: text-based, icon-based, combo
3. 🎨 Examples of logos made with Canva
4. 🧭 Tour of Canva dashboard

🎨 Module 2: Working with Backgrounds & Foregrounds

1. 🎯 Choosing background colors for logos
2. 🧼 Making transparent backgrounds
3. 📐 Using shapes or color blocks behind your text
4. 🔍 Foreground vs background: what stands out and why

✍️ Module 3: Adding & Styling Text (Typography Basics)

1. 💬 Adding text in Canva
2. 🔤 Choosing the right font
3. Bold, italics, spacing, and line height
4. 🎯 Font pairing tips for logos
5. 📏 Aligning and centering text for balance

🖼️ Module 4: Using Images and Removing Backgrounds

1. 📥 Uploading your own image or icon
2. 📚 Using Canva’s built-in icon library
3. ✂️ How to remove image backgrounds (free & Pro options)
4. 🧩 Placing icons with text to make a strong brand mark

💾 Module 5: Exporting & Saving Your Logo

1. ⬇️ How to export your logo as PNG or SVG
2. 🧼 Making it transparent for use on websites or social media
3. 🗂️ Saving different versions: color, black, white
4. 🧾 How to use your logo on business cards, flyers, and profiles

🧰 Tools Needed:

1. 💻 Free Canva account (Pro helps, but not required)
2. 📱 A laptop or smartphone
3. 🌐 Internet connection
4. 💡 Optional: Your own brand idea or business name