Wondering how to make Canva templates? In this Canva tutorial for beginners, you'll
learn Canva tips and tricks on how to use Canva to automate your social media content
creation with a Canva template. So let's get right into this Canva for education video
on how to create Canva templates and how to share Canva templates.
First off, if you don’t have a Canva account yet, just click on the link in the description
box below to sign up for free. Before you can make Canva templates, you first need to
create the Canva design you want to transform into a template.
To do so, after you've logged in to your Canva account, either search for the design type
of your choice using the search bar up top, or use the Canva design suggestions by clicking
on the options under where it says 'what will you design'.
I'll click on the search bar, and search for 'Instagram post'. Once that option populates,
click on it. There are a number of Instagram post design templates that you can choose
from, and then customize to transform into your own Canva template, or you can click
on 'create a blank Instagram post' up top to start your Canva Instagram post template
design from scratch. You can even filter the Instagram post templates by style, theme and
color.
I'll go ahead and click on the 'blank Instagram post' option up top. Feel free to add any
element, upload, photo, text, and more to your Instagram post template design in Canva.
For an entire walkthrough of all of the available elements in Canva that you can add to your
Canva templates, make sure to watch my video on ‘How To Use Canva’. I’ll leave the
link to it in the description box below.
Say I want to create a Canva template for this Instagram post design to promote my newest
YouTube video. I'll first click on the design at large, and then on the color picker up
top, and change the background color to my brand's yellow color.
Since I’m a Canva Pro user, which you can also try out for free by clicking on the link
in the description box below, I can add my own brand kit with my brand fonts and colors
to Canva.
If you want to know how to customize those, make sure to watch my video on ‘What Is
A Canva Brand Kit + How To Customize A Canva Pro Brand Kit’. I’ll leave the link to
it in the description box below.
Now let's click on 'elements' from the left-hand side panel, scroll down until we locate the
'frames' section, and then click on 'see all' next to it. Scroll down until you locate the
desktop frame, and then click on it to add it to your Canva Instagram post template design.
Feel free to resize and reposition it.
Let's click on the back button next to where it says 'frames' to head back to the elements
tab. This time let's click on the square icon under where it says 'lines and shapes'. Feel
free to resize and reposition it, as well as change its color if you so wish.
Now let's click on 'text' from the left-hand side panel, and then on 'add a heading'. I'll
change the text so that it says 'new video', make sure that the font is set to Raleway
Heavy, the size is 64 pixels, and the color is my brand's dark blue color. I'll reposition
this text box so that it's positioned up top.
Let's now click on 'add a subheading' from the same text tab. I'll change the text so
that it says 'add video title here', make sure that the font is set to Raleway, the
size is 36 pixels, the color is white, and the text is bold. I'll reposition this text
box so that it's positioned below the 'new video' text box.
The last thing I'll add to this Instagram post Canva template is an animated arrow.
To do so, click on 'elements' from the left-hand side panel, and use the search bar to search
for 'arrow'. Click on the filter icon next to the search bar, click on 'animated' and
then on 'apply filters'.
Locate an arrow animation of your choice, and click on it to add it to your Canva Instagram
post template design. Feel free to resize and reposition it.
Once you're done creating what will become your Canva template for Instagram posts, rename
your Canva design up top, and then click on the three little dots up top. Under the 'share
section', click on 'see all', and then on template.
Add this Canva template to an existing folder, or create a new folder if you so wish, and
then click on 'add' at the bottom. Once you're ready to publish your design as a template
for either you or your team to use, click on 'publish template'.
When your Canva design has been published as a template, it's now super easy to use
and customize this Canva template. Let's x out of this popup, and head back to our Canva
homepage by clicking on 'home' on the top, left-hand side so that I can show you how
to do that.
Before I show you how to customize Canva templates, let me ask you this, how long are you currently
spending creating new Canva templates for your business? What if you could save 90%
of the time you're currently spending on designing new graphics and create all the graphics you
need for your online business in just a few clicks?
That's exactly what you can do with the Online Business Templates Vault. You'll get everything
you need to create clickable and eye-catching graphics, worksheets and social media designs
so that you can customize everything in just a few clicks to fit in with your brand - even
if you're not design-savvy.
If you want to check the Online Business Templates Vault out, I'll leave the link to it in the
description box below. Now back to customizing Canva templates.
In your Canva homepage, click on 'your projects' from the left-hand side panel to locate all
of your Canva folders. Locate and click on the Canva folder where you saved your Canva
template, in my case, Instagram.
Click on the Canva template you just created. If you wish to use and customize this Canva
template with a new design, click on 'use this template'. This will duplicate the template
you just created into a new design, and leave the original design as is.
If you wish to edit the original Canva template design, click on 'edit original' instead.
This will maintain the design as a template, but anything that you add or remove will change
the overall Canva template design.
I'll go ahead and click on 'use this template'. As you can see from the title up top, Canva
duplicated that Canva template design, so I can edit this design freely, without worrying
that my original Canva template will be changed.
What I'll do is add my video title where it says 'add video title here', and insert this
video's title, 'how to make Canva templates'. I'll also click on 'uploads' from the left-hand
side panel, and drag-and-drop this video's thumbnail into the desktop frame.
Feel free to add any additional elements of your choice to your Canva design. Once you're
done editing it, rename your Instagram post design up top, and then click on the download
button. Since there's an animation in this design, I'll select GIF under the file type
dropdown, and then click on the download button to save the Instagram post design to my computer.
You can either send this Instagram post design you created in Canva to your phone to post
it on Instagram at this exact moment, or schedule it to be posted later.
If you wish to send this Instagram post design to your phone to post it on Instagram at this
exact moment, make sure to watch my video on 'How To Transfer Photos From iPhone To
Mac'. I'll leave the link to it in the description box below.
If you wish to schedule this Instagram post design to be posted later, there are two ways
you can do that: using Canva or a third-party software.
For more details on how to schedule this Instagram post design to be posted later using Canva,
make sure to watch my video on 'How To Schedule Instagram Posts With Canva Using The Canva
Social Media Scheduler'. I'll leave the link to it in the description box below.
For more details on how to schedule this Instagram post design to be posted later using a third-party
software, make sure to watch my video on 'How To Post On Instagram From Computer'. I'll
also leave the link to it in the description box below.
If you wish to take things to the next level, and sell these Canva templates as a way to
make money with Canva, make sure to watch my video on 'How to Share Canva Templates
As Digital Products To Sell Online'. I'll leave the link to it in the description box
below.
If you're serious about making Canva templates, make sure to sign up for a free Canva account
by clicking on the link in the description box below, check out our Canva tutorials playlist
for even more Canva tips and tricks, as well as our FREE cheat sheet with brilliant tools
that you should use below this video to learn more about how to save time and boost your
productivity in your online business.
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