You will need to open a new canvas to work on a project. You can do two things.

Canva's templates are pre-designed layouts that serve as inspiration for your own work. They have things like pictures, text boxes, graphics, and placeholders that are carefully placed to keep the design balanced. With templates, you don't have to start from scratch, which makes them especially useful for people who aren't good at design or don't have much time. Picking the right template will make sure that your content looks good and works with the platform. For example, a business presentation needs a clean, formal style, while a birthday invitation might need bright colors and fun fonts. Templates also make sure that the right sizes and formats are used for different platforms, like Instagram posts, YouTube thumbnails, and written materials.
Before you choose a template, you should know what you want your design to do. Think about these:
The types of templates you should look into will depend on how you answer these questions. The templates in Canva are grouped by type, which makes it easy to find ones that work for you. As an example:
Once you know what you want to do, you can use Canva's search bar to find templates that fit your needs. If you need a design for an event, for example, type "event flyer" or "party invitation," and Canva will show you a list of templates that match your search. This way, you won't have to scroll through options that aren't relevant. You can also use terms that are related to themes, styles, or colors in the search bar. As an example:
Canva templates are already the right size for certain platforms or file types, so you don't have to make any changes to your design to make it fit. This step is especially important for digital projects because the wrong size can make your content look bad. As an example:
Choose a "Custom Size" option to make a blank canvas with the exact dimensions you need, or filter templates by size if you have specific needs.
Your message and viewers should fit with the style of your template. Canva has a lot of different styles, from bright and bold to simple and clean.
To pick the right one:
Look at a few different templates before deciding on one. When you click on a template, it will open in Canva's designer. From there, you can look more closely at its structure and parts. Think about it:
See how different templates look before you buy them to find the best one for your project.
Templates should still feel special to your project even though they are meant to save time. Look for templates that can be changed in a number of ways. You can change almost everything about a template in Canva, like the colors, fonts, images, and layouts. But you might need to make more changes to some templates than to others in order to make them work for you.
As an example:
Pick a template that you can easily change but that will still give your design a strong base.
The way the template looks is important, but how well it works is even more important. You might waste time and effort on a beautiful template that doesn't work with your content or goals.
If the design style doesn't match what the audience expects, it can hurt your message. For example, putting together a business report with a funny template might not come across as professional.
If you use the wrong size for your tool or medium, you might end up with pixels, cropping problems, or bad print quality. Always check the measurements twice before moving on.
If you use a template without making any changes, you might end up with a boring design that doesn't have any style. Adding your brand colors or changing the fonts are just a few of the small changes that can make a big difference.
Say you're making an Instagram post to tell people about a sale this summer. In Canva's search bar, type "summer sale Instagram post" to begin. The platform will show different templates, which usually have big fonts, bright colors, and seasonal pictures like beach or sun scenes. Look at a few choices and pick the one that fits the tone of your brand. If your business is simple, choose a design that is cleaner and has fewer colors. If it's more fun, choose a template with animated icons or bright gradients that stand out. After picking a template, you can make it your own by adding your image, changing the colors to match your brand, and adding text that is related to your sale.

You only need to save your design when you're done with it. You're almost at the end of your journey. Click the "Save" button in the upper left corner of the page to keep your design. Then, click "Download," pick the type of file, and click "Download" at the bottom to send it. Wait a little while, and you'll be done! You can also share your design on Canva in other ways, such as but not limited to, the ones below:
There are different groups of Canva's design tools that are grouped to help with different parts of the design process. You can change text, images, colors, layouts, and other things with these tools to make your artistic ideas come to life. You can use the tools for any type of design project, like a social media post, a business show, or an invitation.

Let us help you get used to the design or editing tools before you start editing. This will make sure that everything goes smoothly as you work. Canva will take you to the Design Page after you pick a template or design. On the left side of this page, you'll see a Toolbar that has the following items:
A. Design
You can use design templates that you can change to fit your canvas, or you can choose from Styles, which gives you font sets, color palettes, or blends of fonts and color palettes to use in your design.
B. Elements
This tool makes it easy to get to thousands of different design features. Some of these design elements are stickers, photos, videos, music, charts, polls, frames, mockups, an AI image generator, and shapes. Also, the search bar makes it easy to find anything you need for the design. To change a design feature, all you have to do is select it. A small toolbar will then show up on top of the page. You can change this element by changing its color, adding a border, changing its shape, cropping it, rotating it, changing how transparent it is, moving it around, and even choosing an animation for it.
C. Text
There's no doubt that every design needs some writing. Just tap on the "Text" bar to add text. You can add a title, a subheading, or body text. You can change the text in the same way that you can change the design features. To change text, all you have to do is tap on it, and a small horizontal menu will show up on top of the page. You can change the text's color, typeface, style, and case, as well as its size, alignment, use of text effects, placement, and animation.
D. Uploads
With this feature, you can upload photos, videos, audio files, or gifs from your computer that you want to use in your design. You could also use Google Drive, Dropbox, or Google Photos to add items.
E. Draw
This function gives you more freedom to make your design however you want. Draw lets you add life to your design by using digital drawing tools like a pen, pencil, marker, and eraser. You can also change the color of the drawing tools, as well as their size and transparency. If you tap on an element or word, you may also see other editing tools. A smaller menu will appear on top of an element or text after you tap on it. If you want to use other popular editing tools, like copy, paste, duplicate, delete, comment, link, or lock, you can.
All of these tools work perfectly with Canva's design center and can be reached from the toolbar, side panels, or context menus.
Images are often the most important part of a design, and Canva's tools for editing images let you change photos and drawings to fit your style. Some important features are:
The colors you use have a big impact on the mood and message of your design. The color tools in Canva make it simple to use and change color schemes:
For designs to look balanced and professional, they need to be laid out and aligned correctly.
Canva has tools that can help you arrange and line up elements:
There are effects and filters in Canva that can make your designs more creative and professional:
Canva's animation tools let you bring your designs to life for projects that need to move:
Canva has tools for team projects that make collaboration easy:
In Canva, you can make groups to organize your designs into different areas of your work or personal life. It's easy to find the things you've shared and see your newest designs on the "Your Projects" tab. This is on the left side of the screen, next to the Home tab.
Here's the order of the parts on this page:

At the bottom of the page is everything you've shared or made. It's the hub of your account and the best place to get to everything.
Your account already has three folders. These are them:
You get an unlimited number of folders in both the Pro and Free versions, not just the three that were mentioned. You can call them anything you want. To make a new folder, follow these steps:


Don't worry about the second choice if you're not going to make a team. We'll only set up a simple folder for this exercise.
You can also click on the star icon next to the name of your new folder to make it the main folder. It's going to turn yellow. It will now appear in the menu bar on the left. You can make as many files as you want, and it works great for everyone. You can make folders inside of files up to five levels deep to save even more space. Lastly, you can share a folder with someone on your team from the Folders menu. They must already have a Canva account, though, because you can't share a folder with someone who isn't on your team. We have already talked about what Canva is, how to use it, how to set up our account on both a computer and a phone, and how the two main Canva accounts are different. Our thoughts are better organized now that we're working on them in groups. Next, let's look at the Content Planner.
This app from Canva is great for people who use social media and plan posts. You can make posts in Canva and plan them to go out on different social networks at different times. This means you don't need to sign up for extra sites and apps to add your content. It's on the right side of the main page. You won't be able to use this feature if you are on Free, though. It's possible to get a free trial for 30 days and see if you like it enough to use it again. The Content Planner is set up like a calendar, so you can change months at the top. You can see where and when you're planning to post at a look. It also shows major holidays and world events. If you need to make something for an event, all you have to do is click on the event name, and it will bring up a list of templates that have already been made for that date:

This link took me to the page for International Yoga Day. After that, I can click on the following to begin writing my post about International Yoga Day:

You can do this in a few different ways with Canva, so I'll show you step-by-step how to schedule content for your social media links. You only need to make a picture and pick a date on the calendar to make a post. When I clicked on the date I wanted to use, my designs showed up at the top. At the bottom, there was a list of ready-made templates. In the middle to the right, you could also choose to start over. This time, I'll use a template that's already been made:

Once I choose a template, it will open in the normal view for changing templates. I can now change the words, pictures, and colors to make it fit my brand.

Once you are done making changes to your template, you can set a time. Click the Share button in the top right corner:

There'll be a drop-down menu. You might have to click "More" at the bottom to find the Schedule button.

Once you click the "More" button, you'll see all of your choices, such as the Schedule tab and all the social media sites you can post straight to. This is where you will find all of your choices in Canva. When you see "Schedule," scroll down and click on it. It will be in the Social area. After that, it will show you boxes where you can write your post, pick your channel, and change the date and time you want it to go live. When you click on the date, a calendar will appear. Once you've picked out the date, you can pick the time. Then you can pick which channel to watch. Now you need to connect your social accounts to Canva. The one with Facebook is the only one that isn't easy. You'll need to sign in to Facebook and let Canva log in as you. You can also connect to post straight to Instagram, which is the most popular site. There is, however, one thing that you can't do: join a Creator account. Most of the time, though, they only need your Canva login information. It can link itself if you are already logged in on another computer. The "Select a channel" link at the bottom of the list will let you do this. It will show up at the top after you join, and you can pick which channel you want to use:

In the end, you need to write your message like you would on a social media site. You can even stick to the number of characters you have with Canva. At the very bottom right, it will show you how many words you've used on each page. Twitter lets you use 280 characters; while Facebook lets you use 5,000 characters. You can now click Schedule or save your post as a draft to work on it later. You can find these options right on the Content Planner calendar. After making the design, click the "Make a copy" button to send the same post to a different site. You can only use this button once on each station.

We are going to look at our post in the Content Planner. I can now see all the posts I had planned. It will tell you the time and place where it will go if you move your mouse over one. You can plan more than one post for different places on the same day. It will show a smaller icon for each platform so you can quickly see where everything is set to upload:

If you need to, you can change any post you have planned. When you click on the post in Content Planner, the planned post will appear, and you can make changes to it. Just click Save and Schedule when you're done.
I thought it would be helpful to quickly go over the other ways you can use Canva to plan and post to social media sites that do the same thing and are pretty much the same process. You can do these two things with Canva on both phones and computers:

You can save a lot of time by planning and writing a lot of posts at once. This will help you decide what to write each day. The Content Planner is a great tool for your business that can help you. It's also free because it's part of Pro.