Graphic Design

Distinguish graphic design from illustration, fine art, and decoration by identifying the communication purpose of a visual.

Translate a simple communication request into an audience, message, and desired action.

Navigate Canva Mobile to create, rename, duplicate, organize, and resize design files.

Use Canva Mobile layers, positioning, grouping, locking, and selection controls to arrange elements.

Differentiate raster images from vector graphics and select an appropriate type for a design task.

Choose appropriate dimensions and orientation for a specified digital or print format.

Export a Canva design in PNG, JPG, and PDF formats with settings appropriate to its intended use.

Identify the intended visual reading order in an existing design.

Create visual hierarchy by varying scale, weight, color, contrast, and placement.

Apply alignment to create visible relationships among design elements.

Use proximity to group related information and separate unrelated information.

Use repetition to create consistency and rhythm within a composition.

Balance positive and negative space in a single-page layout.

Construct a layout with columns, margins, and consistent spacing.

Produce multiple thumbnail compositions for the same design brief.

Explain hue, saturation, value, tint, shade, and tone using examples.

Use a color wheel to construct analogous, complementary, and triadic palettes.

Create a color palette that supports a specified mood and audience.

Use value contrast to establish hierarchy and maintain legibility.

Apply color consistently by recording and reusing HEX values in Canva.

Evaluate text and background color combinations for accessible contrast.

Adjust an overly complex color scheme into a limited, coherent palette.

Design information that remains understandable without color alone.

Distinguish major type classifications and describe the impressions they commonly create.

Select a typeface whose characteristics fit a message and audience.

Pair two typefaces by assigning clear display and text roles.

Build a typographic hierarchy for headings, subheadings, body text, and captions.

Adjust size, line length, line spacing, letter spacing, and alignment to improve readability.

Apply consistent spacing and punctuation conventions to a text-heavy design.

Identify and correct common typography problems such as widows, orphans, crowding, and excessive variation.

Create an expressive type-only composition without relying on imagery.

Select images that support a message, audience, and visual tone.

Crop and frame an image to strengthen its focal point and composition.

Remove or simplify an image background while preserving clean subject edges.

Adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, and color temperature without degrading an image.

Combine photographs with text while preserving readability and subject visibility.

Create simple icons and graphic motifs from basic Canva shapes.

Maintain a consistent visual style when combining photographs, illustrations, icons, and shapes.

Evaluate stock assets for resolution, licensing restrictions, authenticity, and visual clichés.

Define a brand's audience, personality, promise, and differentiating idea from a short brief.

Translate brand attributes into suitable color, typography, imagery, and shape choices.

Evaluate a logo for simplicity, relevance, distinctiveness, versatility, and legibility.

Generate several distinct logo concepts using words, initials, symbols, and simple shapes.

Test whether a logo remains recognizable at small size and in one color.

Create a compact visual identity system containing a logo, palette, typography, and graphic elements.

Document basic rules for consistent and incorrect use of a visual identity.

Apply one visual identity consistently across three different communication formats.

Adapt one message to square, portrait, story, and banner dimensions without losing hierarchy.

Design a social-media graphic that communicates its main message within a brief viewing time.

Create a reusable Canva template with controlled editable areas.

Build a visually consistent sequence of three campaign posts.

Design a clear call-to-action using hierarchy, contrast, and placement.

Create a simple animated graphic using timing and transitions appropriate to the message.

Evaluate digital graphics for mobile legibility, safe zones, and platform cropping.

Export lightweight digital assets while preserving adequate visual quality.

Extract required content, priorities, and constraints from a promotional design brief.

Organize event information into a clear poster hierarchy.

Use a grid to align text and images in a flyer.

Create a focal point that can be recognized from viewing distance.

Balance persuasive copy with essential practical information in a promotional layout.

Adapt a promotional design from a poster into a smaller handout format.

Prepare a print-oriented PDF with appropriate dimensions, bleed awareness, and image quality.

Review a promotional design for missing information, readability, and production errors.

Plan the content order of a short multi-page document using a page map.

Create consistent margins, columns, and page structure across a document.

Design a cover that signals subject, tone, and information priority.

Format headings, body text, captions, and page numbers as a coherent type system.

Control text density by using paragraphs, lists, pull quotes, and white space.

Place and caption images so their relationship to the text is clear.

Maintain visual continuity while introducing controlled variation across pages.

Perform a page-by-page consistency and readability check on a short document.

Choose an appropriate chart type for a simple comparison, trend, proportion, or ranking.

Simplify a chart by removing decoration that interferes with interpretation.

Use labels, scale, color, and emphasis to make a chart's main point clear.

Organize a small set of facts into a readable infographic structure.

Create a simple icon-based explanation without relying on decorative complexity.

Check a design for readable type size, sufficient contrast, clear order, and plain-language labels.

Identify misleading visual choices such as distorted scales, unequal comparisons, and unsupported emphasis.

Run a pre-delivery check for content accuracy, alignment, spacing, consistency, accessibility, and export settings.

Write a focused design brief containing objective, audience, message, deliverables, and constraints.

Create a mobile-friendly file-naming and version-control convention for Canva projects and exports.

Build a reference board that separates strategic inspiration from direct imitation.

Explain design decisions using communication goals rather than personal taste.

Give specific critique using observation, impact, and suggested change.

Convert critique into a prioritized revision checklist.

Compare two design versions against the same brief and justify the stronger solution.

Select portfolio pieces based on skill evidence, relevance, and execution quality.

Identify and revise weak mockups that distract from the underlying design work.

Write a concise project summary covering the problem, audience, role, and solution.

Present research, concepts, iterations, and final work as a coherent case-study sequence.

Create a consistent presentation template for portfolio case studies.

Develop three distinct concepts for a self-directed capstone brief.

Apply a chosen concept consistently across a small set of capstone deliverables.

Evaluate the capstone against its brief and complete a prioritized final revision.

Assemble a mobile-shareable beginner portfolio and check its viewing order, links, and readability.