Udemy
Social Media Graphic Design For Beginners (Using Free Tools)
Using completely free online tools, you'll learn to design incredible graphics for all of your social media accounts.| Length | Under 3 weeks |
| Effort | 2.5 hours per week |
| Price | $ 15 |
| Subject | Design, Art |
| Level | Beginner |
| Languages | English |
| Video Transcripts | None |
The truth is, most of the incredible, eye-catching graphics you see online aren't created with expensive software by professional designers.
They're created by people just like you and me, using free tools that are simple and ridiculously fun to learn.
Now it's your turn.
Whether you're a beginner looking for some guidance on basic graphic creation, or an expert looking to pick up some new tricks - this course is for you!
What can you expect?
This course is packed full of exciting, valuable lessons that teach you exactly how to create beautiful graphics that will help turn your online presence into something truly remarkable. It's taught using follow-along screenshare videos so you can create your projects at your own pace as you watch! Plus, I'll provide you with my custom, downloadable, mobile-friendly templates (to 2018 specifications) to ensure that each graphic you create is going to look fabulous on mobile too.
Why is this course special?
Using a popular tool like Canva, it would be easy to simply teach you how each of the tools work so you can take one of their pre-loaded templates and customise it to suit your own needs. But if you want to truly enhance your social media, your business or your website's online presence - you'll need to learn a few tricks that other courses don't cover.
Inside this course, we'll master the basics together, and you'll become confident using Canva and other free online tools. That means no more relying on expensive graphic designers or costly and confusing design software!
Then we'll also learn how to make some more elaborate (and more fun) graphics like moving GIFs for your Instagram Stories, stunning eBooks to impress your audience and I'll even teach you how to use mobile apps - for when you need to design something beautiful on the go.
As a freelancer, business-owner and best selling course creator, I know exactly what it takes to create a lasting impact online.
By the end of this course, you'll be able to make your own:
- Canva graphics to use anywhere online and offline for print
- Facebook graphics, cover photos and Facebook ad graphics
- Pinterest pins, board covers and stunning infographics
- YouTube channel art, video thumbnails and image cut-outs
- Instagram inspirational quote graphics, multi-post images and moving GIFs for Insta Stories
- Business logos, business cards, eBooks and compressed images to ensure your website stays super fast!
And there are even bonus lessons where I'll teach you how to create Twitter, Google + and LinkedIn cover images, as well as amazing graphics directly on your smartphone!
I've cut out all the fluff and filler from this course... in just 4 and a half hours, you'll be able to create everything you see above!
"Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvellous." - Bill Moyers
Are you ready to create something remarkable today?
- Anyone who wants to learn how to design amazing graphics for their social media platforms, their website or their business
- Business owners who want to learn how to design their own logos, business cards and eBooks
- Freelancers who want to take their design skills up a notch without needing to learn expensive software
- Anyone who wants to learn some awesome Canva design hacks!
What you'll learn
Create eye-catching designs for Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube, Instagram (and other platforms) that help you get noticed online
Save time and money by designing your own (mobile-friendly) graphics using completely free online tools
Learn advanced skills like creating moving GIFs, designing vector graphics and creating eBooks
Master Canva and other free design tools
Course syllabus
Meet the instructors
Maggie Stara
Digital Marketing Strategist
Hey you, I’m Maggie.
A Canadian freelancer, creative digital marketing blogger and your marketing and design teacher.
Just like you, I started out interested in working online but struggling with the lack of quality information out there for beginners. So after learning the ropes the hard way and becoming a successful freelancer, I set out to help make things easier for creative overachievers like myself.
So, I went ahead and created everything with you in mind.
My courses aren't made by someone with decades of experience who has forgotten what it was like to be a newbie and learned digital marketing and design in the era of Myspace and Microsoft Paint. They're made by someone who knows exactly what it's like to be trying to master 20 tools at once and stay on top of constant updates with each of them.
As a location independent freelancer, I have travelled all over while working from my laptop. My online skills have led to working with an exciting range of talented people, from sole traders to multi-million dollar businesses. Some of my freelance clients have been featured in The Huffington Post, ProBlogger, The Sydney Morning Herald and Cosmopolitan, just to name a few.
My teaching style is conversational, incredibly hands-on, and focused on accommodating different learning styles.
And finally, my ultimate goal is for you to feel empowered and excited about your future having learned the skills within my course(s)!