This is your ultimate guide to navigating and mastering Canva which is one of the most versatile design platforms available today. This comprehensive book is perfect for everyone, from absolute beginners to seasoned designers looking to streamline their workflow and elevate their projects. The following are the things you are set to enjoy when you get this book; Discover the Basics: You will start with a thorough introduction to Canva's user-friendly interface, where you'll learn how to effortlessly navigate the dashboard and access a wealth of templates and design elements. With clear, step-by-step instructions, this book makes it easy to dive into the world of design, regardless of your experience level. Templates and Customization: You will learn how to leverage Canva's extensive library of templates to create professional-quality designs in minutes. Whether you're designing social media graphics, presentations, marketing materials, or personal projects, this book guides you through selecting and customizing templates to suit your needs perfectly. You will also be able to add your own flair with personalized fonts, colors, and images to make each design uniquely yours. Advanced Tools and Features: Explore Canva's powerful tools that go beyond basic design. This book covers advanced features such as the Background Remover tool, which simplifies the process of creating clean, professional images without needing complex software. You will also get to learn about resizing and accurate element alignment to maintain consistency and save time on every project. Branding and Consistency: You will learn about the importance of maintaining brand consistency and discover how Canva can help you achieve it. You will also learn to create and manage brand kits that include your logo, color palette, and fonts, ensuring all your designs adhere to your brand's visual identity. This section is invaluable for business owners, marketers, and anyone aiming to build a recognizable and cohesive brand presence. Productivity Tips: This guide is packed with time-saving tips and tricks to enhance your productivity. You will gain more insights about workflows, and best practices that help you create stunning designs quickly and efficiently. With these insights, you'll be able to focus more on your creative process and less on repetitive tasks. Inspiration and Ideas: Stay inspired with a collection of real-life examples and case studies showcasing the versatility of Canva. From eye-catching social media posts to professional presentations and beyond, see how others are using Canva to bring their ideas to life and spark your own creative inspiration. This is more than just a guide; it's a gateway to unlocking your full creative potential. With its clear explanations, practical advice, and inspiring examples, this book empowers you to transform your ideas into visually stunning realities. Whether you're creating for work, school, or personal enjoyment, you'll find everything you need to succeed with Canva right at your fingertips.

Embark on Your Design Journey with 'Canva 2024 Guide: Tips & Tricks for Beginners' - Your Ultimate Companion to Mastering Visual Design. This comprehensive handbook is crafted for beginners, offering a step-by-step exploration of Canva, the world's most user-friendly design tool. From setting up an account and navigating the interface to unlocking advanced features, this guide is your go-to resource. Dive into the art of visual communication, uncover hidden tools, and master animated post creation, photo manipulation, and color customization. Navigate the realms of Instagram carousels and make informed choices between Canva Free and Canva Pro. Let this guide be your mentor, guiding you to transform your creative visions into captivating designs.

This book explores the efficacy of game-based learning to develop university students’ skills and competencies. While writing on game-based learning has previously emphasised the use of games developed specifically for educational purposes, this book fills an important gap in the literature by focusing on commercial games such as World of Warcraft and Minecraft. Underpinned by robust empirical evidence, the author demonstrates that the current negative perception of video games is ill-informed, and in fact these games can be important tools to develop graduate skills related to employability. Speaking to very current concerns about the employability of higher education graduates and the skills that university is intended to develop, this book also explores the attitudes to game-based learning as expressed by instructors, students and game developers.

Do you want to spice up your social media posts? Do you wish you could create beautiful graphics quickly and easily? Are you ready to start using Canva right away to create compelling designs? If you answered yes to any of these questions then this book is for you! 50 Things to Know About Canva by author Anna Compagine Cohen offers a detailed, step-by-step approach to learning Canva. Most books on Canva are heavily focused on graphic design principles. And although there's nothing wrong with that, this book is here to hold your hand and guide you through the entire process, from signing up for your account all the way to sharing your designs with the world. In these pages you'll discover how to get started with Canva right away. You'll learn how to combine images, text, and elements to create gorgeous, attention-grabbing visual pieces. By the time you finish this book, you will know exactly how to develop designs that you can print or share on social media. So grab YOUR copy today. You'll be glad you did.

Understanding games as systems, with complex interactions of game elements and rules. Gaming the System demonstrates the nature of games as systems, how game designers need to think in terms of complex interactions of game elements and rules, and how to identify systems concepts in the design process. The activities use Gamestar Mechanic, an online game design environment with a systems thinking focus.

A simple, easy-to-follow guide to learning the advanced features and integrated services of Canvas for creating a transformative and personalized educational experience Key FeaturesSimplify online and hybrid learning with Canvas with the help of this updated second editionDiscover best practices to engage with students as they complete assignments and receive feedback through the GradebookFollow clear directions to use Canvas tools and features for your educational requirementsBook Description Canvas is an online learning management system (LMS) and one of the most powerful teaching tools that educational institutions worldwide have adopted thanks to its streamlined functionality, intuitive user interface, and robust features. This revised second edition of Canvas LMS Course Design will show you how to design, create, and teach engaging classes in online, hybrid, or fusion settings using the Canvas LMS. The book will guide you through the steps of setting up your Canvas account, creating activities and assignments, designing and customizing the course layout, and teaching your course. Whether you're using an institutional or Free-for-Teacher account, you'll be able to use Canvas for grading, feedback, and communication with and between students. As you progress, you'll learn how to integrate external apps and services with Canvas. Finally, the book features an exclusive section detailing how you can use Canvas' built-in resources as well as other resources to tackle challenges while working with the LMS. Throughout, this book will give you the technical knowledge you need to create unique learning experiences for students. By the end of this Canvas LMS Course Design, you'll be able to successfully teach online with the help of logical descriptions and step-by-step screenshots that clearly explain how to build a phenomenal course. What you will learnUnderstand online learning as a powerful and unique tool for student growthCreate, access, and personalize your user account and profile settings in CanvasGenerate, upload, and import course content for students to engage with as participants in your coursesDesign and sequence the content of your course to present information and activities with clarity and simplicityDiscover expert techniques for designing a curriculum and creating activitiesExplore Canvas features that meet your educational needs, such as online assessments and content deliveryWho this book is for This book is for educators who want to use Canvas to deliver instructions in online, hybrid, or fusion teaching models. Whether you’re new to online learning or a seasoned expert, you will be able to learn both the primary functions and the advanced features of Canvas with this book. As a minimum, beginner-level experience with online learning is required given the widespread implementation of distance learning due to the pandemic.