Building Brand Systems in Canva

Learn how to build a brand system in Canva that works for your team and AI. This course walks brand designers through setting up a Brand Kit, designing structured Brand Templates, applying locks, and testing the full system so your team can create consistent, on-brand content at scale.

Building Brand Systems in Canva

54m

5 lessons

Beginner

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Building Brand Systems in Canva

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Meet the three-layer brand system model and understand how your role as a brand designer is evolving in Canva Enterprise.
Welcome to Canva Brand System
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Brand System design
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Set up the foundation of your brand system with colors, fonts, logos, Brand Voice, and photography so your team and AI produce on-brand results.
The foundation: Brand Kits
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Building a Brand Kit
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Design Brand Templates that work for both your team and AI, with content, structure, protection, and publishing guidelines.
Designing your Brand Templates
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Adding content
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Incorporating structure
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Setting up protection
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Publish Brand Templates
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Connect your Brand Kit and Brand Templates into one system, then test whether AI produces on-brand results.
Bringing It Together
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Test Your Setup
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You've built a brand system that works for your team and for AI. Review what you accomplished, check your understanding, and find your next Design School course.
Summary and Next Steps
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What you’ll learn

What You'll Learn:

What a brand system is and how the three layers work together
How to set up a complete Brand Kit with colors, fonts, logos, Brand Voice, and photography
How to design Brand Templates with content, structure, and protection guidelines
How to use locks and approval workflows to govern what can and can't be edited
How to connect your Brand Kit and Brand Templates into one system
How to test your setup and fix common AI output issues

54m

5 lessons

Beginner

Key skills

Branding

Template customization

Collaboration and teamwork

Last updated 21 Apr, 2026

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Frequently asked questions

First, we recommend completing all the course material associated with the certification. This might include tutorial videos, activities, and cheat sheets.
Once you’re ready, start the test at the top of this page. You’ll be asked a series of questions. If you get them all right, you'll be awarded a certificate.
There is no expiry date on our certifications. However, we update the course content and test questions regularly to reflect new updates to Canva, so it’s a good idea to come back and re-test every 12 months or so.
Feel free to try the test again. We don’t limit the number of times you can attempt it.
Please log in to your Canva account to take the test. If you don’t have an account, it’s free to create one. You can do that at canva.com
Yes. At the end of the test, you can add your credential to your LinkedIn profile and share your achievement on social media.
The certification is digital-only for now. You’ll receive an email to access your certification at any time.
Canva certifications are a great way to showcase your skills and proficiency with our platform! While our training courses are not accredited by any external party, Canva itself is a globally recognized company, and our products are used by millions of people all around the world. Earning a Canva certification can help demonstrate your expertise in visual communication and familiarity with one of the most popular design tools available today. It’s a fantastic addition to your professional portfolio!
The name displayed on the certificate is the same as your Canva account name. This can be changed by going to your account settings and clicking Edit next to the name field: www.canva.com/settings/your-account
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