Meet your AI creative partner

10m

Beginner

We’ll start smart with three basics that make everything else in this course click.

Meet your AI creative partner

10m

Beginner

We’ll start smart with three basics that make everything else in this course click.

What you’ll learn

Get to know Canva AI
Communicate with AI effectively
Prompt to get the best results

Your journey starts here

Here's a quick tour of how the course works.

Quick tip:

This is your sandbox: describe what you're imagining, and Canva AI helps you turn it into something real.
There's no wrong way to start, so play around and see where it takes you.

How does Canva AI work?

So that's how the course works. Now, let's look at what’s possible when you partner with Canva AI.

Pretty incredible, right? And it all happens here in Canva, where you're already working.

Prompt the results you imagined

Now let’s learn how to talk to Canva AI.

Quick tip:

There's no limit to what you can create. These prompting tips work for whatever you're building with AI.
A good prompt is like a recipe: subject, action, setting, aesthetic, and any other details you can throw in.
Not quite what you were imagining? No rewrite needed, just tell your creative partner what to tweak (e.g. "warm up the colours").

How to improve any output

Let’s look at a direct comparison between a good prompt and a... not so good one.

Think of prompting like a conversation. Share your idea clearly – then see if it lands. If not? Add more detail and give helpful references. The back-and-forth builds the shared context you need to bring your imagination to life.

The formula to remember

Save the cheatsheet below to keep perfect prompts at your fingertips.

Note that you don’t need every element every time, or in this order – but the more specific your prompt, the closer the result matches what you imagined.

Quick tip:

Lesson 1? Done! Play around with Canva AI for yourself, or select Finish lesson to head to Lesson 2.

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