Design Foundations with Canva
A guided route through hierarchy, typography, colour and layout using Canva Design School and BOBIS exercises.
Open the first route
Understand the skill, practise it and make something useful.


A guided route through hierarchy, typography, colour and layout using Canva Design School and BOBIS exercises.
Open the first routeUnderstand what it means, why it matters and what to do next.
See quick briefs ↓STEP 1 · USE GOOD SOURCESUse clear steps and official courses chosen for this Room.
See complete routes ↓STEP 2 · MAKE A SAMPLEPractise, notice mistakes and make something you can improve.
Keep your work →Keep what you make, improve it and use it for your next move.
Open My BOBIS →Official source links open in a new tab. Start with one route—not all of them.
A guided route through hierarchy, typography, colour and layout using Canva Design School and BOBIS exercises.
Choose one visual problem, learn a structured foundation and make a small before-and-after piece.
4 steps · A clearly explained design sample with a short creator note.Pick one flyer, social post, simple brand card or presentation slide to improve.
Use OpenClassrooms’ official free course catalogue to select a relevant route.
Open OpenClassrooms ↗Use HubSpot’s content strategy course to support your design choices with a real audience goal.
Open HubSpot Academy ↗Save the original, your improved version and three decisions you made.

Use a window, a plain background and three simple shots.

Give the headline, details and next action different jobs.

Replace “I don't like it” with one specific observation.
Decide what the eye should notice first, second and third so your design becomes easier to understand.