SkillsFuture-claimable · WSQ
Canva + AI · Crash Course

Two days to look like you hired a designer.

You're not a designer — and you shouldn't need to be. By the end of day two, everything your business puts out looks the part: posts, reels, flyers, menus, decks. Designed by you, in Canva — with its AI doing the heavy lifting.

2 days9am – 6pmFrom $240nett, after funding*3 Octnext intakeFrom zerono design background
Canva + AI Resize → Story Free Canva is enough
One idea, every format — a design made in class

The standard we teach to. No agency, no freelancer, no design background.

Isn't Canva already easy?

Easy is exactly why
everything looks the same.

Canva hands every business the same templates. Swapping the words is where most people stop — and it's why you can tell, at a glance, which shop did it themselves. Two days moves you two rungs up.

Where most people stop

You customise someone else's template

It works until the photo doesn't fit, the words are too long, or you need the same thing as a story. Then it looks off and you can't say why.

You, day two

You design from a brief — and adapt it anywhere

You start from what the piece has to do, not from a template. One idea becomes a post, a story, a flyer, a deck and a print-ready PDF, each laid out properly.

What you take back to work

A system the rest of the team can't break

Locked master templates, your real brand kit, and a way to make fifty personalised graphics from one spreadsheet. Design stops being a person people wait for.

The method, in three parts

From "it looks off"
to designed on purpose.

The practical skills behind work that looks intentional — not another tour of templates and buttons. Built on your own business, in the room.

01

The design eye

See exactly why something looks off — and fix it.

  • Spacing & alignment
  • Contrast & hierarchy
  • Typography pairing
  • Colour that looks intentional
You'll be able toLook at any design — yours or a template — say what's wrong, and fix it in seconds.
02

Your brand system

Set it up once so every design stays consistent.

  • Brand Kit setup
  • Locked master templates
  • Photo treatment & cut-outs
  • Post · story · flyer · deck
  • Print-ready export — bleed & crop marks
You'll produceYour real brand kit and locked master templates — ready to hand to staff.
03

The content engine

Turn one good idea into a month of content.

  • Plan & batch content
  • Bulk Create from a spreadsheet
  • Animate posts & reels
  • Export & schedule
You'll produceA month of content for your business — on-brand, ready to post, including your first moving piece.
Not homework. Done in class.

Bring your business.
Leave with it designed.

Most courses teach you the buttons and send you home to figure out the rest. Here, the class is the work session — on your actual business, with a trainer beside you.

  • Your brand kit, live. Logo, colours and fonts set up in your own Canva account before lunch on day one.
  • Your real content. The posts and flyers you design in class are the ones you actually need this month.
  • No design homework. You walk out with finished work, not a to-do list.
What you walk out with
Brand kit — set up in your account
A month of posts — designed & on-brand
Your key pieces — flyer, menu or deck
Your first animated post or short reel
Reusable templates — next month takes an hour
WSQ Statement of Attainment
But won't AI just do it?

AI will give you ten options.
It can't tell you which one is right.

Canva's AI will generate a poster in seconds. It won't know your brand, your customer, or which of those ten looks cheap. That judgement is the part that stayed scarce — and it's what two days buys you.

What AI is good at
  • First drafts and variations
  • Cutting out backgrounds
  • Resizing a layout as a starting point
  • Writing you something to edit

We use these in class and show you exactly where they save real time.

What it still can't do
  • Decide what the piece has to achieve
  • Tell you which version looks cheap, and why
  • Keep forty designs recognisably yours
  • Stop a colleague breaking the template next month

Every one of those is judgement, or a system. Both are taught.

When everyone can generate a design in seconds, the person who can tell good from bad is the one whose business stops looking like everyone else's.
Who this is for

Three kinds of people walk in.
None leave waiting on anyone.

💼

"My business deserves to look better than this."

The product is great — the posts don't show it. And every fix means waiting on someone. Two days from now, neither is true.

📋

"Somehow I became the design person at work."

Posters, decks, notices — they all land on you. Learn to make them fast, and make them good.

"I just want to make beautiful things."

Invites, prints, planners, gifts. The same eye that fixes a flyer makes everything you touch lovelier. Quietly welcome here.

Bring any laptop. Everything in the course runs on Canva's free plan — nothing to install, nothing to buy. Where a Pro feature saves real time, we show it clearly labelled so you can decide later.

Who you'll learn from

Practitioners first.
Trainers second.

Two trainers in the room for both days — one on the design eye, one on the business of it.

Nazaraana Bibi

Nazaraana Bibi

Canva & Design Trainer

Leads the design-eye sessions — spacing, hierarchy, type and colour — and the hands-on build of your brand kit and templates in Canva.

Syed Rashidee

Syed Rashidee

Content Creation Trainer

Founder of Lionmark. Has trained across MOE schools, corporates and community programmes in AI video, design and content strategy. His philosophy is built into this course: you learn by making.

For companies

Send the whole team.
Most of it is funded.

If your staff are the ones making the posts, the flyers and the decks, train them together. We run this as a private session for your team, or reserve seats in a public intake.

  • Private run for your team — same two days, built around your own brand and material.
  • Or reserve seats in any public intake between October and November.
  • We handle the funding paperwork — SkillsFuture claims and company sponsorship, step by step.

SkillsFuture funding covers up to 70% of the fee for eligible staff. SFEC eligibility is assessed separately and depends on your company — we check both before anything is committed. GST applies on the full fee.

Company enquiry

Get a quote for your team

Tell us your company and headcount. We come back with dates, a quote and the SME funding and SFEC worked out. No obligation.

Company enquiry form →
Register

Six intakes,
October to November.

Every run is the same two days, 9am–6pm, at 39A Bussorah Street (Bugis MRT). Weekday pairs or two consecutive Saturdays — whichever your business can spare.

Pick a date to register. Have your NRIC handy, it takes about 3 minutes. We confirm your seat and send the invoice within 2 working days. Not sure yet? Ask us first.

Questions, answered

Frequently asked

I have zero design background. Can I join?
Yes — the course is built for exactly you. No theory-heavy design school, no jargon. We teach the handful of rules that make the biggest visible difference, then apply them to your real business in class.
Do I need Canva Pro?
No. Everything in the course runs on Canva's free plan. Where a Pro feature would save you time, we demo it clearly labelled so you can decide later — many businesses never need it.
I already use Canva. Is this too basic for me?
If your designs work but look "off", this course is precisely for you. The gap is almost never the buttons — it's the eye: spacing, hierarchy, fonts, colour. That's what we train, on your own past designs.
What do I need to bring?
Any laptop — Canva runs in the browser, nothing to install. If you have a logo or photos of your business, bring them; we build your real brand kit in class.
Is this SkillsFuture claimable?
Yes. The full fee is $800 with SkillsFuture funding for eligible learners — from $240 nett (Singaporeans 40+) or from $400 nett (Singaporeans 21–39 and PRs). You can offset the nett fee with SkillsFuture Credit or PSEA, and NTUC members can claim UTAP. We walk you through it before class.
What's the official course name?
Content Creation & Strategy for Social Media (Design with Canva) — a WSQ course. You'll receive a WSQ Statement of Attainment on completion.

The poster you need on Friday.
Done on Friday.

By you, without waiting on anyone. Two days, any laptop, from $240 nett.

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