Canva for UT Austin
Getting Started in Canva
Canva for Campus Initiative
Learn more about our Canva for Campus initiative and how your UT Austin organization can request a license to Canva, explore FAQs, access a wide range of resources, and see what is available for UT branding.
Canva for Students
UT Austin students have access to free Canva for Campus. For more information on how to gain access or log in, visit our Tech for Students page.
Canva Design School
Join the design school and learn how to design in Canva with free resources, certified courses, and webinars.
Explore Canva for Campus at UT Austin
| Free for Students
- Premium templates, photos, videos, graphics, and design assets.
Canva Docs, Slides, Whiteboards, and the Visual Suite in one unified workspace.
- Video creation and editing with templates, stock footage, captions, and effects.
- Brand Kits designed for single users or small teams.
- Flourish Presenter plan for interactive data visualizations and storytelling.
- Real-time collaboration, comments, sharing links, and version history.
- Affinity with AI for organizing ideas, connections, and research visually.
- Built-in AI tools tools like, Background Remover, Magic Resize, and Magic Write for design and content creation, with admin controls set by the institution.
- Content Planner to manage, and schedule social media content directly.
| Available to Faculty and Staff
- Enterprise‑level licenses for faculty and staff dedicated for large, multi-team organizations.
- Billing cycle is Fiscal year September 1 – August 31
- Enterprise-level controls and single sign-on (SSO) for secure, institution-managed access.
- Premium templates, photos, videos, graphics, and design assets.
- Canva Docs, Presentations, Whiteboards, and the full Visual Suite in one unified workspace.
- Video creation and editing for lectures, asynchronous learning, announcements, and training materials.
- Custom integrations and advanced apps to support your CSU.
- Priority support for faster troubleshooting and assistance.
- Centralized, organization-wide Brand Kits aligned to UT brand standards.
- Professional training, onboarding, and support resources.
- Flourish Presenter plan for interactive charts, data storytelling, and research visualizations.
- Affinity with AI for mapping ideas, concepts, and research relationships.
- Real-time collaboration with comments, shared editing, and version history.
- Built-in AI tools for drafting content, summarizing materials, and generating design variations, with institutional admin controls.
- Easy exporting to PDFs, slide decks, videos, and web links.
- Cloud-based access across desktop and mobile with autosave.
Additional Resources
Getting Started with Canva
Visit this knowledge article to get started with Canva at UT Austin, including links to student and faculty/staff resources, licensing information by affiliation, support request guidance, and basic single sign-on (SSO) login details.
Canva for Students Article
Visit this knowledge article if you are a student looking to gain free access to Canva and learn how to sign in, collaborate, and manage your files. This knowledge article also provides an overview of the UT student brand kit along with support resources to help you get started.
Canva for Faculty and Staff Article
Visit this knowledge article if you are a faculty or staff member looking for additional licensing information, requesting Canva support, file management, and account migration. This knowledge article also provides more information on departmental Canva management.
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Upcoming Canva Training
These trainings are brought to you by Enterprise Technology and Canva for faculty and staff. Our trainings are offered in M365 Teams video conferencing, and will be recorded. Join us today to get started in your journey.
Design School Courses
Dive into these preselected Canva Design School lessons that level up your learning and provide you the flexibility to learn on your time.
Leveraging Canvas LMS with Canva
This lesson shows educators how to connect Canva with Canvas LMS to create, assign, and grade design-based assignments in one streamlined workflow. It also explains how students submit their work with one click directly from Canva into Canvas, allowing instructors to review and assess designs efficiently using Canvas SpeedGrader.
Canva Essentials
Canva Essentials is a beginner-friendly course that introduces users to Canva’s core tools and design features. Learners build foundational skills to customize templates, work with text and images, collaborate with others, and share polished visual content with confidence.
Conversation Channels
Be part of the Canva wagon through trainings and active conversations in Microsoft 365 Teams. This collaborative space is designed to help you connect, share creative discoveries, and explore the Canva World—together.
Canva Community of Practice
The Canva Community of Practice (CoP) M365 Teams channel provides faculty and staff with resources to support success, including tips, template sharing, training support, and shared discoveries within the Canva creative tool.