How To: Get Started with Canva for Faculty

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Get started using Canva by following the steps below:

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Request a Canva Premium AccountAccept Your Canva Premium Account InviteSign Into Your Canva Premium AccountHow to Enable Canva for Education in Canvas (for Faculty)Support Resources

Request a Canva Premium Account

To request a Canva premium account, please fill out and submit the Request Canva Account form.

 

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Accept your Canva Premium Account Invite

Open Outlook and find the Canva email invitation. Select "Accept Invitation."

Canva email invitation with a red box around "Accept Invitation".

If an Ad-Block error occurs, (1) check the "Don't warn me again about this site". Then (2) select "Proceed."

Red boxes around "Don't warn me again about this site" and "Proceed".

Select "Sign up with your work email."

Canva invitation pop-up with a red box around "Sign up with your work email".

(1) Ensure the email listed is correct (FSW email). (2) Then select "Continue."

  • Please note, it will be the username@fsw.edu email and NOT the firstname.lastname@fsw.edu email. 

Red boxes around "Work email" and "Continue".

(1) Ensure the username listed is correct (Portal username). Then (2) select "Create account using SSO."

Red boxes around "Name" and "Create account using SSO".

Sign in using your secure Portal login.

Please note: you might skip this part if you are already logged into the portal in another tab. 

FSW Portal sign in page.

 

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Sign Into Your Canva Premium Account

Open Google Chrome and navigate to https://www.canva.com/

Select "Log in" from the top right corner. 

Red box around the "Log in" button.

Select "Continue another way."

Red box around the "Continue another way" button.

Select "Continue with work email."

Red box around the "Continue with work email" button.

(1) Enter your work email into the type field, and then (2) click "Continue."

  • Please note, it will be the username@fsw.edu email and NOT the firstname.lastname@fsw.edu email. 

Red boxes around "Work email" and "Continue".

Select "Log in with SSO."

Red box around the "Log in with SSO" button.

Sign in using your secure Portal login.

Please note: you might skip this part if you are already logged into the portal in another tab. 

FSW Portal sign in page.

 

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How to Enable Canva for Education in Canvas (for Faculty)

This Enabling Canva in Canvas video will walk you through enabling Canva for Education within Canvas.

Please visit the Canva for Education Teacher Setup Guide and Using Canva on Canvas (for teachers) guides for more information on how to setup and use Canva within your Canvas courses.

 

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Support Resources

If you receive an error when opening Canva for Education from Canvas, please visit the Error when opening Canva for Education from LMS guide for troubleshooting steps.

Please find additional ideas, tutorials, tips, and tricks for utilizing Canvas for Education in the Teach with Canva guide.

You can also enroll in the FSW Canva Toolkit course within Canvas to explore Canva for Campus access.

 

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Article ID: 160525
Created
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