How to: Get Started with Canva for Students and Employees

 

Create amazing designs, documents, and presentations for all your creative projects with premium features, free for students and employees.

 

Get started using Canva by following the guide below.

 

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Create Your Canva Premium AccountSign In to Your Canva Premium AccountResolve Canva Premium Access for Existing AccountsFaculty – How to Enable Canva for Education in Canvas Students – How to Submit Canvas Assignments Using CanvaContact Us

 

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Create Your Canva Premium Account

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First, navigate to www.canva.com.

 

Select "Sign up".

 

Select "Continue another way".

 

Select "Continue with work email".

 

Enter your FSW email address and click "Continue".

• Students – Enter "username@bucs.fsw.edu"
• Employees – Enter "username@fsw.edu"

 

Your Portal username will automatically populate in the "Name" field.

Next, click "Create account using SSO".

 

Then sign in with your MyFSW login.

 

Finally, select "Continue".

 

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Sign In to Your Canva Premium Account

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First, navigate to www.canva.com.

 

Select "Log in".

 

Select "Continue another way".

 

Select "Continue with work email".

 

Enter your FSW email address and click "Continue".

• Students – Enter "username@bucs.fsw.edu"
• Employees – Enter "username@fsw.edu"

 

Canva will send a 6-digit login code to your FSW email.

• Students – Please reference our How to: Log into your FSW Student Email (BUCS email) article.
• Employees – Please check your Outlook email.

 

Finally, enter the code into the "Code" box, then press "Continue".

 

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Resolve Canva Premium Access for Existing Accounts

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First, clear Chrome's Cache and Cookies by following our Clear Browser Data guide.

 

Next, navigate to www.canva.com.

 

Select "Log in".

 

Select "Continue another way".

 

Select "Continue with work email".

 

Enter your FSW email address and click "Continue".

• Students – Enter "username@bucs.fsw.edu"
• Employees – Enter "username@fsw.edu"

 

Click "Try another way".

 

Click "Log in with SSO".

 

Then sign in with your MyFSW login.

 

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Faculty – How to Enable Canva for Education in Canvas

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

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 Canva for Education in the Teach with Canva guide.

You can also enroll in the FSW Canva Toolkit course within Canvas.

 

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Students – How to Submit Canvas Assignments Using Canva

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When teachers publish an assignment on Canvas, students can also complete and create their Canva for Education designs within their Canvas accounts. For information and steps on how to submit Canvas assignments using Canva, please visit the Submit Canvas assignments (for students) Canva guide.

For more information on how you can leverage Canva for Education, please visit the Canva for Students website.

 

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Contact Us

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If you are still having trouble accessing Canva Premium after following the above process, please contact the IT Help Desk for further assistance.

 

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