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Canva is a cloud-based graphic design platform that features pre-built & customizable templates for print or web content.

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Here's a Beginner's Guide to help you get started.

You can learn more in their Design School.

TCU has 4 distinct Canva teams to which users are assigned depending upon their role and status.  

  • TCU Students
  • TCU Main Campus Faculty/Staff
  • TCU Burnett School of Medicine
  • TCU Neeley School of Business

For cross-team collaboration, please contact the IT Help Desk for assistance. 

If you are an employee and want to collaborate with a student, student worker, or graduate assistant, make sure that you first create the design for them to use. Then share the design with the student. This way, you will retain control over the design after the student graduates.

Alumni

When you graduate from TCU, access to Canva will remain active until your graduation date.

Make sure to download your files as soon as possible before your access period ends on your graduation date.

TCU is not responsible for data lost after a TCU account has expired.

Former Students

If you leave TCU but do not graduate, access to Canva will remain temporarily active until your access period ends. This typically occurs after the 12th day of the next semester when you have not enrolled in classes by that point.

If you are leaving TCU, even temporarily, make sure to download your files as soon as possible before your access period ends.

TCU is not responsible for data lost after a TCU account has expired.

Employees

Canva access ends when your employment ends (i.e., your termination date), and shared collaborations will no longer be visible to others.

If you’re an adjunct teaching intermittently, be sure to download or transfer ownership of important files to avoid losing data.

If you are leaving TCU permanently, it’s essential to transfer ownership—not just co-ownership—of files to another TCU user to ensure continued access.

If you are an employees who is also an alum of TCU, while you will retain your credentials to still access your email, your Canva access will end upon your termination date.

TCU is not responsible for data lost after a TCU account has expired.

If a colleague or student is leaving TCU permanently, it’s essential to transfer ownership of designs to another TCU user to ensure continued access. Make sure the new user is listed as owner, not just editor.

Encourage colleagues to work with their supervisor to ensure all relevant files are transferred before their final day of employment.