Use Appropriate Sharing Permissions
Share folders, designs, and images only with people who need access – either specific individuals or Groups – rather than sharing with everyone in top-level Teams.
Items shared with University of Massachusetts Amherst Faculty & Staff or University of Massachusetts Amherst Students Teams are visible to all fac/staff or all students.
Canva technical support
Canva Frequently Asked Questions
Canva technical support is available though the Canva Help Center.
For help with your UMass Amherst account and accessing Canva, contact the IT Service Desk.
Learn Canva with Partnership for Worker Education
The UMass Amherst Partnership for Worker Education (PWE) offers online Canva workshops covering some of Canva's top features: User-Friendly Interface, Extensive Template Library, Rich Media Library, Custom Fonts, Text Effects, Brand Kit, and Video Editing. Learn more.
Is there a specific feature in Canva that you'd like to learn more about?
Please take a minute to share what you'd like to learn in PWE's upcoming Canva workshops.
Learn to make different types of graphics with Canva
You can use Canva for a wide range of visual creative projects, from prototyping layouts to logos. Get started fast with guides from Canva about how to work with templates for various types of deliverables.
Example projects to try
Learn more with LinkedIn Learning
Interested in taking a deeper dive into what you can make with Canva? Many additional courses and videos are available in LinkedIn Learning, including these recommendations.
LinkedIn Learning is available to all UMass Amherst students, faculty, and staff at no additional cost. Log in with your UMass Amherst account.
Affinity Now Available at No Cost
Affinity - a powerful and compatible alternative to applications like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign - is now available at no cost to Canva users including members of the UMass Amherst community.
Staff & faculty: Keep university graphics consistent
Working with brand standards
Brand standards keep university graphics consistent - and make it easy to recognize media produced by the university as official, legitimate, and trustworthy.
The university Brand Kit is already set up in Canva, and includes everything you need to get started making graphics that fit the UMass Amherst visual style.
Click Brand in the vertical bar on the left side of the screen while making a graphic in Canva to bring in university brand elements.
For more information about applying the UMass Amherst brand identity, see umass.edu/brand
Before you go
Graduating students and others leaving the university lose access to UMass Amherst Canva accounts when their NetID expires. Avoid losing work - transfer Canva projects to a non-UMass account. | More information about how to pack up your data when leaving the university: umass.edu/it/before-you-go