Canva

We’re excited to offer Canva for Campus to our communicators, designers and administrators, empowering you to create stunning visuals quickly and efficiently while maintaining the integrity of the Carnegie Mellon University brand.

University Communications and Marketing (UCM) is committed to providing our community with the best tools to tell the CMU story. We brought in Canva as a central, accessible solution to make content creation simpler across campus. By having one consistent platform, we can make sure all our communications — from social media graphics to presentations — are professional and look cohesive.

Canva gives you access to a wealth of resources and functionality. It’s designed to complement our existing brand resources, including the Carnegie Mellon Brand Website and our Brand Center housed in our Digital Asset Management (DAM) system.

Gaining Access

Undergraduate Students

All undergraduate students have access to the university's Canva Enterprise license. Use your Andrew email address to log in and get started. 

You can visit canva.com/help for general Canva questions. If you need dedicated assistance, please complete our student support form.

Student Support Form

Staff

CMU’s Canva Enterprise account is structured using “teams” for departments, schools or colleges. Your CMU account will be invited to the team designated for your department or role. University Communications and Marketing (UCM) manages license and seat distribution and provides four free seats for each Canva team. Additional seats beyond the initial four are charged at the current fiscal year enterprise license rates.

If you are a CMU staff member inquiring about Canva, contact your department, school or college’s associate dean of communications, CMO or equivalent leader. Your lead communicator will request access on your behalf or add you to their existing team.

If you are a lead communicator, you can request a team below.

Request a Canva Team Form

Staff Support Form

What Is Included?

Your Canva license gives you powerful tools to create on-brand content with ease:

• Brand Kits: These kits have all our official logos, colors and fonts, so your designs will always be consistent with our brand guidelines.
• Brand Templates: You’ll have a whole library of pre-approved templates for just about anything: social media posts, presentations, posters and flyers, to name a few.
• Custom Templates: UCM can create custom templates for your department’s specific needs through our chargeback model. Complete our project request form to get started.
• Approvals and team management: As a team admin, you will control permissions, approval settings, member management and much more.

Support and Resources

Learn to Use Canva

 

The best way to understand Canva is to use their website’s in-depth help section, which provides answers to commonly asked questions. 

 

Canva’s YouTube channel is a resource for quick tips and tutorials. 

Get the Most Out of Canva

We're here to help:

• Canva Training: Quarterly Team Admin meetings to discuss Canva updates, training and team-specific support.
• Communication: Includes a bimonthly newsletter and an annual Canva live event hosted at UCM.
• Support Documentation: For Canva designs being sent to a printer, it’s very important to follow our directions and guidelines to get high-quality results. This guide will walk you through the recommended process for preparing and downloading your files for print.
• Contact Support: If you have questions about access, templates or just how to use Canva please email marketing-info@andrew.cmu.edu.