Canva is a design tool that can enable the ASU marketing communications community to efficiently produce branded creative, increase speed and easily create and share work through templates and helpful toolkits.
Units are encouraged to create their own Canva Teams or Canva Pro account. A Canva Teams account provides the most accessible entry option for small- to medium-sized teams, while a Canva Pro account is structured for individual use and may be the best option for an individual designer within a small unit or department. Both options allow the user access to the ASU Brand toolkit. Units can also share their own templates and create designs using the preapproved ASU Canva templates.
Create an account
Canva use guidelines
Please note that there are limitations to what we can produce in Canva.
Canva cannot be used to create the following:
- Logos
- Design marks
- Trade names
- Business names
- Service marks
- asu.edu hero images
- Billboards
- Light rail wraps
- Merchandise
The ASU instance of Canva should not be used for personal purposes.
Due to our contract with Adobe, we cannot use Neue Haas Grotesk in the Canva tool. However, the Akzidenz Grotesk font is available through the Canva license. Arial and Akzidenz Grotesk will be available in Canva for ASU units to use.
Resources and toolkit
Check out the Academy session “Designing success: Unveiling the power of Canva’s creative toolkit” and its accompanying presentation for an insightful exploration of Canva's game-changing creative toolkit features. Discover how to enhance your workflow using brand kits and Canva’s AI-powered Magic Studio, and learn about the benefits of using Canva for collaborative projects. Review tips and tricks from this year’s Canva Create conference and explore the possibilities of creative work with Canva.
Find just the right ASU-branded Canva template for your social media post, presentation, print piece and more in the Canva template toolkit. This toolkit seeks to provide a simplified way for ASU units to access Canva templates. Templates can be utilized by any Canva account, both inside or outside of the ASU instance.
Frequently asked questions about Canva
Transferring ownership between Canva Teams and Canva Pro
The following steps can be used to switch from a Canva Teams to Canva Pro account and vice versa. In order to switch from Canva Teams to Canva Pro you need to remove everyone in your team and then downgrade the subscription.
To switch from Canva Teams to Canva Pro:
- Go to the homepage and click the gear icon for Settings.
- Navigate to the People tab.
- Remove individual members by clicking the role dropdown next to their name and selecting Remove from team.
- To remove multiple members, select them using the checkboxes and click the trash icon at the bottom.
- Confirm removal by clicking I understand, remove from team in the popup.
- Go to the Billing and Plans tab.
- Under your plan, click More actions and select Request cancellation.
To switch from Canva Pro to Canva Teams:
- Go to the homepage side panel and click Create a team.
- In the popup window, enter the email addresses of the people you want to invite.
- Click Invite people to my team.
- Subscribe to a yearly or monthly Canva Teams plan.
- Enter your details and complete the upgrade.
Training and tutorials
