Canva

Canva is a visual communication platform used by K-12 and college students for creating course materials, assignments, and collaborative activities.

Canva for Education in K-12

Canva for Education is a dedicated education plan that offers K-12 teachers, librarians, and students Canva Pro-level features 100% free . Its inclusion of a student-safe content library, education-specific templates, and robust privacy protections sets it apart from standard Canva.

Key Features

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Create teaching materials : Easily create class presentations, worksheets, infographics, posters, videos, animations, and more with our drag-and-drop editor.

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Sequential Lesson Structure : Create sequential lessons that combine whiteboards, presentations, videos, and more, allowing students to explore at their own pace.

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Manage assignments and feedback : Assignments + Classwork Hub lets you distribute assignments, track progress, and provide feedback all in one place.

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Student Creative Activities : Students can express their learning in a variety of formats, including group projects, video productions, digital posters, and portfolios.

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Leverage AI tools : Create personalized worksheets, multilingual certificates, and personalized feedback with Magic Studio, and create interactive maps, timelines, and games without coding with Canva Code.

LMS integration

It integrates directly with Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology, Microsoft Teams, and more to distribute and submit assignments, and is also compatible with SSO (Single Sign-On) and cloud storage such as Google Drive.

Resources provided

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Over 610,000 templates and 100 design types

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Millions of high-quality photos, videos, audio, and graphics sources

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100GB cloud storage space

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Support for unlimited team members within your school account

Canva for Campus

Canva for Campus is a solution designed to allow everyone in higher education—students, faculty, staff, and marketers—to create and collaborate on content in one platform.

Utilization by target

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Students : Create reports, presentations, infographics, team projects, portfolios, resumes, and more based on templates. This program helps develop core job skills like design, data visualization, and visual communication. Canva is used by 85% of Fortune 500 companies, providing practical experience.

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Faculty : Quickly create lecture slides, class guides, research presentation posters, lab manuals, and more. You can also instantly convert documents into presentations or videos.

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Administrative and Public Relations Team : Create admissions promotional materials, social media content, event webpages, etc. using a brand kit while unifying the school logo, colors, and fonts.

Rates and Structure

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This is an institutional paid license (same price as Canva for Business), and the criteria is set based on the number of regular students in the institution.

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When you purchase a certain number of staff licenses, Canva Premium features are unlocked 100% free for all students .

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Each team is given 1TB of storage space .

LMS/tool integration

It supports LTI integration with major university LMSs such as Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, and D2L, and also integrates seamlessly with collaboration and remote learning tools such as MS Teams and Zoom.

Comparing Canva for K-12 vs. College

Division	K-12 (Canva for Education)	University (Canva for Campus)
Target	Elementary, middle, and high school teachers, librarians, and students	University and vocational school students, professors, staff, and marketers
Expense	100% free	Paid license for institutional use (students can switch for free)
Storage space	100GB	1TB per team
Core Features	Student safety content, assignment and class management, and AI educational tools	Brand kit, campus-wide collaboration, and admin privileges
LMS integration	Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology, Teams	Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, D2L
Educational effectiveness	Increased student engagement and enhanced visual comprehension and expression skills	Strengthening digital capabilities (design, data visualization, branding) linked to employment