💦 FULL SET: En gb/education/teachers - HD Photos!
Canva for Teachers
Spark creativity in your classroom with Canva Education – your all-in-one tool to create, collaborate, and inspire. It’s 100% free for verified teachers and students.
Why teachers love Canva Education
Enjoy powerful design tools, seamless collaboration, endless templates and time-saving AI – free for teachers and students.
Teach and learn with an all-in-one tool
- Design made simple: Create lesson plans, presentations, sheets, posters, and more with easy drag-and-drop tools.
- Built-in student access: Invite students to collaborate seamlessly using their school email – no extra software or logins needed.
- Save time with templates: Customise pre-made designs for every teaching need in just a few clicks.
Get verified with these simple steps
Here’s how to get started with Canva Education.
Step 1
Tell us which country and school you teach at.
Step 2
You might be eligible for instant verification. If not, you’ll need to upload a document to confirm your teaching status. You should hear from us within 24 hours, however in busy periods it may take up to 7 days.
Step 3
You’re in! Enjoy full access to Canva Education – 100% free. Invite your students and fellow teachers to start collaborating.
Explore Canva’s Visual Suite
Put your best foot forward and work smarter than ever with Canva’s AI-powered Visual Suite.
Captivate your class with interactive data
Transform your classroom data with tools that are visual, dynamic, and simple to use. Create meaningful visualisations, reveal student insights, and structure information effortlessly for impactful teaching.
Simplify classwork with Canva Docs
Create engaging reports, lesson plans, project briefs and more. Whether you're organising assignments or
sharing classroom updates, Canva Docs makes work easy.
Unlock classroom collaboration in real-time!
Create an interactive learning space with digital whiteboards. Engage students, brainstorm ideas and visualise
concepts – all in one place.
Bring lessons to life with presentations
Wow your students with interactive presentations. With features like polls, quizzes and data visualisations,
your class will stay engaged every step of the way.
Create scroll-stopping social media content
Canva is your one-stop shop for designing, scheduling and publishing on social media – whether you’re
announcing a schoolwide event or spotlighting a student interview.
Transform ordinary lessons into visual stories
Create professional classroom visuals instantly with Canva's AI-powered photo editor. Generate educational images from prompts, then enhance with backgrounds, text, and effects capture student attention.
Make learning stick with powerful video storytelling
Bring lessons to life with Canva's easy-to-use video editor. Add captions, animations, and visual elements to make instructional content more engaging and accessible for all your students.
Design to stand out online
From student portfolios to class resources, create and launch your website with Canva. Explore customisable
templates, drag-and-drop tools and unlimited content.
Design, print and everything in between
Turn your class projects into posters, flyers, tote bags and more. Get started with thousands of customisable
templates and enjoy professional-quality prints.
Top classroom resources
Whether you’re getting started or looking for new ideas, we’ve got you covered.
Everything you love and more
Get all the Canva Pro features you love with Canva Education – 100% free. Plus, enjoy tools designed just for educators to help you teach and inspire.
Premium content
Unlimited access to over 100 million premium photos, graphics, videos
Background Remover
Remove backgrounds in a click and effortlessly isolate subjects.
Magic Write 2.0
Generate text, brainstorm ideas and enhance your projects instantly.
Magic Resize
Resize, reformat and translate in a snap with Magic Resize.
Education templates
Browse 80,000 free teaching resources by grade and subject.
LMS integration
Integrate Canva Education with your LMS, so everyone can access the tools they need.
FERPA & COPPA certified
Canva Education is committed to protecting student privacy and data.
Class space
Create a class space to organise, collaborate and share resources easily.
Daniel
Head of Digital at Leigh Academies Trust
Let’s get started
Sign up for Canva Education and bring creativity and collaboration to your classroom —
all for free!
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes - it's 100% free, with no hidden fees, paywalls, or trial periods.
It’s our commitment that Canva Education will remain 100% free for K-12 (primary and secondary) educators, their students, as well as qualified school districts and institution
Canva Education is available for K-12 (primary and secondary) educators, their students, and qualified school districts and institutions. Check out our full eligibility guidelines.(opens in a new tab or window)
Teachers can sign up by visiting the sign up page(opens in a new tab or window), creating an account and completing the verification process.
If you already have a Canva account, you can upgrade it to Canva Education.
Yes. If you’re a teacher with existing Canva account, simply log in, visit the sign up page(opens in a new tab or window) and follow the verification steps. All previous designs and projects will remain in your account.
All premium Canva Pro features are included in Canva Education, as well as dedicated features for educators:
- Premium design tools (normally in Canva Pro)
- Education-specific templates for lesson planning and activities
- LMS integrations (Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology, etc.)
- Collaboration tools for teachers and students
- Safe-for-school content filtering
Canva Education provides thousands of free templates for lesson plans, worksheets, classroom posters, and presentations. Teachers also get access to premium fonts, images, and graphics at no additional cost.
Once you’ve signed up, make sure to browse our Education Library(opens in a new tab or window) or search by grade or subject to find the resource on any topic you need.
Our dedicated education and district offerings are FERPA and COPPA compliant, and we are also a signatory of the National Data Privacy Agreement. We are committed to GDPR compliance and offer safe-for-school content.
Students must be invited by their teacher, school or school trust.
You can invite your students from your Canva Education by entering their email addresses, sharing invite links, or importing your Google Classroom class. Learn more here(opens in a new tab or window).
Yes. Canva provides:
- Step-by-step tutorials and video guides
- Free online courses on classroom use
- Teacher support communities for tips and ideas
- Live webinars and professional development sessions
Visit Design School(opens in a new tab or window) to get started or check out our upcoming events(opens in a new tab or window)
Yes. Our global Canva for Teachers community is open to all teachers. They are dedicated groups for educators and help to empower them to use Canva as a tool to educate. Along with a global group, we have an array of local teachers communities for several languages and locales. Learn more(opens in a new tab or window).
Yes. Schools and districts can access Canva Education at scale, with:
- Single sign-on (SSO) integration
- Centralised admin controls
- Trust-wide permissions and security settings
Visit the schools page(opens in a new tab or window) to learn more
