Invite teachers and students to your class
You can invite teachers and students from your school to your class by entering their email addresses, sharing invite links, or importing your Google Classroom class. When inviting students below 13, make sure to get parental consent first.
Who can do this?
- Canva Education - Team owner, team admin, and teachers
- Canva for Districts - Organization admin, school team admin, and teachers
- Canva for Campus - Organization admin and team admin
Get parental consent
In line with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) (if applicable) and our Privacy Policy, students below 13 need parental consent to use Canva Education.
Before you invite students into your class, check if you need to get parental consent first.
- In the United States, the FTC who enforces COPPA has provided guidance that schools or districts may act as a parent’s agent and provide consent on their behalf.
- If your education institution has signed up for Canva institution-wide, your administrators may already have a process in place for confirming parent permission for students to use Canva. Please check with your tech admins if you are unsure.
- If you require consent forms, you can use this sample consent template to help teachers get consent.
It’s your institution’s responsibility to determine how to use Canva and to ensure it meets your requirements. Include your school’s contact information and details about the services that you enable, and share it along with resources about Canva’s Privacy Policy.
Invite students to your class via a link
- On the homepage, click your profile icon then, select Settings.
- From the side menu, go to People management > People.
- On the top corner of the page, select Invite people.
- Copy the invite link on the popup. You can paste this link in an email or message, and send it to your class.
Invite students to your class via a code
Use an invite code to add students who don’t have email access. Students who join with a code are added as Students by default. You can change their role later.
- From the homepage, select your Profile icon.
- Select Settings.
- Select Classes and choose the class you want to invite students to.
- Select Add people.
- Select Via code.
- Copy the invite code.
- (Optional) Select Fullscreen to display the code to your class.
- (Optional) Select Refresh to generate a new code.
- You must be a teacher or admin in the class to generate an invite code.
- Invite codes refresh automatically every 4 hours. You can also refresh the code manually.
Send email invitations
- From the bottom left of the homepage, select your Profile.
- Select Settings.
- From the side menu, select People.
- Select Invite people button.
- Enter the email addresses of teachers and/or students that you want to invite.
- Select dropdown next to their email, to assign if they are a Teacher or a Student.
- Select Confirm and invite to finish.
Import your Google Classroom
- On the top corner of the homepage, click your profile icon, then select Settings.
- From the side menu, select People.
- Select Import Google Classroom.
- Log in with your Google Classroom email address.
- Select the class that you want to import. This will import the students’ email addresses.
- Select Send Invites to finish.
Everyone who joins your class using the link will be Students by default. You can change this at any time from the dropdown next to each user in the People page in Settings.
On joining classes
All invited teachers and students will only be added to your class after they accept your invitation.
Students without an invite
If a student doesn’t have an invite and isn’t yet using Canva, they can sign up with their school email address to access Canva Education.
- Select Education, then choose I’m a student.
- On the homepage, select Check eligibility.
- Select Get started.
- Canva displays school teams that match the student’s email address.
From there, the student can:
- Select their school, then select Request to join. A school team admin reviews and approves or declines the request.
- Select My school isn’t here if their school doesn’t appear in the list.
- Skip this step if they prefer to continue without joining a school team.
Learning resources for teachers
We have a variety of resources designed to help teachers make the most of Canva Education in the classroom.
We also have interactive learning resources like teacher-designed playbooks. To get started, select the image below.
