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We’re pleased to announce that Canva — the easy-to-use, web-based graphic design tool — is now available to all active UTRGV employees through our UTRGV Official Brand team as part of a phased rollout.
The first phase of this rollout is dedicated to helping employees create official UTRGV-branded collateral using University Marketing and Communications (UMC)-curated templates that support marketing, communications, recruitment, enrollment, retention, and branding objectives. If your work involves creating or supporting these types of materials, please continue reading.
Supervisors: Please use your discretion and discuss with your direct reports whether Canva is appropriate for their role and responsibilities.
Key Features of the Official Brand Environment in Canva
Features in Canva support more consistent, self-service design across campus while keeping brand alignment built into the process.
- UTRGV Brand Kits: Access current UTRGV brand assets within Canva, ensuring consistent use of approved logos, colors, fonts, and other visual elements.
- Template-Driven Design: Save time using pre-approved templates that include UTRGV brand assets and create polished materials confidently, faster.
- Simplified Editing Tools: Leverage Canva’s intuitive drag-and-drop editor and tools to easily customize approved content and create professional-looking materials quickly and efficiently.
- Convenient Review Workflow: Use the "Request review" button from within the design to get your work reviewed by UMC Brand Review (Canva) before publishing — simple and all in one place.
Canva Access Window
For a limited time, all active faculty and staff will have access to the UTRGV Official Brand team through August 2026.
Starting September 2026, the access process will transition to a request-based system, where new and inactive users will need to submit a Get Access Request to join the UTRGV Official Brand team in Canva.
Accounts with no activity for 30 days may be periodically deactivated to help manage licensing costs. Canva accounts or Canva teams created independent of this launch (including free or paid individual plans) will not be affected by this deactivation.
Getting Started
To get Canva access during the initial access window, select the button below and follow the instructions on the form. You may be asked to sign in using your UTRGV credentials.
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