Brand

Canva

Canva is an online design and publishing tool that empowers you to create presentations, posters, social media graphics, and more. The Canva platform gives you access to Bentley University branded templates and toolkits so you can easily create on-brand designs.

Account Access

The Bentley University Canva Enterprise platform is available via a paid subscription. The cost per individual user per email address is $100 annually. We have a limited number of seats available. Please note: current Bentley students automatically have access to the account included with tuition. You do not need to purchase a seat for a student worker.

Each subscription is for individual access only. You cannot use shared email addresses. You can transfer a seat if there is staff turnover by notifying brand@bentley.edu. We can assist with transferring ownership of designs, folders, templates, etc. to someone else.

Seats are for university use only and not a replacement for a personal Canva account. If you have an existing Canva account, you can toggle between accounts, and/or transfer previous designs into your university account. For a step-by-step guide, see here. Alternatively, you can create a link to a template, then go into your other account and paste the link to copy that template to the destination account.

 

Using Bentley Templates and Brand Kit

The Bentley brand templates can be found in their respective folders under "Projects" or in the "Brand Hub” labeled “Brand Templates.”

If you would like to sort through the templates, click on the "Folder" drop-down button above the grid of templates.

If you wish to collaborate with the Creative Services team for exclusive branded templates specific to your department, office or center, please reach out by submitting a project request at bentley.edu/project-request.

 

Customizing Colors, Fonts, and Logos

Approved Bentley brand colors, fonts, and logos are available in the "Brand Hub">"Brand Kit" tab on the left panel of the Canva homepage. The brand kit elements are available in the editor view as well. 

The primary Bentley typefaces are Helvetica Neue and Caecilia, which are both available to you in Canva.

 

Collaborating in Canva with Staff/Faculty

You will be added to a group when you are added to the Canva Team. You will have the ability to share files, assets, and folders within your group so you don’t need to manually share everything every time. Please note: every design you create is private until shared. For best practices, share your designs with your group while working on the design so your colleagues can access the files in real time and give feedback - similar to how SharePoint operates.

 

Collaborating in Canva with Students

Staff who wish to share designs with students or vice versa should use the Collaboration Link. This works similar to SharePoint documents where multiple people can access a design at once. Although Bentley has accounts available for both faculty/staff and students, they are in two different environments, so you cannot add faculty/staff to your group or team.

 

Canva Resources

Resources that are available to you include: