The University of California (UC) is thrilled to announce a first-of-its-kind partnership with Canva, the world’s only all-in-one visual communication platform, to provide Canva’s full product suite to more than 240,000 faculty and staff and 300,000 students across all UC locations. This partnership will transform UC's educational landscape and bring cutting-edge visual communication and design tools, including an AI-powered suite of products, to UC’s over half-million strong community.
This collaboration will deliver Canva for Campus, a powerful suite of visual communication products to UC undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff. The Canva for Campus Visual Suite includes everything from docs, websites, and whiteboards to data visualization tools, plus the newly launched Magic Studio.
Rollout of the platform to UC users will be completed in stages starting in January 2024, with expectations for it to be activated across UC locations in July 2024.
Benefits
This new partnership also includes:
- Single sign-on (SSO) for simple and scalable staff and student access
- Streamlined administrative and reporting permissions
- Integration with learning management systems such as Canvas, Blackboard, Schoology, etc.
- Partnering with Canva’s dedicated education support team to maximize the adoption and impact of the platform
- Negotiated standard UC Terms & Conditions to mitigate risk, drive down cost, and integrate this service into systemwide standards and avert click-thru agreements.
UC and Canva officials are also exploring course development, student training programs, and co-hosting future events as part of ongoing platform adoption strategies.
Contract Development
The External Relations & Communications department at UCOP first raised the possibility of this contract opportunity to Hilary Steinman in Systemwide Procurement (SWP). To bring this project home, Hilary relied on input and support from Van Williams, VP & Chief Information Officer at UC Information Technology Services (ITS) | Kristin Cordova, ITS Chief of Staff | Amanda Marks, Director, Professional Services Strategic Sourcing, SWP | Jeremy Meadows, Executive Director, Strategic Sourcing & Procurement Transformation, SWP | Paul Williams, AVP & Chief Procurement Officer, SWP.
Questions? Contact:
Amanda Marks | Director | Professional Services Strategic Sourcing | UC Systemwide Procurement
Hilary Steinman | Sr. Category Manager | Professional Services | UC Systemwide Procurement