Self-Service Tools

Unfamiliar with principles of design? Struggling with how to prioritize information on your flyer or postcard?

University Marketing will host regular workshops on how to leverage Adobe Express effectively. Learn principles of design, how to arrange information, steps for printing your designs with Campus Impressions, and more through training with our designers. Be on the lookout for these opportunities on Butler Today.

We’ve seen incredible work come out of the increased brand autonomy across campus and we’ve evaluated that Adobe Express is ultimately best positioned to further advance that work post our August evolved brand launch. 

• Adobe Express provides ideal integration with Adobe InDesign and the broader Adobe ecosystem, allowing University Marketing to create professionally designed templates to be used across the institution.
• While Canva’s prices continue to rise, Adobe Express is available across colleges and divisions at no cost. 
• The design tool suite, vector art, and template library Adobe Express offers is nearly identical to Canva for a seamless user experience.

Since our Canva Butler contract ended on August 31, 2026, users who had a Canva Butler membership no longer have access to Canva Enterprise features: premium templates, resizing tools, graphics, etc. Any designs created will still exist in individual accounts, but the premium elements within those designs are now watermarked or inaccessible. Even if watermarked, the text itself within these designs should still be accessible if you would like to recreate your content in Adobe Express or another tool.

Students, faculty, and staff are welcome to continue to use their own free or paid versions of Canva for personal projects and internal materials. However, since you will no longer have access to built-in, approved Butler brand elements through Canva Butler, we ask that you leverage the Brand Hub when producing Butler-branded content. There, you’ll find everything you need to familiarize yourself with the University’s official hex codes, logos, design direction, and more.

Adobe Express will primarily be used by faculty and staff.

If you would like your student worker(s) set up with Adobe Express, please submit a ticket to IT on ask.butler.edu with your list of student workers so we can begin setting those up for you.

Students are welcome to use the free version of Canva or independently purchase Canva Pro, using Butler’s new Brand Hub as a resource if creating Butler-branded content. Students who used Canva Butler are no longer able to use premium features or access built-in Butler brand elements.