Best-in-class creative tools for your Chromebooks
Figma and Google are teaming up to help students transform ideas into reality by bringing Figma’s collaborative design tools directly to Chromebooks—for free.
Create together in Figma
Figma is the first design tool built for the web that combines powerful features with multiplayer functionality. Figma makes it faster, easier, and more fun for students to design together—all in one place.
Free and easy
Figma is and always will be free for education. All US K-12 students and educators using Chromebooks receive our Enterprise plan at no cost.
Create from anywhere
Figma is web-based, which means you can natively use Figma with Chromebooks anytime, anywhere—install it with just a few clicks in the App Licensing system.
Work better, together
Interact, add feedback, and update design work in real-time with the whole class—all in one centralized place.
Gain real-world experience
Use industry-leading design tools in the classroom to help students thrive in life after school. Figma is used by some of the world’s most innovative companies—including Google, Spotify, and AirBnB.
Bring Figma to your school
Figma & Google for Education are excited to partner up in bringing more creativity tools to K12 schools using Chromebooks. By submitting this form, you may be contacted by Figma and Chromebooks.
Now that we use Figma, my students are so much more excited to learn & create. Some of them even work on Figma side projects at home just because they think it’s so cool.
Libby Griffin, Technology Teacher, Anaheim High School, CA
FAQs
The first design tool built for the Web, Figma combines powerful features with multiplayer functionality to make it faster, easier and more fun for students to design together — from start to finish. Figma is completely free for schools and works seamlessly on Chromebooks through a web browser.
We support schools with two free products:
- Figma Design is a digital design platform, used to make wireframes, software prototypes, and so much more. Figma is the industry standard design tool, so students can build practical skills for the future when they’re using it in class.
- FigJam is a free online whiteboard that gets students excited about learning, fosters deeper collaboration and builds up creative thinking skills. Every student is empowered to create and explore on our playful, interactive canvas.
Access is core to Figma’s mission. By partnering with the Google for Education team, we are able to use our web-based roots to deliver collaborative design software to more students and educators inside and outside of the classroom. Students will no longer be limited to school computer labs with design software – they will be able to use Figma anytime, anywhere with their school-provisioned Chromebooks. We believe everyone should have the chance to learn design, regardless of their resources.
Figma is, and will always be, free to schools. We offer K12 schools free access to the Enterprise tier (our more premium offering). No freemium or hidden upgrades, ever.
Figma has built an integration with the Chrome App Licensing System so school admins can deploy Figma and manage free app licenses all from Google Admin Console, making it easy to deliver at scale. You can install Figma to one, or tens of thousands of students, with a couple clicks – just like Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Classroom. Once Figma is deployed to Chromebooks, Figma will be natively built into the Chromebook experience and found on the toolbar.
If your district doesn’t have Chromebooks but you would like to bring Figma to your classrooms please reach out to our Education Team at education@figma.com.
Figma offers 2 ways of accessing our tools, depending on the age of your students.
1. Teachers and students over 13 years old can get started on their own by signing up for our free Education Plan at Figma.com/education/apply, verifying their education status, and creating an Education team. Review our step-by-step instructions here. This will give you free access to the Figma Professional tier.
2. If you want to use Figma with students under 13 years old, your school must reach out to us and sign our terms for schools. This will give you free access to the Figma Enterprise tier. You can get this process started by filling out this form.
Yes! Admins can manage and deploy FigJam licenses from within the Google Admin Console using the App Licensing System. This takes about 5 minutes to set up once you fill out this form.
- Figma integrates with Google Meet so you can start a file from within a meeting.
You can attach Figma files to Calendar events using our Chrome extension and insert files into Docs and Sheets as smartchips.
Yes, Figma and FigJam have hundreds of free templates to help you get started quickly. Check out figma.com/@education for classroom templates and lesson plans.
- Live training: You can sign up for one of our bi-weekly live training sessions. We can also host a free training/PD session at your school anytime – reach out to us at education@figma.com to schedule.
- Video tutorials: Get started on your own with our YouTube playlist of tutorials.
- FigJam Course: Check out FriedOnline’s free FigJam self-paced, guided course that provides a certificate of completion.
If you or any of your education customers have questions, please reach out to education@figma.com. We are happy to help!
United States
Figma offers 2 ways of accessing our tools, depending on the age of your students.
1. Teachers and students >13 years old can get started on their own by signing up at Figma.com/education/apply, verifying their education status, and creating an Education team. This model is not intended for accessing Figma with students under 13 years old.
2. If you want to use Figma with students under 13 years old, your school must reach out to us and sign our terms for schools. You can get this process started by filling out this form.
Japan
Figma may only be used by students above the age of consent. If you would like to use Figma with students of all ages, your school must reach out to us and sign our terms for schools. You can get this process started by filling out this form.
Internationally
Figma may only be used by students above the age of consent in their jurisdiction. We are always looking to expand access to Figma, so if you want to use Figma with your students, please let us know by reaching out to us at education@figma.com!
At Figma our mission is to make design accessible to everyone. We are committed to achieving that goal in a way that safeguards and protects the privacy of our users. Figma only requires minimal, non-sensitive personal data to use the Figma platform. The only personal data needed is an email address, which we use to enable the account login function for our user, and a name. Figma users can also add to their Figma account profile by uploading a profile photo or adding a job title, but this information is completely optional and not required to use the Figma platform. Figma also offers several (optional) forms of multifactor authentication, one version of which, if chosen, requires the user to input their phone number for SMS identity verification. No sensitive personal information is permitted on the Figma platform. School administrators can become administrators of their school’s Figma instance, where they can view and manage all users in their Figma instance. Figma is hosted on servers in the United States.
Figma is hosted on servers in the United States.
Figma will delete your personal data within 30 days of your request. This does not apply to archival or back-up copies of such data, which will be deleted in accordance with Figma’s data retention schedule. If Figma is required to retain personal data, in archives or otherwise, to comply with applicable laws it will separate and protect that data from any further data processing.