When prompted, click “ Choose Professional” despite the scary $12/month pricetag.Ĭlick “ Upgrade” next to “ YourFirstName’s Team.”ĭon’t bother adding any editors.
#Figma software upgrade#
Let’s see how you’d upgrade that one to an “Education Plan” (presuming you haven’t added anyone to it who isn’t a verified education user).įrom your home page at, click the “ Upgrade” button in the left navigation. You might notice that Figma came with a team that had a “First Project” project in it, called “ YourFirstName’s Team.” “Successfully upgraded to an Education Team!”Ĭongratulations – you now have unlimited projects within your new “team.” Upgrade an old “Team” You should be taken to a page along the lines of with a temporary blue “toast” flashing on the page saying: When prompted to choose a team plan, click “ Choose Education.” When prompted to add collaborators, click “ Skip for now.” I called mine demo_upgrading_to_education. This is just for proof-of-concept purposes – you can upgrade old teams that include verified fellow “.edu” folks later. Go to and enter some sort of team name and click “ Create Team.” Let’s start by seeing how you’d set up a new team under the Education plan. While your whole account is verified, you have to attach your “free plan” teach “team” your Figma projects are organized into one at a time.
#Figma software verification#
Their pricing FAQ says even bootcamps count, so give educational verification a try even if you don’t have a classic “.edu” e-mail address. Otherwise, you might have to wait a bit while they verify you’re legit. Applyįill in your name, school name, and school web site.Ĭhances are you’ll be automatically verified if you go to a big enough school whose domain they can use a computer to auto-check. Go to and log in with your “.edu” account if not yet logged in. Or, if you have an existing account, change its e-mail address to your “.edu.”ĭon’t forget to check your e-mail and confirm with Figma that you legitimately own this e-mail address. Go to and create an account with a “.edu” e-mail address. I’m also here to screenshot a few hard-to-find parts of the process.
I’m just here to say that if you have a “.edu” address or otherwise qualify, get it free while you can. I’ll let people who actually know what they’re doing tell you why. Figma is a really neat graphic design tool.