Use Figma in class

After an admin provisions Figma licenses to the teachers and students, Figma is ready for use on their devices.

Set up Teams

You can think of a team as a classroom. It's a place to organize collaborative Figma and FigJam projects and files used by both students and teachers. Admins can take two different approaches to setting up teams with their organization:

• Team creation by admin
• Team creation by teachers

Option 1: Team creation by admin

If an admin wants to have more control over the teams that are created, they can choose to create all the teams and then re- assign ownership to teachers after they join. The benefits of this approach are that admins can apply more consistency (for example, naming structure) and more easily monitor new team creation.

1. Select your org account name in the navigation pane and an overview of the org account appears.
2. Select the Create a new Team button in the top right corner.
3. Add an existing class section name and select Closed for "Access within the organization". Select Create Team.
4. After the team is created, select the team on the left side panel.
5. Add the teacher who you want to be the owner of the team by selecting +Invite members. Add teacher via email. Set to admin access.
6. After the teacher joins the team, you can transfer ownership of the team to the teacher. Open the team and select the Members tab.
7. Select the arrow next to their team permissions and select Owner from the options.
8. Figma asks you to confirm the transfer.
9. Repeat for any teams you create and want to transfer to teachers.

Option 2: Team creation by teachers

Alternatively, if admins don't want to be involved in the team creation process, they can have teachers set up their own teams. Teachers should set up a closed Figma Team (or one for each of their classes depending on how they want to configure their setup).

1. Select your org account name in the left side panel and an overview of the org account appears.
2. Select the Create a new Team button in the top right corner.
3. Add your existing class section name and select Closed for "Access within the organization". Select Create Team.
4. After the team is created, select the team on the left side panel.
5. Add students to the team by selecting +Invite members. Add students via email. Set to can edit access.

Note

• It is not recommended that students create their own teams. However, admins can track which teams are being created in the organization and by whom.
• If a teacher wants to have group projects where students work together, they should use Projects within the teams and have students join projects. No need to make a team for every project.
• It's possible for students to create invite-only teams whose contents aren't accessible by teachers or admins. At this time, admins aren't able to remove these teams, but are able to see who creates them within the org and discourage them and warn users. Students should instead take advantage of drafts for their personal work and the teams created their classes for collaborating with their peers and teachers.
• If someone already had an account with Figma through their school Microsoft account, they can still be added to the school organization through domain-capture, and their existing Figma teams show up under External Teams. External Teams can be accessed by selecting the user name on the top left. This view collects all teams outside the organization that the user has created or collaborated on with their email.