Lucidchart is a Web-based diagramming application that allows customers to collaborate and work together in real time to create flowcharts, organizational charts, website wireframes, Unified Modeling Language (UML) designs, mind maps, software prototypes, and many other types of diagrams.
Request a Lucid account within UMD's Lucid Enterprise and log in via UMD SSO. If UMD's SSO login failed with Lucid, you don't have an account yet. For more information, see the Lucid Sign-Up for UMD Users article.
Your UMD Lucidchart account comes with the same feature set as a Lucidchart Professional license. This includes:
Customer support from Lucidchart.
Connect your Lucidchart account to your Google Drive account.
Lucid will be providing free educational licenses to all of its products (Lucidchart and LucidSpark) through UMD ELMS-Canvas. For instructions on how to connect a Lucid account to UMD ELMS-Canvas please see KB0018529 - ELMS-Canvas Lucid Integration
Yes, the integration will conduct an annual automatic "check" with ELMS-Canvas to verify that instructors and students are still enrolled in the institution's ELMS-Canvas instance. If so, their Lucid accounts will be renewed, again at no cost.
When a student or instructor leaves the institution where they originated their Lucid account in that institution's Canvas instance, their Lucid account will be downgraded to a basic free account. The basic free Lucid account has limited document creation, allowing users to edit the three most recent documents; all others will be view-only. You may keep your Lucidchart account as long as you are a current student, faculty member, or staff member at the University of Maryland, College Park. If you purchase a Premium LucidChart account you will be charged a yearly renewal for the duration of your usage.
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New Lucid accounts created through the integration with ELMS-Canvas default to the email tied to the user's ELMS-Canvas account. If users prefer not to associate their account with their current educational institution forever, they can choose to use a different email. To do so, they should select "log in" instead of "sign up" when accessing Lucid in Canvas, create a new account from the Lucid login page, and then return to Canvas to link that account. They must select the free account to receive the ELMS-Canvas upgraded subscription.
When the user accesses Lucid in their new institution's Canvas instance, they can either:
When a student or instructor is no longer tied to an educational institution, their Lucid account will be downgraded to the basic free Lucid subscription. This basic free subscription has limited document creation, allowing users to edit the three most recent documents; all others will be view-only.
When a student or instructor is no longer tied to an educational institution, their Lucid account will be downgraded to the basic free Lucid subscription. This basic free subscription has limited document creation, allowing users to edit the three most recent documents; all others will be view-only.
Support for Lucid is available directly from Lucid to users through the use of the question mark near the user account icon in Lucid (upper right). The question mark icon leads to the Lucid help center.