Question
Why does Lucid Chart no longer have full functionality?
Answer
Lucid Chart was bought by another company. The original owners gave full licensing to Utah K-12 and Higher education. The new free licensing only allows for 3 charts. If you would like to continue to use Lucid Chart there is no break for education so the cost would be at $7.95 per month per person.
Some alternative solutions include:
Adobe Indesign - LinkedIn Learning has some videos on how to use this.
Visme - It sort of does it… We have a couple licenses open for this.
SmartArt Graphics for Microsoft - None of us have used it but looks promising. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/learn-more-about-smartart-graphics-6ea4fdb0-aa40-4fa9-9348-662d8af6ca2c
Microsoft Visio - The cost for the standard version is $39. The Professional version is $75.
*Pricing stated above is of 10/15/20.