What is the Canto Canva Integration?
The Canto Canva Integration is one of Canto's unique add-on features.
Once added to your account, each user on your tenant is able to set up the Canto Canva Integration, enabling them to access assets from your Main Library or portals, add them to designs and templates, and save designs directly to Canto – all without having to leave Canva. Of course, the Canto Canva Integration maintains the privileges and access permissions provided by user roles and groups, leaving you in full control over the content that can be accessed.
How do I access the Canto Canva Integration?
If you are interested in enabling the Canto Canva Integration for your account, do not hesitate to reach out to your Account Manager. Alternatively, you can submit a support request, and our customer service team will answer any questions you might have.
If the Canto Canva Integration has already been added to your account, please follow the guides in this article to learn more about how to set up and use the Canto Canva Integration.
How to: Add the Canto Canva Integration to your Canva
The Canto Canva Integration is available directly through Canva, allowing for it to be set up on individual accounts based on your team's needs, and can be set up from either the Canva account page, or the editor.
From the account page
Once you are logged into your Canva account, select "Apps" from the menu on the left. In the Apps Marketplace, use the search bar at the top of the page to search for "Canto".
Click the Canto Canva Integration to open the permissions overlay. You can now choose to either start using the Canto Canva Integration in an existing, or in a new design. For the purposes of this guide, choose "Use in new design".
Next, select the design you want to use. For the purposes of this guide, choose "Flyer (A4 21 x 29.7 cm)".
Your chosen design will now open in the Canva editor. After a few moments, the menu on the left will prompt you to connect to a Canto account. From here, follow the steps in the section "Link your Canto account".
From the editor
If you are already working on a design, you can add the Canto Canva Integration directly from the editor. In the menu on the left side, select "Apps", and then use the search bar at the top to search for "Canto".
Click the Canto Canva Integration to open the permissions dialog. Next, click on "Open".
After a few moments, the menu on the left will prompt you to connect to a Canto account. From here, follow the steps in the section "Link your Canto account".
Link your Canto account
If you have followed either of the above methods, you should now be in the Canva editor, with the left side showing a prompt to connect to a Canto account. Next, click "Connect".
A pop-up will appear. Select the domain of your Canto tenant, and click "Next"
You can now sign in to your Canto account using either your username and password, or SSO.
Finally, select if you want to access the Main Library, a portal, or a workspace, and click "Allow".
How to: Sign out of the Canto Canva Integration
If a single Canva account is shared by a team, it may be necessary to change the Canto account connected to the Canto Canva Integration. While there is currently no direct sign-out option, briefly removing the Canto Canva Integration from your Canva apps will remove the current Canto user, without impacting any of the already imported assets. You can then re-connect the Canto Canva Integration and complete the sign-in process using the desired account.
The Canto Canva Integration app can be removed directly from the editor. With the app active, click on the three dots at the top of the Canto Canva Integration to open the app options, then select "Remove from your apps". Once the app has been removed, you may immediately follow the steps in the section "How to: Add the Canto Canva Integration to your Canva account" to reconnect to a different Canto account.
How to: Navigate your content
The Canto Canva Integration offers you three tools to help you find the perfect asset directly from the Canva editor: a search bar ①, sorting options ②, and the content section ③.
Search
The search functions like the standard search in Canto, enabling you to quickly find assets by name, tags, keywords, and other metadata. The reach of the search changes based on your current location in the content section.
Sorting Options
Clicking this field will allow you to choose from six sorting options. Depending on your choice, content will be displayed in ascending or descending order, based on the content's name, date of upload, or date the content was last changed.
Content Section
The content section contains a representation of your Main Library, the portal, or the workspace you connected to during the setup process. Folders, albums, and asset are structured just like in Canto itself, and you can use the filter tabs at the top of the section to focus on specific item types.
- "All" shows a selection of folders, albums, and assets at your current location, based on the sorting option you have selected.
- "Folders" shows all folders at your current location.
- "Albums" shows all albums at your current location.
- "Assets" shows all assets at your current location.
Folders and albums have two additional pieces of information below their name. The number of "items" shows how many assets it contains, while the number of "containers" corresponds to folders and albums. You can view these items by opening the corresponding folder or album with a click.
You may have noticed the phrase "at your current location" during the previous summaries. As you navigate through nested folders and albums, the content section will update to replace the content of a parent folder with the content of a sub-folder. This also affects the search, which will search your entire content while within an album, but when a folder has been selected will only search the direct content of that folder. Please see the following example for more details.
How to: Add assets to your design
There are three ways in which an asset can be added to a Canva design directly from your library.
Via click
The quickest way to add an asset is by simply clicking on it while it is visible in the content section of the Canto Canva Integration. This will always place the asset in the center of your current design.
Via drag and Drop
Instead of a simple click you can keep your mousebutton pressed, and drag the asset from the content section onto the design. Once you release the mousebutton the asset will be inserted at the chosen position in your design.
Via the Asset Details
Hover your cursor over the asset to reveal the -symbol, and click it to open the asset details.
The asset details show a preview for any image assets, followed by the asset's metadata. Click on "Add to design" above the preview to copy the asset over to your design.
How to: Save your design to Canto
The save a design to your Canto library directly from within Canva, first open the design in the editor. Open the Canto Canva Integration, and click on "Save to Canto" below the content section.
Next, click on the "Select" field and use the drop-down menu to choose the album you would like to save your design to. Once you have made your choice, click "Continue".
You will now be able to make additional choices, such as the file type, size, and quality of your design. Some of these choices will only be available if you have signed up to Canva Teams. Finally, click the "Export" button to confirm your choices and start the export of your design to Canto.