Connect Canva to Blackboard

After you get Canva Education for your school, you can connect it to Blackboard so teachers and students can access Canva from their courses. This guide covers how to enable learning management system (LMS) integration, choose between LTI 1.3 or LTI 1.1, configure Blackboard, and create placements.

You’ll need to enable LMS integration from your Canva account before you can connect to Blackboard.

• If you haven’t done this yet, refer to Connecting Canva to LMS.
• Decide whether you’re setting up LTI 1.3 (recommended) or LTI 1.1, then follow the matching steps below.

Before setting up the LMS integration, make sure you’re in the right team.

• For single schools or district Canva teams, check if you’re in the school or district team.
• For multi-school deployment, check if you’re in the “IT/Admin” managing team.

Learn how to check and switch between multiple teams.

1. Register a new application on https://developer.blackboard.com.
2. Click on + to add a new application and select manual registration.

3. Enter the following:
   • Application Name: Canva Education
   • Description: Enter a short description for Canva
   • Domain: www.canva.com
     Keep this page open. You’ll need it in the next step. Don’t select Register application yet.

4. Get Canva configuration details:
   • Go to the LMS integrations page on Canva
   • Select Blackboard as the chosen LMS and select Next step
   • Make sure LTI 1.3 (recommended) is selected and select Next step
     Keep this page open, you'll need to copy information from here in the next steps

5. Return to Blackboard Developer page and turn on the toggle switch for My Integration supports LTI 1.3. Enter the following:
   • Login Initiation URL: Paste the Login Initiation URL from the Canva LMS integrations page
   • Tool Redirect URL(s): Paste the Tool Redirect URL from the Canva LMS integrations page
   • Tool JWKS URL: Paste the Tool JWKS URL from the Canva LMS integrations page
   • Signing Algorithm: RS256

6. Select Register. Take note of the secrets that appear.
7. Return to your Canva LMS integrations page. Select Next step to go to Step 4 Integration details for Canva, then enter the following:
   • Application ID: Paste Application ID from Blackboard
     Keep this page open. You’ll need it in the next step. Don’t select Finish setup yet.

8. In the Blackboard developer page, select Done.
9. Log in to your Blackboard school or district account as an administrator. This is different from the developer portal.
10. Select System Admin, then on LTI Tool Providers, and finally on Register LTI 1.3/Advantage Tool.

11. Copy the Application ID from http://developer.blackboard.com and paste it into the Client ID input field.
12. Select Submit.
13. After clicking OK, the input fields should auto-fill.
14. Set the Tool Status to Approved.
15. In the User Fields to Send section, tick on Role in Course, Name, and Email Address.
16. Select Submit to finish.

1. From the LTI Tool Providers page, hover your cursor over the recently added Canva tool, click the down arrow, and select Manage Placements.
2. Select Create placement and add the following:
   • Label: Canva Education – Deep Link. Make sure to give a unique identifier for the handle.
   • Type: Deep Linking Content Tool. Tick on ‘Allow Student Access’ as well.
   • Target Link URI: Paste the Tool Redirect URL from your Canva LMS integrations page. You can get this by going back to step 3 Integration details for LMS.
3. Select Submit.
4. Select Create Placement again and add the following:
   • Label: Canva Education – Education Tool. Make sure to give a unique identifier for the handle.
   • Type: Course Tool. Tick on ‘Allow Student Access’ as well.
   • Tick on Launch in New Window
5. Select Submit.
6. Back on the Canva LMS integrations page, select Finish Setup. You should now see a summary of your new configuration:

1. Sign in to your Blackboard account.
2. Click on System Admin from the homepage.
3. Select LTI Tool Providers under Integrations.
4. Click on Register LTI 1.1 Tool Provider.
5. In the Provider Domain Status and Default Configuration sections enter or select the following details:
   • Provider Domain: www.canva.com
   • Provider Domain Status: Approved
   • Default Configuration: Set globally
   • Tool Provider Key: Paste this from your Canva Account Settings page (see article on enabling LMS integration)
   • Tool Provider Secret: Paste this from your Canva Account Settings page (see article on enabling LMS integration)
6. In the Institution Policies section, select the following:
   • Send User Data: Send user data only over SSL
   • User Fields to Send: ‘Role in Course’, ‘Name’, and ‘Email Address
7. Click Submit to finish.

1. In LTI Tool Providers, open the Canva tool menu and select Manage Placements.
2. Select Create placement and add:
   • Label: Canva Education
   • Type: Deep Linking Content Tool (select Allow Student Access)
   • Tool Provider URL: https://www.canva.com/lti/launch
   • Tool Provider Key/Secret: Should already be present
3. Select Submit.

Canva Education is moving toward a more consistent School team setup. If your team was previously shown as a Class, it may now appear as a School team. Your designs, folders, shared content, and team membership stay the same. Only some names and settings may look different.

No. Your designs, folders, shared content, and memberships are preserved.

You can update your team settings to allow other teachers at your school to find and request to join your team. For step-by-step instructions, see School teams on Canva.

Connected account limits depend on your Canva Education setup. You might be limited to one connected account per platform. If you previously connected multiple accounts, you may still see them. If you remove a connected account, you might not be able to add it again because of current limits.