Connect Canva to D2L

After you get Canva Education for your school, you can connect it to D2L so teachers and students can access Canva from your learning management system (LMS). Use LTI 1.3 unless your school specifically requires LTI 1.1

Before you set up D2L, enable LMS integration in your Canva account. If you haven’t done this yet, see Connecting Canva to LMS. Then follow the section in this article that matches the LTI version you selected.

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

• For single schools or district Canva teams, check if you’re in the school or district team.
• For multi-school deployments, an organisation admin configures the LMS at the organisation level.

Learn how to check and switch between multiple teams.

Use this method if your school supports LTI 1.3. It’s the recommended option because it’s more secure.

1. Log in to your D2L LMS as an administrator.
2. Select the Settings icon and search for Manage Extensibility

3. Select LTI Advantage and click on Register Tool.

4. Under Register Tool, select Standard.

5. Get Canva configuration details:
   • In Canva, go to the LMS integrations page.
   • Select D2L as your LMS and choose Next step

   • Confirm that LTI 1.3 (recommended) is selected, then select Next step
   • Keep this page open, you'll need to copy information from here in the next step
6. In D2L, enter the following:
   • Name: Canva Education
   • Description: A short description for Canva
   • Domain: https://www.canva.com
   • Redirect URLs: Paste the Target Link URL from the Canva LMS integrations page
   • OpenID Connect Login URL: Paste the OpenID Connect Login URL from the Canva LMS integrations page
   • Target Link URL: Paste the Target Link URL from the Canva LMS integrations page
   • Keyset URL: Paste the Keyset URL from the Canva LMS integrations page
   • Extensions: Tick Deep Linking
   • Roles: Tick Send Institution Role
7. Select Register. A pop-up with Brightspace Registration Details will appear.

8. Back in the Canva LMS integrations page, select Next step.
9. Enter the following:
   • Client ID: Paste Client ID from D2L
   • Issuer: Paste Issuer from D2L

1. Back on D2L, select the Canva Education LTI app.
2. Select View Deployments.
3. Select New Deployment and enter the following:
   • Enabled: Should be ticked.
   • Tool: Select Canva Education.
   • Name: Canva Education
   • Description: Enter a short description for Canva.
   • Security Settings: Tick User Information and all settings under it.
   • Make tool available to: Select all the courses where Canva LTI 1.3 should be enabled.
4. Select Create Deployment.
5. On the pop-up, select View Links.
6. Select Create Link and enter the following:
   • Enabled: Should be ticked.
   • Name: Canva Education
   • URL: Paste the OpenID Connect Login URL from your Canva LMS integrations page.
   • Type: Basic Launch
7. Select Save and Close.
8. Select Create Link again and enter the following:
   • Enabled: Should be ticked.
   • Name: Canva Education
   • URL: Paste the OpenID Connect Login URL from your Canva LMS integrations page.
   • Type: Deep Linking Insert Stuff
9. Select Save and Close. You should see two links set up like so:

10. Back on the Canva LMS integrations page, select Finish setup. You should now see a summary of your new configuration:

Click the Connection guide link for a guide on how to test if your connection was successful.

1. Open a course in D2L, select the ellipsis ⋯ button from the navbar, then choose Edit this Navbar.
2. Select Add Links, then choose Create Custom Link.
3. Enter a name as Canva Education
4. Select Insert Quicklink.
5. Choose External Learning Tools, then select the Canva link you registered.
6. Under Behavior, choose New Window.
7. Select Create, then select Add.
8. Rearrange the tab placement if needed.
9. Select Save and Close

1. Log in as an administrator to your D2L LMS instance.
2. Click on the Settings icon and select External Learning Tools from the options.
3. Click on the Manage Tool Providers tab.
4. Select the New Tool Provider button.
5. In the Tool Provider Settings, enter the following details:
   • Launch Point: https://www.canva.com/lti/launch
   • Version: Inherit Global (1.1)
   • Oauth Signature Method: HMAC-SHA1
   • Secret: Paste this from your Canva Settings page
   • Key: Paste this from your Canva Settings page
   • Name: Canva Education
6. Under Security Settings, select all settings.
7. Select the org units or courses you want Canva to be enabled for.
8. Click Save and Close.

1. Click on the Settings icon and select Remote Plugins from the options.
2. Click on the New Remote Plugin button.
3. In the Plugin Type dropdown, select Insert Stuff (CIM).
4. Enter the following details:
   • Name: Canva Education
   • Launch Point URL: https://www.canva.com/lti/launch
   • LTI Key: Leave this empty, this will be provided by the tool provider setup (see the section above on setting up Tool Provider)
   • LTI Secret: Leave this empty, this will be provided by the tool provider setup (see the section above on setting up Tool Provider)
   • Make available to: Select all the courses you want this to be enabled for
5. Click Save.

1. Click on the Settings icon and select Remote Plugins from the options.
2. Click on the New Remote Plugin button.
3. In the Plugin Type dropdown, select Navbar.
4. In the Target dropdown, select New Window.
5. Enter the following details:
   • Name: Canva Education
   • Launch Point URL: https://www.canva.com/lti/launch
   • LTI Key: Leave this empty, this will be provided by the tool provider setup (see the section above on setting up Tool Provider)
   • LTI Secret: Leave this empty, this will be provided by the tool provider setup (see the section above on setting up Tool Provider)
   • Make available to: Select all the courses you want Canva to be enabled for.
6. Click Save.
7. Go to a course and select Edit This Navbar.
8. Click on Add Links.
9. Select Canva Education from the list.
10. Rearrange the tab placement for Canva Education.
11. Click Save and Close.

You can make your school team publicly discoverable so other teachers and students at your school can find and request to join it.

1. From the homepage, go to Settings.
2. Select Controls.
3. Under Team access, click the dropdown and select ‘Anyone an request to join’.
4. Add your school team details.
5. Select Confirm.

Once your School team is discoverable, teachers and students can search for your school and request to join.

Tip: Your School team is private by default. Only make it discoverable if you want others at your school to find and join your team.

As the team owner, you'll get email notifications when someone wants to join your School team. You can accept or decline membership requests. You can also add another admin to help approve or reject requests.

We recommend LTI 1.3 for improved security and features. Use LTI 1.1 only if required by your school.

Yes. After setup, users can access Canva from the course navigation and embed designs in assignments.

You can choose which courses have access to Canva during setup. You can enable it for all courses or selected ones.

For multi-school setups, an organisation admin should configure the LMS connection at the organisation level.

Your team may not be discoverable yet. Check your team settings to make sure it’s set so others at your school can find and request to join it.