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Broadcast Canva Content

Comeen Play lets you broadcast your Canva designs on your screens. When you add a Canva Design content to a playlist, you can choose between two link types:

  • Private / Account Link: paste the link of any design accessible by your linked Canva account, including private designs. The design stays in sync with Canva automatically.

  • Public Link: paste a view-only Smart Embed link ("Anyone with the link"). No account connection required.

Broadcast Canva with Private / Account Link

This option allows you to broadcast any design that your linked Canva account can access, without having to make it public. Once selected, the design keeps itself in sync with Canva: changes made in Canva are automatically reflected on your displays.

⚠️ Requirement: a Canva account must be connected to Comeen Play (see step 1), and the design must be accessible by this account (designs you own or that are shared with that account).

1. Connect your Canva account to Comeen Play

This step only needs to be done once. If a Canva account is already connected and shared with you, you can go directly to step 2.

  1. Go to the Integrations>Accounts page and click on + Connect account in the top-right corner.

  2. In the list of integrations, select Canva.

  3. Under Account's name, enter a name for this account. This name is used to identify your account among others in Comeen Play (e.g. "Marketing team - Canva").

  4. Under Authentication, click on Connect.

  5. A Canva window opens. Log in to Canva if needed and check that the right Canva account is displayed (use Switch accounts to change it). The page lists the permissions requested: read your asset metadata, read your design metadata and read your design content. Click on Allow.

  6. Back in Comeen Play, under Access rights, choose who can use this Canva account. By default, only you have access. Click on Add to share the account with other users.

    ⚠️ Mind the people who can access this account: they will be able to use the designs available in your Canva account.

  7. Click on Save. The Canva account now appears in the Accounts list with the Connected status.

2. Copy the link of your design in Canva

  1. Log in to Canva and open the design you want to display.

  2. Copy the link of the design (for example from your browser's address bar). There is no need to change the access level of the design.

3. Add your design to a playlist

  1. Go to the playlist where you want to broadcast your design.

  2. Click on Add content and select Canva, then Design.

  3. Enter a Content name. This name is used to identify the content within your playlist.

  4. Make sure the Visibility toggle is enabled if you want the content to be played.

  5. Under Link type, select Private / Account Link.

  6. In the Canva design section, click on Add URL and paste the link of your design.

  7. The design is added to the list with its thumbnail and title. From there you can:

    • Click the sync icon to manually refresh the design from Canva.

    • Click the ✕ icon to remove the design and select another one.

  8. Optionally, enable Force fullscreen to display the design in full screen.

  9. Click on Save. The content is added to your playlist and is now playing on your displays.

💡 Unlike the Public Link option, you don't need to enter the number of slides or a Smart Embed link: the design is retrieved directly from your Canva account.

4. Check the design status and synchronisation

Click on the design in the Canva design section to open its preview. The preview window shows:

  • A preview of the design.

  • Its status: Ready to use means the design can be broadcast.

  • Automatic Synchronisation: the design is kept up to date with Canva. Use the sync icon next to it to force an immediate synchronisation.

  • An Activity log listing the synchronisation history of the design.

Broadcast Canva with Public Link

This option allows you to broadcast a design that updates live on your screens. Any changes you make to your design in Canva will automatically be reflected in real time on your displays.

⚠️ Limitation: Access level of the Canva design must be set to Anyone can access the design using this link.

1. Get your Smart Embed link from Canva

To display your Canva design on screen, you'll first need to retrieve its Smart Embed link.

  1. Log in to Canva and open the design you want to display.

  2. Click the Share button in the top-right corner, then in the Access level section, select Anyone with the link.

  3. Then click on See all to access additional sharing options.

  4. Choose Embed and copy the Smart embed link:

2. Add your design to a playlist

  1. Go to the playlist where you want to broadcast your design.

  2. Click on Add content and select Canva, then Design.

  3. Enter a Content name and make sure the Visibility toggle is enabled.

  4. Under Link type, select Public Link.

  5. Paste your URL into the Canva Smart Embed Link field.

  6. Set the Number of Canva slides you would like to broadcast.

  7. Set how long each slide should appear in the Duration of each Canva slide (in seconds) field.

  8. Optionally, enable Force fullscreen to display the design in full screen.

  9. Click on Save. The content is added to your playlist and is now playing on your displays.

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