How to Create or Import a Canva Design

Design a new marketing material in Canva, or bring an existing Canva design into the library, without leaving KamoUniverse.

Before you start

• Your organization's Canva integration must be connected first — see How to Connect the Canva Integration Until it is, Materials shows a Connect Canva button instead of the Canva actions below.
• You need the Manage Materials right.

Steps

Create a new design in Canva

1. On the Materials page, click Create in Canva.
2. Pick a preset: Instagram Post (1080×1080), Instagram Story (1080×1920), Facebook Post (1200×630), Flyer (Letter), or Presentation.
3. Canva opens in a new tab with a blank design at that size. Design it there, then come back to KamoUniverse.
4. Back on the Materials page, click Import from Canva to pull the finished design in (see below).

Import an existing Canva design

1. Click Import from Canva.
2. In the Import a design from Canva dialog, pick a design from the grid of your Canva designs.
3. The design exports as a PNG and uploads into Materials automatically; the dialog closes.

Import a file into Canva as an editable design

1. Click Import a file.
2. Choose a PDF, PowerPoint, image, AI, or PSD file from your computer.
3. It uploads to Canva and opens as an editable design in a new tab. Use Import from Canva afterward to bring the edited version into Materials.

Advanced: generating from a brand template

If your organization is on a Canva Enterprise plan, a Generate from Template button also appears. It walks through your Canva brand templates, lets you fill each fillable field with typed text, an org token (name, NMLS #, phone, website, address, or your own name), or an image picked from Materials, then generates a finished design. Filled-in field sets can be saved as a named recipe for reuse. A Schedules button lets you turn a saved recipe into a recurring generation — daily, weekly, or monthly — optionally auto-posting the result to a connected social account. Both are real, working features, but out of depth for this article; if you rely on either regularly, ask an admin to confirm the org's Canva plan supports data-merge autofill.

What you'll see

The design lands in Materials the same way an upload would — visible in All Materials (or the folder you had selected), Draft approval status, team-members-only visibility by default.