What is Canva?
Canva is a free, online graphic design tool that anyone can use to create flyers or other printed material, presentations, social media posts, wireframes, and more. If you can imagine it, you can design it in Canva.
Canva has thousands of templates and makes it easy to collaborate with others on your designs, whiteboards, or documents.
Learn more at Canva.com.
Why integrate Bitly with Canva?
Connect your Bitly and Canva accounts to easily drag and drop your Bitly QR Codes and short links into your designs. You can create new QR Codes and short links within Canva or quickly insert any of the 50 most recently created ones in your Bitly account.
Unlike other QR Code apps in Canva, any QR Codes you create in-app can be accessed again anytime within Canva or in your Bitly account. This means you can reuse the same QR Code on multiple designs.
In addition to giving you the ability to create flexible and reusable QR Codes, Bitly is the only short link provider available in Canva. And of course, you also get all of the engagement data that you get with all of your Bitly links and QR Codes.
How do I use the Bitly Canva app?
Learn how to:
- Connect Bitly to Canva
- Create a new QR Code in Canva
- Add an existing QR Code to a design
- Customize your QR Codes
- Change groups or accounts
Connect Bitly to Canva
The first time you use the Bitly app, you're asked to sign in.
To connect your Bitly account to Canva:
- Go to Bitly QR Codes (& Links) in the Canva app marketplace. Log in to your Canva account, if necessary.
If you already have a project open, use the App menu in the left sidebar and search for Bitly to open the Bitly app. Then skip ahead to step 3. - Select Use in existing design or Use in new design.
- Your project opens with the Bitly app in the left sidebar. Click Connect to connect your accounts.
- If you're not signed in to Bitly, log in or sign up.
Create a QR Code in Canva
To create a QR Code in Canva:
- Log in to your Canva account and open a project.
- Click QR Codes (& Links) in the left sidebar.
- Click Create new.
- Enter your destination URL. Each Bitly QR Code comes with a short link as well, but you can choose to create a link only.
- To change the domain, create a custom back-half, or add a title to your link, toggle Customize link.
- Click Generate.
- Your QR Code is ready to be added to your design, but you can also customize it now. All of your customization options are here.
Customization options vary by subscription plan.
Once you're happy with it, click or drag the QR Code to add it to your design. Click Short Link to view, copy, or edit the associated link.
Add an existing QR Code to Canva
The Bitly app in the left panel of Canva shows up to 50 of your most recent QR Codes.
To add an existing QR Code to a Canva design:
- Log in to your Canva account and open a project.
- Click QR Codes (& Links) in the left sidebar.
- Select an existing QR Code.
- Click or drag the QR Code into your design.
Customize a QR Code in Canva
After you create a new QR Code in the Bitly Canva app, you have the option to customize it before adding it to your design. All of your customization options are here — there's no need to leave Canva to customize your QR Codes!
You're also able to customize QR Codes you've previously created. The Bitly Canva app shows up to 50 of your most recent QR Codes.
To customize an existing QR Code in Canva:
- Log in to your Canva account and open a project.
- Click QR Codes (& Links) in the left sidebar.
- Select an existing QR Code.
- Customize your QR Code. All of your customization options are here.
Customization options vary by subscription plan.
Once you're happy with it, click or drag the QR Code to add it to your design. Click Short Link to view, copy, or edit the associated link.
Change accounts or groups
If you're in multiple accounts or have multiple groups in your account, the Bitly Canva app uses your default API group and/or default account. To change the account or group your QR Codes are created in, click Settings:
Click Save changes once you've made your selections: