Accept an Invitation
When someone invites you to a workspace, you get an email. Accept it, sign in with the same Google account, and the workspace appears in your workspace switcher.
Before you start
- Use the Google account the invitation was sent to. Gavana shows that address on the invitation, and only that account can accept it.
- An invitation works once, for 7 days. If it has expired, ask the person who invited you to resend it.
The whole flow
Watch it once from the email to the new workspace, or click a step under the replay to jump to it.
Gavana
4 stepsFrom the email to the new workspace
Open the email
Find the email titled “You are invited to workspace on Gavana” and click Accept invitation. Gavana opens a page titled Join followed by the workspace’s name. It says which role you were invited as and which address to sign in with.
Sign in with Google
If you aren’t signed in, click Sign in with Google and choose the invited account. Gavana brings you back to the same invitation.
Accept invitation
Click Accept invitation. You’re now a member of the workspace, and Gavana opens your canvas library.
Open the workspace
At the bottom of the sidebar, click the workspace name to open the workspace switcher, then choose the workspace you joined. Its row shows your role, for example Member · 4 members.
More you can do
If you’re signed in with another account
If you’re signed in as someone else, the invitation says so in red and offers Use another Google account. Click it and sign in with the invited address.
Wrong accountWhen you’re signed in as someone else
If the invitation doesn’t open
| What the page says | What to do |
|---|---|
| Invitation accepted | You’ve already joined. Click Open Gavana |
| Invitation expired | Ask a workspace owner or administrator to resend it |
| Invitation revoked | It was cancelled. Contact the workspace administrator if you still need access |
| Invitation unavailable | The link is incomplete or no longer valid. Open it again from the email, or ask for a new one |
Gavana takes the secret part of the link out of the address bar and keeps it in the browser while you sign in. If the page says the browser couldn’t preserve the invitation, allow site data (session storage) for Gavana and open the link again.
Open a canvas someone shared with you
Someone can also share a single canvas with you. That email is titled “their email shared canvas name with you on Gavana” and has an Open canvas button. Sign in with the address it was sent to and the canvas opens. You’ll also find it under Shared with me in the sidebar of your library.
What you can do there depends on how it was shared: Can edit or Can view. See Roles and permissions.