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What is Canvas Portfolio?

Canvas offers two types of portfolios to support both learner-driven and instructor-guided use cases: Showcase Portfolios and Evaluation Portfolios. These tools support storytelling, assessment, and the validation of competencies.

In Portfolios, instructors can assign structured, competency-based portfolios, enabling learners to submit work aligned with the institutions defined requirements and skills. Learners can also create their own showcase portfolios, curating evidence of academic and co-curricular work with more flexibility, including reflections, tags, and shareable links.

Notes:

If the Portfolio feature does not display in your account, it hasn't been enabled by your institution.
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00:07: What is Portfolios?

00:09: Showcase Portfolios help learners tell their own stories and highlight

00:13: growth beyond the classroom. Enable learners to build personalized

00:17: portfolios organized by theme, experience, or timeline.

00:23: Support multiple evidence types, including Canvas submissions, media

00:27: uploads, and reflections. Let learners use tags

00:32: to emphasize competencies and themes, aligning their work with personal

00:36: or professional goals. Offer export options

00:40: as PDF or HTML, and allow bulk downloading of

00:44: uploaded portfolio files. Facilitate external

00:48: sharing through public links or direct publishing to LinkedIn.

00:53: Evaluation Portfolios allow instructors to support structured assessment and

00:57: track learner progress over time. Portfolios can be generated

01:01: using one or more Canvas courses as their foundation, with links

01:05: to key assignments and competencies. Educators

01:10: can establish evidence requirements to align expectations and support

01:14: consistent demonstration of competencies.

01:17: Align portfolio evidence with institutional competencies to help learners

01:22: demonstrate specific skills and knowledge.

01:25: Monitor progress with real-time visibility into submission status and

01:29: portfolio completion. Streamline grading by

01:33: using portfolio tasks with Canvas assignments and SpeedGrader.

01:39: Review learner reflections and narratives to better understand learning and growth.

01:44: Support feedback and iteration with options for revisions and resubmissions.

01:50: This guide covered Portfolios.

View Showcase Portfolios

Showcase Portfolios help learners tell their own stories and highlight growth beyond the classroom.

Enable learners to build personalized portfolios organized by theme, experience, or timeline.
Support multiple evidence types, including submitted Canvas assignments and custom portfolio evidence (e.g., projects), allowing learners to submit artifacts directly in the portfolio and reflect on their work.
Let learners use tags to emphasize competencies and themes, aligning their work with personal or professional goals.
Offer export options as PDF or HTML, and allow bulk downloading of uploaded portfolio files.
Facilitate external sharing through public links or direct publishing to LinkedIn.

View Evaluation Portfolios

Evaluation Portfolios allow instructors to support structured assessment and track learner progress over time.

Portfolios can be generated using one or more Canvas courses as their foundation, with links to key assignments and competencies.
Educators can establish evidence requirements to align expectations and support consistent demonstration of competencies.
Align portfolio evidence with institutional competencies to help learners demonstrate specific skills and knowledge.
Monitor progress with real-time visibility into submission status and portfolio completion.
Streamline grading by using Canvas assignments with SpeedGrader or by reviewing Portfolio evidence, such as projects, extracurricular activities, and professional experiences, directly within the portfolio.
Portfolio evidence can only be marked as Complete or Not Complete, and educators can leave comments on custom evidence to provide feedback to learners.
Review learner reflections and narratives to better understand learning and growth.
Support feedback and iteration with options for revisions and resubmissions.

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