Canvas Showcase Portfolios

Canvas Portfolios gives you a space to collect and showcase your work, reflect on what you've learned, and tell the story of your growth over time. Whether you're documenting a single project or building a portfolio that highlights skills across multiple courses, you can tag your work, add reflections, and share the finished result through a public link, exportable PDF, or directly to LinkedIn.

There are two types of Portfolios: Showcase and Evaluation.

A showcase portfolio you can build yourself; you can add any learning evidence you like.

An evaluation portfolio is assigned by your instructor; they decide what learning evidence you will add.

Notes: Individual attachments uploaded to a Portfolio can be up to 50 MB each. The total combined size of all attachments in a users Portfolios can be up to 1 GB.

• Create a Showcase Portfolio
• Add Evidence to a Portfolio
• Add Sections to a Portfolio
• Export and Share a Portfolio

Create a Showcase Portfolio

To create a showcase portfolio:

1. Click Account in the Canvas global navigation, then Portfolio
   
    
2. Click +Create showcase portfolio
   
    
3. Add a Portfolio name [1], an optional Cover image [2] and a Description [3].
   
    
4. To save a portfolio as a draft, click the Save as draft button [1]. Click the Publish portfolio button [2] to to finalize and share your portfolio.
   

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Add Evidence to a Portfolio

To add evidence to a portfolio, access your portfolio and click Edit.

1. Click the Add evidence link [1], then choose to Add assignment from course [2] or Create new evidence [3].
   
   Note: Tags that are added to your evidence will display in the Tags section once the evidence has been added.
    
2. If adding an assignment:
   • To select an assignment to add, click the add assignment checkbox [1].
   • To view assignment details, click the review icon [2].
   • You can find assignments by typing keywords into the search field [3].
   • Select a course from the drop-down menu to filter assignments. [4].
   • After selecting all assignments, click Add button [5]

3. If creating new evidence, select between a Project. [1], Extracurricular activity [2] or Professional experience [3].
   
    
4. Add a title [1] and an optional description [2].
   
    
5. Add optional tags [1], then click the Add link [2]. Added tags display as pills [3].
   
    

6. Add a reflection on the added evidence. You can also add image or video files using the Rich Content Editor.
   
    

7. Click the Add files link [1] to upload files, or click Add link [2] to add a URL.
   

8. Click Create to save the evidence.

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Add Sections to a Portfolio

To add sections to a portfolio, access your portfolio and click Edit.

1. Click the Add section link [1]. To order or delete sections, click the Manage sections link [2].
   
    
2. Add a section name [1] and then select the evidence to go in this section [2].
   
    
3. When Managing sections, drag and drop evidence to move it to the desired section. Evidence can also be reordered within a section using drag and drop.
   
    
4. Click Save as draft or Publish portfolio to save changes.​​

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Export and Share a Portfolio

Your Portfolio can be exported to a PDF or HTML file, as well as creating a sharing link that anyone can view or post it to LinkedIn.

1. Click Account in the Canvas global navigation, then Portfolio
   
    
2. Select a Portfolio.
   
   
    
3. To export, click the Export button.
   
    
4. Choose to export your portfolio as a PDF [1], HTML [2] or download files [3].
   
   
    
5. To share, click the Share button.
   
    
6. Toggle on Allow anyone with the link to view. Click Copy to copy the link or Share on LinkedIn.
   
    

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