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Please note: the Portfolio tool is not yet enabled; it will be enabled in August.
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
To create a showcase portfolio:
- Click Account in the Canvas global navigation, then Portfolio
- Click +Create showcase portfolio
- Add a Portfolio name [1], an optional Cover image [2] and a Description [3].
- 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.
- 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.
- 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]
- If creating new evidence, select between a Project. [1], Extracurricular activity [2] or Professional experience [3].
- Add a title [1] and an optional description [2].
- Add optional tags [1], then click the Add link [2]. Added tags display as pills [3].
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Add a reflection on the added evidence. You can also add image or video files using the Rich Content Editor.
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Click the Add files link [1] to upload files, or click Add link [2] to add a URL.
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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.
- Click the Add section link [1]. To order or delete sections, click the Manage sections link [2].
- Add a section name [1] and then select the evidence to go in this section [2].
- 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.
- 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.
Note: if you have added a Canvas assignment as part of your evidence, it will not be visible to those viewing the portfolio via your sharing link. Currently, it will just display "Course assignment hidden for public share" so it may be more beneficial to use the other evidence types if sharing is important.
- Click Account in the Canvas global navigation, then Portfolio
- Select a Portfolio.
- To export, click the Export button.
- Choose to export your portfolio as a PDF [1], HTML [2] or download files [3].
- To share, click the Share button.
- Toggle on Allow anyone with the link to view. Click Copy to copy the link or Share on LinkedIn.
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