New Canvas Portfolio Tool

by | Nov 10, 2025 | Canvas, Technology Updates

Starting winter term faculty and students will have access to new Canvas Portfolio tool. Canvas will offer two types of portfolios to support both learner-driven and instructor-guided use cases.

  • Showcase Portfolios help learners tell their own stories and highlight growth beyond the classroom.
  • Evaluation Portfolios allow instructors to support structured assessment and track learner progress over time.

This update enhances the Canvas portfolio experience with a more intuitive design and flexible tools. Instructors can assign structured, competency-based portfolios, while learners can showcase academic and co-curricular work with features like reflections, tagging, and shareable links.

Screenshot showing the new Canvas Portfolio Tool.

Key Features

  • Skill tagging evidence to align learning with outcomes
  • Collaboration tools that let learners add teammates to showcase group work
  • Portfolio Preview for easier sharing and review
  • Learner progress tracking for assigned portfolios
  • Institution-assigned portfolios to support programmatic assessment

Overview Video

Portfolio Benefits at a Glance

For Institutions

  • Connect portfolios to institutional focuses and competencies for holistic evaluation
  • Gain visibility into learner progress and learning effectiveness
  • Assess within existing grading workflows—no new tools required

For Educators

  • Seamless integration with Canvas courses and SpeedGrader
  • Flexible portfolio assignments that support individual and programmatic assessment
  • Ability to tag evidence to skills and competencies

For Learners

  • A space to collect work, reflect on growth, and tell their story
  • Build personalized, skill-tagged portfolios that mix coursework, co-curriculars, and personal projects
  • Share securely while enrolled or export portfolios for future use

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