Canvas Portfolios for Learners
What is Canvas Portfolios?
Canvas Portfolios is a tool that allows you to collect, organize, and showcase your work in one place. You can use it to highlight important assignments, reflect on what you’ve learned, and track your progress over time.
Portfolios are often used in courses to show your learning, but they can also be useful beyond the classroom to share your work with others.
Why Use a Portfolio?
- Keep your work organized in one place
- Show your progress and growth over time
- Reflect on what you’ve learned
- Highlight your best work
- Build a collection of work for future opportunities
How You Might Use It
- Save important assignments or projects
- Add reflections about your learning
- Show progress toward skills or goals
- Create a final portfolio for a course or program
- Build a showcase of work you are proud of
Getting Started
Your instructor may give you specific directions on how to use your portfolio. In general, you will be asked to add work, organize it, and sometimes include reflections.
If you're new to portfolios, start simple:
- Add a few key assignments
- Include short reflections
- Organize your work in a way that makes sense to you
Learn More About Using Portfolios
Use the guides below for step-by-step help in Canvas:
- What is Canvas Portfolio?
Get a quick overview of how portfolios work in Canvas. - View Portfolios as a Student
Learn how to access and navigate your portfolio. - Edit a Portfolio as a Student
Add content, update sections, and organize your work.
Need Help?
If you have questions about how your class is using portfolios, check with your instructor. You can also reach out for support by emailing ecat@montana.edu if you need help getting started.