Designing meaningful learning experiences in Canvas goes beyond simply delivering content and assigning work. If you are looking for ways to help students think about their learning, demonstrate and organize their growth throughout their academic career, and make connections across their work, Canvas Portfolio is a new solution that brings those goals into everyday teaching and learning.  While the original Canvas ePortfolio tool provided a way to showcase student work, Canvas Portfolio now shifts that experience into an ongoing, interactive process that develops collaboratively alongside a student’s academic path, rather than only at the end. What Is Canvas Portfolio? Canvas Portfolio is a built-in tool that enables students to create a digital collection of their work. It allows students to compile, organize, and reflect on their learning as they progress through their studies. Instead of assembling content after the fact, students can pull in assignments directly from their cour...

Providing meaningful feedback is a cornerstone of student success, and rubrics are essential tools for maintaining transparency and consistency in grading. On May 16, 2026, Canvas Enhanced Rubrics will be turned on in Canvas. This updated feature is designed to streamline how you build, manage, and use rubrics in your courses. In preparation for rolling out this updated feature, I (Rebecca George-Burrs, Academic Technologist in Academic Technology Support Services) spent some time building some new rubrics and managing my existing rubrics in the Enhanced Rubrics space. This blog post is my review of Enhanced Rubrics.  New Streamlining Features for Building Rubrics Building rubrics in Canvas has been known for being time-consuming and requiring persistence. Enhanced Rubrics brings a more intuitive user interface to build and revise rubrics along with flexible viewing and scoring options that make the grading process more efficient. Here is a list of updates that I was most pleased...