Is 'Canvas student eportfolios' the same thing / another name for Portfolium?

[PennyJW]

Is 'Canvas student eportfolios' the same thing / another name for Portfolium?

[Chris_Hofer · Accepted solution]

@PennyJW ...

Canvas ePortfolios and Portfolium are absolutely different things...and their interfaces are significantly different.  Here are some Guides on ePortfolios:

• Instructor Guide - Instructure Community (canvaslms.com) - Instructors
• Student Guide - Instructure Community (canvaslms.com) - Students

Here are a bunch of Guides on Portfolium:

Canvas Student ePortfolios - Instructure Community (canvaslms.com)

(I know the Guides here say ePortfolios as well, but this is the Portfolium interface.)

I hope this helps a bit.

[Chris_Hofer · Accepted solution]

@PennyJW ...

Canvas ePortfolios and Portfolium are absolutely different things...and their interfaces are significantly different.  Here are some Guides on ePortfolios:

• Instructor Guide - Instructure Community (canvaslms.com) - Instructors
• Student Guide - Instructure Community (canvaslms.com) - Students

Here are a bunch of Guides on Portfolium:

Canvas Student ePortfolios - Instructure Community (canvaslms.com)

(I know the Guides here say ePortfolios as well, but this is the Portfolium interface.)

I hope this helps a bit.

[PennyJW]

Thank you, Chris, but I think your reply gives a link that equates "Canvas student eportfolios" with Portfolium, doesn't it?

[Chris_Hofer]

@PennyJW ...

Yes, it does.  It is a bit confusing, I agree.  When I clicked on the link that I gave you, even though the heading on the page says "Portfolium Network Table of Contents", if you look at the wording on the tab of your browser, it says, "Canvas Student ePortfolios - Instructure Community".  The Guides listed on that page, though, are for Portfolium.  I'll send a message to the Community Manager team to see if this warrants a change on that page...thanks!

[nathanatkinson · Accepted solution]

@PennyJW Hi Penny!

Sorry about the confusion with the names of things (and I agree it is a bit confusing right now). Portfolium was recently rebranded/renamed and broken into two different features that now live under the Canvas family of products (that's a firehose of product branding mumbo jumbo, so don't worry, I'll try to explain better).

We have the feature within Canvas LMS that's called ePortfolios that's been around for a long time.

If you're looking for Portfolium guides, you can find them at the links @Chris_Hofer provided. And as I said, it's been renamed and separated into two distinct features, Canvas Student Pathways and Canvas Student ePortfolios.

You can find all of those guides here: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Student-Pathways-and/ct-p/portfolio although we're still working on renaming everything as this was a recent rename/rebrand.

I hope that helps clear things up. If not, I'm happy to try to help explain it further.