How do I use Canvas Career as a Learner?

The Canvas Career experience is designed to assist adult learners in continuing education and career development. As a Learner, you can:

  • Manage your active programs and courses
  • Track your learning progress and showcase your competencies
  • Refresh your skill profile with updated information and upload a resume
  • Get support from Ignite AI

View Home Page

Home Page

The Home page [1] displays the learner's active courses where you can view active courses or programs and track progress in a course or program using the Progress Bar [2]. You can also check course status through the status label [3].

Check course details on the course card, including:

  • Course or unit name [4]
  • Activity type [5]
  • Estimated time of completion (if applicable) [6]

To resume learning, click the Course card [7].

View Course

Ignite AI

The course card allows you to open specific learning objects. To move between them, use the My Progress panel [1]. To highlight and save excerpts, click the Notebook icon [2]. For additional support, click the IgniteAI icon [3]. IgniteAI provides immediate responses and suggested prompts that can aid learning, such as practice quizzes, flashcards, summaries, and key takeaways.

View Programs

Courses

To view the requirements of a program, click the program name [1].

Each course is marked with its current status:

  • Enrolled [2] : You are actively enrolled in the course and can begin working on it.
  • Locked [3]: The course is not yet available. You may need to complete a previous course before unlocking it.
  • Required [4]: This label indicates the course must be completed as part of the program.
Course Progress

When viewing a course, you can view your progress [1] and any items that need to be completed throughout the course [2].

View Notebook

Notebook

In the Notebook, you can view your highlights, reactions and notes you have recorded throughout your learning organized by course. 

View Skillspace

Skillspace

The Skillspace page is your AI-powered skill profile, designed to help you track your learning progress and showcase your competencies. It displays a list of skills linked to your enrolled courses and uploaded resume [1]. To filter by skills from your resume and in progress skills, click the All Skills drop-down menu [2]. Skills may display labels that indicate different levels of competency [3]. You can also re-upload your resume and extract updated skills into your Skillspace [4].

Course Recommendations are suggested courses aligned with your current skills and growth areas. Each recommendation includes related skill tags [5].