Make learning visible
Bring goals, tasks, progress, feedback, and roadblocks into one shared visual space.
Tool
Agile Learning Canvas
A one-page planning and tracking tool that helps students see goals, tasks, progress, feedback, and reflection in one visible workspace.
Best for
- Classroom
- Visible Learning
- Student Ownership
- Learning Sprints
- PBL
Use During
- Refine
- Plan
- Check-In
- Review
- Retrospect
What it helps with
Help students own the work
Give students a structure for tracking what they are doing, what is next, and where they need support.
Support collaboration and reflection
Make it easier for students and teachers to talk about progress, adjust plans, and improve the next move.
Preview the template
When to use it
- During project-based learning, STEM, CTE, inquiry, or design challenges.
- When students need help seeing the learning process instead of only the final assignment.
- When teams need a shared board for goals, tasks, doing, review and feedback, and done.
- When teachers want to coach progress instead of repeatedly explaining what students should do next.
How it works
Name the learning goal or project focus.
Start with what students are trying to learn or produce so the canvas has a clear purpose.
Add tasks and evidence of progress to the canvas.
Capture the work students need to do and the evidence that will show progress along the way.
Move work as students plan, do, review, and finish.
Use the canvas as a live board so the class can see where every piece of work is right now.
Use check-ins, feedback, and reflection to adjust the next steps.
Pair the canvas with short routines so students can revise plans based on what they are learning.
Why the Learning Canvas works
When learning is hidden, students drift. When the work is visible, students have a better chance to lead it.
The Learning Canvas gives the class a shared picture of goals, progress, feedback, and support needs so teachers can coach with more precision and students can make better decisions about their own work.
Skills & Alignment
This resource supports student ownership, communication, collaboration, reflection, planning, and continuous improvement. These are suggested connections, not a formal standards alignment.
IB Learner Profile
- Thinkers
- Communicators
- Principled
- Inquirers
- Reflective
IB Approaches to Learning
- Thinking skills
- Communication skills
- Social skills
- Self-management skills
- Research skills
21st Century Skills
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Critical thinking
- Creativity
- Self-direction
- Adaptability
Inquiry Practices
- Questioning
- Planning
- Evidence of learning
- Reflection
- Revision
What's included
- A printable Agile Learning Canvas template educators can use to help students plan, track, review, and reflect on learning work.
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