MaharaUK12 - What's new in 1.5 and 1.6?

What’s up doc? New features in Mahara 1.5Incoming features in Mahara 1.6

ContactDominique-Alain JAN, MA ODE (Open) djan@mac.com @dajan Economics and Law teacher gymnase de Nyon (Suisse). Chairman of the francophone community ELT teacher at the Teachers Training School (HEP-VD) canton de Vaud (Suisse) PhD (EdD) researcher at The Open University (UK) on ePortfolios 2

Guided stroll• New features in 1.5 – Improvements for users – Make the administrators happy – Give programmers new toys• What’s already in 1.6• Shedding light on two jewels – “Extresource” plugin (University of Geneva) – Le “Livret de l’interne” (University of Caen)

A special theme for primary

A better user search tool

A better user search tool• Search for: James – Find: • James Bond • James Stewart • …

A better user search tool• Search for: James – Find: • James Bond • James Stewart • …• Search for: Bond – Find: • Samantha Bond • James Bond • …

A better user search tool• Search for: James – Find: • James Bond • James Stewart • …• Search for: Bond – Find: • Samantha Bond • James Bond • …• Search: James Bond – Find only • James Bond

A better tool for searching

Better navigation

Better navigation1.3

Better navigation1.31.4

Better navigation1.4

Better navigation1.51.4

Better navigation1.51.4 Image gallery: A collection of images from your ﬁles area

Better navigation

Better navigation• “Drop-down menus” option

Better navigation• “Drop-down menus” option• “Small page headers”

Make a copy of a collection of pages

Sharing control improved

Photo gallery

Tagged journal entries

Global text boxes

An institutional theme you can edit online

Better groups management• Grant / Revoke / Edit membership by

Webservices

Webservices– web services access • Users – mahara_user_get_all_favourites – mahara_user_get_favourites – mahara_user_update_favourites – mahara_user_create_users – mahara_user_delete_users – mahara_user_update_users

Webservices– web services access • Groups – mahara_group_get_groups – mahara_group_get_groups_by_id mahara_group_create_groups – mahara_group_delete_groups – mahara_group_update_groups

Webservices– web services access • Institutions – mahara_institution_add_members – mahara_institution_remove_members – mahara_institution_invite_members – mahara_institution_decline_members – mahara_institution_get_members – mahara_institution_get_requests

More new features• Account registration confirmation • Configurable default video size of• Add groups by CSV "Embedded media”• Advanced search options for shared • Configuration of external image pages galleries• Allow authenticated feeds • Enable multiple journals• Allow institution administrators to • Exact search set file quota • Exact user search• Allow users to link own SAML • Export feedback in HTML export account • External media filters• Automatic access to copied page or • Friend invitation to join a group collection • Friend recommendation to join a• Automatically allow public profiles group with public pages • Generate sitemap for public content• BrowserID • Group deletion notification• Button for copying a group page • Group file quota• Change authentication method • Group page editing permission• Change default account settings upon user creation,• Change remote username

More new features• Institution default quota • Logged-in profile page access• Institution default quota update • Map student ID and display name• Institution file quota from LDAP• Institution homepage • Members who left institution• Institution logo upload • My watched pages• Institution membership to be found • Notes in "Groups” • Override default site pages• Institution setting for "Online users" • Owners retains access to their side block uploaded files in a group• Institution setting for public pages • Parent folder icon• Institution theme configuration • Pending user account registration• Limit the number of users in the • Profile picture location "Online users" side block • Re-usable text box• Limit user search results to • Revoke membership invitation institution • SafeIframe feature of HTML Purifier• Limited deleting of feedback on • Search for friends on "Edit access” group pages• List of accessible portfolio pages on "My friends" page

More new features• Share with institution • User reports• Share with "Favourite users” • User search for staff members• Staff report access • User tags• Temporarily lock account after too • Username display on the dashboard many wrong tries • Using Moodles login page• Update file quota in bulk • View and reactivate expired users in• Update group file quota bulk• Update group members by CSV • Warning about small PHP session• Update group quota entropy length• Update groups by CSV• Update user file quota• Update users by CSV• Upload multiple files http://manual.mahara.org/en/1.5/genindex.html• Used user quota• User bulk actions New in Mahara 1.5

Allowed iframe sources

Clean URLs

Clean URLshttp://mahara.mydemo/view/view.php?id=43http://mahara.mydemo/travel-log

Resize images on upload

Statistics • Blocks usage • Shared pages • Access • … • Find users who need support

New journal entry from the edit page

More new features?• Skins • metadata-views-artefacts• Cloud • multipage-views• external-media-block-extension • Navigation-revamp• verp-mail-bounces • new-slideshow• better-rtl-support • notification-feeds• cms-like-feature • objectional-content-reporting• email-posting • pdf-exports• external-media- • search-improvements• flexible-use-profile-information • site-institution-tags• Forum-badges • site-statistics-trends• improve-portfolio-import-export • text-box-attachments-images• isolated-institutions • timezone-support• kim-totten• localised-icons• merge-cpd-resume https://blueprints.launchpad.net/mahara

1.6… …when ?

1.6… …when ? October 2012Support 3 versions back• 1.4 will go with 1.7• 1.5 will go with 1.8• 1.6 will go with 1.9 ...

Guided stroll• New features in 1.5 – Improvements for users – Make the administrators happy – Give programmers new toys• What’s already in 1.6• Shedding light on two jewels – “Extresource” plugin (University of Geneva)

oEmbed• format for allowing an embedded representation of a URL (content) on third party sites• this content can be photo, video, link or rich media

oEmbed• format for allowing an embedded representation of a URL (content) on third party sites• this content can be photo, video, link or rich media Extresource

External resource• Plugin for Mahara 1.41.6 (wiki.mahara.org)• Developed by Laurent Opprecht, Geneva Uni • YouTube • CollegeHumor • Flickr • oohEmbed • Viddler • Poll Everywhere • Qik • My Opera • Revision3 • Embedly • Hulu • iFixit • Vimeo • SmugMug • SlideShare • WordPress.com • …

Guided stroll• New features in 1.5 – Improvements for users – Make the administrators happy – Give programmers new toys• What’s already in 1.6• Shedding light on two jewels – “Extresource” plugin (University of Geneva)

Guided stroll• New features in 1.5 – Improvements for users – Make the administrators happy – Give programmers new toys• What’s already in 1.6• Shedding light on two jewels – “Extresource” plugin (University of Geneva) – Le “Livret de l’interne” (University of

How 3rd cycle training is organized so farIntern Training x Outcome 51* Diplôme d‘Etudes Spécialisées

How 3rd cycle training is organized so far InternSupervised by Supervisor Training x Outcome 51 * Diplôme d‘Etudes Spécialisées

How 3rd cycle training is organized so far InternSupervised by Livret de l’interne Supervisor Training x Outcome 51 * Diplôme d‘Etudes Spécialisées

How 3rd cycle training is organized so far InternSupervised by Livret de l’interne Supervisor x REF C1 x x x C2 references x Training x x x x x Outcome 51 * Diplôme d‘Etudes Spécialisées

How 3rd cycle training is organized so far InternSupervised by Livret de l’interne Supervisor x REF C1 x x x C2 references x Training x x College’s particular x x information x Outcome 51 * Diplôme d‘Etudes Spécialisées

How 3rd cycle training is organized so far 8 terms (6 months each) - 250 hours of teaching + training InternSupervised by Livret de l’interne Supervisor x REF C1 x x x C2 references x Training x x College’s particular x x information x Outcome 51 * Diplôme d‘Etudes Spécialisées

How 3rd cycle training is organized so far 8 terms (6 months each) - 250 hours of teaching + training Train. Train. Train. Train. Train. Train. Train. Train. InternSupervised by Livret de l’interne Supervisor x REF C1 x x x C2 references x Training x x College’s particular x x information x Outcome 51 * Diplôme d‘Etudes Spécialisées

How 3rd cycle training is organized so far 8 terms (6 months each) - 250 hours of teaching + training Train. Train. Train. Train. Train. Train. Train. Train. InternSupervised by Reﬂect Self- assessment Livret de l’interne Supervisor x REF C1 x x x C2 references x Training x x College’s particular x x information x Outcome 51 * Diplôme d‘Etudes Spécialisées

How 3rd cycle training is organized so far 8 terms (6 months each) - 250 hours of teaching + training Train. Train. Train. Train. Train. Train. Train. Train. InternSupervised by Reﬂect Self- assessment Livret de l’interne List of the training sessions Supervisor List of the teachers and tutors x REF C1 List of the publications x Timetable for the x x meetings C2 references x Training x x College’s particular x x information x Outcome 51 * Diplôme d‘Etudes Spécialisées

How 3rd cycle training is organized so far 8 terms (6 months each) - 250 hours of teaching + training Train. Train. Train. Train. Train. Train. Train. Train. InternSupervised by Reﬂect Few meetings Self- Difficult to have an assessment overview of students’ progress Livret de l’interne List of the training sessions Supervisor List of the teachers and tutors x REF C1 List of the publications x Timetable for the x x meetings C2 references x Training x x College’s particular x x information x Outcome 51 * Diplôme d‘Etudes Spécialisées

How 3rd cycle training is organized so far 8 terms (6 months each) - 250 hours of teaching + training Train. Train. Train. Train. Train. Train. Train. Train. Intern InternSupervised by Reﬂect Few meetings Self- Difficult to have an assessment overview of students’ progress Livret de l’interne List of the training sessions Supervisor List of the teachers and tutors x REF C1 List of the publications x Timetable for the x x meetings C2 references x Training x x College’s particular x x information x Outcome 51 * Diplôme d‘Etudes Spécialisées

How 3rd cycle training is organized so far 8 terms (6 months each) - 250 hours of teaching + training Train. Train. Train. Train. Train. Train. Train. Train. Intern InternSupervised by Write an essay Reﬂect Few meetings Self- Difficult to have an assessment overview of students’ progress Livret de l’interne List of the training sessions Supervisor List of the teachers and tutors x REF C1 List of the publications x Timetable for the x x meetings C2 references x Training x x College’s particular x x information x Outcome 51 * Diplôme d‘Etudes Spécialisées

How 3rd cycle training is organized so far 8 terms (6 months each) - 250 hours of teaching + training Train. Train. Train. Train. Train. Train. Train. Train. Intern InternSupervised by Write an essay Reﬂect Few meetings Self- access Defense Difficult to have an assessment overview of students’ (Viva) progress Livret de l’interne List of the training sessions Inter-regional Supervisor commission List of the teachers and tutors x REF C1 List of the publications x Timetable for the x x meetings C2 references x Training x x College’s particular x x information x Outcome 51 * Diplôme d‘Etudes Spécialisées

How 3rd cycle training is organized so far 8 terms (6 months each) - 250 hours of teaching + training Train. Train. Train. Train. Train. Train. Train. Train. Intern InternSupervised by Write an essay Reﬂect Few meetings Self- Assessme access Defense nt Difficult to have an assessment overview of students’ (Viva) progress Livret de l’interne List of the training sessions Inter-regional Supervisor commission List of the teachers and tutors x REF C1 List of the publications x Timetable for the x x meetings C2 references x Training x x College’s particular x x information x Outcome 51 * Diplôme d‘Etudes Spécialisées

Le Livret de l’interne 52

Le Livret de l’interneOnline tool – Access from everywhere, multi-platform – Simple to use, user-friendly – Highly ﬂexible to ﬁt every college’s needs – Allows you to document and evaluate students’ practical skills 52

Le Livret de l’interneOnline tool – Access from everywhere, multi-platform – Simple to use, user-friendly – Highly flexible to fit every college’s needs – Allows you to document and evaluate students’ practical skills…fosters/helps – Supervision, following-up, and skills assessment – Exchange of information – Development of a community of learners – Certification 52

DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT07/03/12 53

Mahoodle• For Moodle 2.x – Checklist plugin – Modiﬁed by Emily Lenel and Jean Fruitet (https://github.com/jfruitet/moodle-checklist/tree/mahara) • Links with Mahara • Manages Outcomes in Mahara 54

Mahoodle• In Moodle – Create a new task “Checklist” – Import a CVS ﬁle with all the aimed outcomes – Create a mnet link to Mahara • SSO • xmlrpc / leap2A 55

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MaharaUK12 - What's new in 1.5 and 1.6?

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