Mahara provide a wonderful place for people to manage and share their own information, however, due to its flexible and dynamics it can be a very daunting place for newbies. However, creating templates in Mahara helps to provide a scaffolded approach to learning how to use Mahara. This session is for people already knowledgeable about using Mahara and will look at why use templates in Mahara, as well as how to create and use templates. An example of how to import a template into Mahara will also be demonstrated.

1. Creating and using Mahara Templates
vanguardvision.com.au
Allison Miller
1 October 2014

2. Session Overview
• Welcome
• Eportfolio template examples
• Creating eportfolio templates
• Create your own template
• Exporting and importing templates

3. Why use templates?

4. Template Examples
bit.ly/MaharaEpfsEgs

5. Digital Capability Mahara
• Getting there - digitalcapability.com.au
• Practice accounts
• Copy a page (template)
– Project/Work-based Title (Aust School Teacher
Prof Standards Template)
– Practice editing – critiquing about how you think
your students would manage this

6. Creating eportfolio templates
• How to create Mahara templates
– Start with a Picture of Competence
– Deconstruct and determine how to recreate using
Mahara
– Provide instructions in a different colour
• Demonstrate using an example from someone

7. Create your own template
• Using practice account
– create own template
– share with others
– critique
– make improvements
• Sharing/permissions

8. Exporting templates
• Export your template
– (Create fake user > copy template to this user)
– Export
– Leap2A
– All of my data
– Save

9. Importing templates
• Importing your template
– Need Admin rights or ask Administrator to do it
– Add User
– Upload Leap 2A file & Create User Account
– Go to page
– Edit
– Share this page
– Site admin (or a group or everyone)

10. vanguardvision.com.au
Allison Miller
0400 732 270
allison@vanguardvisions.com.au
vanguardvisions.com.au
au.linkedin.com/in/theother66