This document provides an agenda for a workshop on creating eportfolios using Mahara. The workshop will include introductions and an overview of Mahara. Participants will learn why to use an eportfolio and Mahara, and be shown examples. The bulk of the workshop involves creating content like profiles, files, journals and resumes in Mahara. It will also cover creating portfolio pages and collections, and discuss content, sharing and permissions. The goal is to help participants set up their own eportfolios using the Mahara platform.

1. Pre-2013 Eportfolio Forum Workshops
Creating your own eportfolio (using Mahara)
Program for Wednesday 2 October 2013
When?
9.30 am
What?
How?
Welcome
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9.50 am
ePortfolios & Mahara
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10.15 am
Creating Content Your Profile, Files,
Journals, Resume
and Plans
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Introduction
Session overview
Getting into Digital Capability Mahara http://digitalcapability.com.au/
Creating logins
Changing “Settings” - esp “Forum Post” to ‘Email Digest”
The Dashboard
Supporting information- http://bit.ly/Creatingeport
Why use an eportfolio?
Why Mahara?
○ Mahara means “to think, thinking, thought”
○ Mahara symbol is a SilverFern and symbolises “growth and
new beginning”
○ Mahara User Guide - http://manual.mahara.org/en/1.7/
Examples & Resources:
○ Mahara.org - http://mahara.org
○ Mahara User Guide v1.7 - http://manual.mahara.org/en/1.7/
○ Allison Miller’s Mahara Diigo Links:
http://www.diigo.com/user/theother66/mahara
○ Kristena Hoeppner’s Mahara Diigo links http://groups.diigo.com/group/everythingmahara?view=recent&page_num=1
○ Mahara Eportfolio Examples & Resources https://docs.google.com/document/d/1908hBG4riiksjAJX9Bb
P6jZ0A4wsM4SRuk7k9LsTqF0/edit?usp=sharing
○ Other Eportfolio Resources http://vanguardvisions.com.au/eportfolios/resources/
Choose one of these and determine its purpose
Setting up:
○ your profile information
○ your profile page
○ your dashboard
○ getting some friends
○ uploading and managing files
○ creating and writing journals
Overview of Collecting and creating your stuff
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11.00 am
Morning Tea
11.30 am
Portfolios - Pages &
Collections
your resume
your education
your employment history
your achievements
your goals
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12.30 pm
Discuss Content vs Portfolio
Pages vs Collections
Pages
○ Mahara Content options - See as an example of options
http://digitalcapability.com.au/view/view.php?id=238
○ Create one ‘mash-up’ page of these features
 External content
 RSS
 Video
 GoogleApps
 Files, Images & Video
 General
 Journal
 Profile
 Resume
Sharing/permissions
Finish
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