Mahara 1.2 E-Portfolios Beginner's Guide.

Mahara 1.2 E-Portfolios Beginner's Guide.

Create and host educational and professional e-portfolios and personalized learning communities.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kent, Derrin Michael
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Birmingham : Packt Pub., 2010.
Subjects:
Electronic portfolios in education.
Open source software.
Internet in education.
World Wide Web.
Electronic portfolios in education
Internet in education
Open source software
World Wide Web
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Table of Contents:
  • Mahara 1.2 ePortfolios; Mahara 1.2 ePortfolios; Credits; About the Authors; About the Reviewers; Preface; What this book covers; What you need for this book; Who this book is for; Conventions; Time for action-Heading; What Just Happened?; Pop quiz- Heading; Have a go hero-Heading; Reader feedback; Customer support; Errata; Piracy; Questions; 1. What Can Mahara Do for Me?; Portfolios go electronic; Towards an ePortfolio-enabled future; Ways of using Mahara; Case study one: Punam from Pennytown Primary; Case study two: Janet Norman from Pharmaceuticals International Inc. (PI Inc.).
  • Case study three: Neil from Training 4 WorkTime for action-looking at some real-life Maharas; What just happened?; Why Mahara?; Personalized learning; Reflective learning; Collaborative learning; Pop quiz- what is important to you in an ePortfolio?; Join the Mahara community; Time for action-registering and exploring further; What just happened?; Pop quiz- learning about http://mahara.org; Have a go hero-pressing the buttons till it hurts; Summary; 2. Getting Started with Mahara; Registering with a Mahara site; Time for action-registering onto the demonstration site; What just happened?
  • Logging in for the first timeTime for action-logging in; What just happened?; Mahara's user interface-finding your way around; A word on Mahara themes; The main menu and submenus; Site blocks; The footer; Setting up your own profile; Profile information; Editing your profile; Time for action-editing your profile; What just happened?; Profile icons; Time for action-uploading your profile icons; What just happened?; Editing your resumé goals and skills; Time for action-editing your resumé goals and skills; What just happened?; Pop quiz- understanding your profile information.
  • Have a go hero-doing more with your profile informationYour profile page; Time for action-viewing and investigating your profile page; What just happened?; The profile page wall; Some more profile page examples; Adding a text box to your profile page; Time for action-creating a text box for your profile page; What just happened?; Options in the text editor; Time for action-editing a text box by adding a hyperlink; What just happened?; Taking the formatting and editing one step further; Time for action-adding an image to your text box; What just happened?; Summary.
  • 3. Add Files and Blogs to Your PortfolioPutting your files online; Mahara replaces the USB stick; Time for action-adding some folders and files to your Portfolio; What just happened?; Giving structure to your folder tree and branches; Copyright; Upload limit; Moving and deleting files; Uploading more than one file; Time for action-multiple file upload; What just happened?; Using tagging to organize your files and search for them; Pop quiz- files, folders, and tagging; Have a go hero-start setting up your files, folders, and tags; Blogging; What is a blog?

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