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Mahara

Mahara ePortfolio help pages for staff and students.

Mahara official guide

The following is a collection of both curated guides from Mahara's own documentation, as well as guides created and maintained by the university. Please let us know if there are other step-by-step instructions you would like us to add.

  • Logging on
  • Creating a page
  • Creating your page layout
  • Editing a page
    • Adding a text box
    • Displaying an image
    • Adding a YouTube video
    • Adding a downloadable file to a page
    • Adding a file to your filing cabinet
    • Adding a folder
    • Embedding a PDF
    • Adding a journal
    • Adding audio and video
    • Adding an image gallery
    • Adding a journal entry
    • Adding embedded media
  • Working with groups
    • Creating a group
    • Editing group pages
    • Setting up a new forum
    • Adding a forum topic
    • Replying to a forum topic or post
    • Adding members to a controlled group
  • Creating and Sharing a collection
  • Copying a page or collection
  • Sharing a page
    • Sharing a page via "Share with others"
    • Sharing a page via "Secret URL"
  • Submitting a page for assessment
  • Account management
    • Changing profile picture
    • Changing email address
    • Managing files and folders
    • Backing up your account
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