Our Mahara Honeymoon
Southampton Solent University
Why Mahara?
- met all requirementts
- easy to customise
- integration with Moodle
- LEAP2A
- No commercial tie-in
- If it breaks, they can (hopefully) fix it
In Mahara tweaking the helpfiles so instead of being ‘what button to press’ instructions, becomes a structured/scaffolded way to guide and advise students on what and how to do it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOFSrV3QOWM
There is an unbranded version of the video available, and Solent are happy to give the source files to people wanting to tweak it. Might be good promotional video for Kent’s Mahara launch.
Created a ‘sample student’ with portfolio and other shared resources to act as a guide for what can be done.
Angela Jay – Lewisham College
New users, only been using for several months. Use Mahoodle for entire student portal.
Uses:
- reflective log
- self-promotion
- community
- communication
Taking good practice from the pilot year to use as a showcase once they go live to give other staff ideas of what they can do with Mahara.
Examples of e-portfolios available on Mahara.org