Mahara is a plat form that allows users to build an electronic or digital portfolio usually accessed via the internet. Users can upload files, including documents and images, to their portfolio and use these along with text that they input to provide evidence of their qualifications and skills. Mahara is integrated with Moodle.

This presentation was used to introduce GippsTAFE staff to Mahara ePortfolios

I'm a research assistant at the Department for Interactive Media and Educational Technology at the Danube University Krems and lead there are two part-time master's courses. The concept of the e-portfolio, I was at my first encounter in 2006 rather skeptical. By intensively studying it in research projects and in their own teaching, my position has changed now. This dissertation project was launched in January 2008 as part of the Doctoral College Lifelong Learning and completed in March 2012 with honors. More about me and my work focuses to learn in See my presentation!

Pascale Hyboud-Peron, Hamilton Girls' High School - lots of great Mahara eportfolio examples in one place - http://bit.ly/TpdJcD

University of NSW's resource about Mahara

ePortfolio Resource compiled by Teaching and Learning Centre, University of Canberra covering: About ePortfolios Learning and e-Portfolios Reflection and ePortfolios Assessment and e-Portfolios Showcasing and e-Portfolios Privacy and e-Portfolios Social Media and e-Portfolios Social Networking and e-Portfolios Industry Accreditation and e-Portfolios Professional Practice and e-Portfolios Graduate Programs and e-Portfolios Conferences, Books, Journals, Research and Groups about ePortfolios Academic Practice and ePortfolios Professional Portfolio Course Portfolio About e-Portfolios and Mahara e-Portfolio Service Providers Other Institutions and e-Portfolios

PortfolioUP is an image (and now video) uploader developed by Brightcookie for Mahara users. Images (and now videos!) are loaded directly from a learner's mobile device into their 'My Portfolio > My Files' directory in Mahara.

I'm Karen a professor at George Brown College in Toronto Canada. I love everything tech and ed. I teach courses like Psychology of Consumer Behaviour, Visual Communications and Soap, Sex & Cigarettes: A Cultural History of Advertising. I'm also partially seconded to our Learning Innovations and Academic Development (LIAD) to help with training faculty in educational technology and I am also the Online Coordinator for the School of Liberal Arts & Sciences at my college. BSc in Psychology and Englsih from the University of Toronto, Master of Education: Curriculum Technology and Education Reform, University of Illinois-Urbana 2011.

Now that you have registered as a Foliospaces user, the first screen that you see is the logged in Home page. It looks like the image below. Logged in Home page Look at the buttons at the top of the page shown in the image above. Clicking home will always take you back to this logged in home page. Clicking Logout will finish your foliospaces session. The other buttons are for portfolio building (Profile and My Portfolio), collaboration (Groups) and personal settings (Settings). When setting up a page a good place to start is the Profile tab. You can write a paragraph about yourself here. Profile Next insert an image of yourself or an icon. You may upload up to five profile icons here, and choose one to be displayed as your default icon at any one time. Your icons must be between 16x16 and 1024x1024 pixels in size. Profile Image Having set up your profile, you may now wish to set up your Resume page depending on your needs, or you may wish to set it up later. The Resume page, Skills and Goals all relate to each other. The other button is the Edit profile Page which allows you to configure the layout of the page. The profile page can be configured as a View (see the My Portfolio section on Views) which allows for maximum flexibility and customisation.

Overview: This unit was developed to promote employability skills by preparing students for two, two-week work placements. The unit aimed to support and challenge the students to identify the best work placement opportunities that fulfil their future career objectives. The unit aimed to build up confidence in students so they could approach suitable organisations, and produce the materials for applications, such as CVs, covering letters and telephone skills. The students would use myPortfolio (Mahara) to showcase and enhance their digital profile. The sessions were delivered in workshop format to maximise on the opportunity for participation and engagement and consisted of a combination of lecturer-led sessions, Careers Advisory sessions & tutorials, and IT workshops with members of the Learning Technologies team.

Get started right now using Mahara - Already have a Mahara portfolio? Upload your LEAP eportfolio zip file here