MAHARA

Mahara is an open source piece of software (Aldred S,2010). Mahara is like a virtual filing cabinet.In this course we will be setting up our own personal form of e-portfolio.The set up of Mahara was for a small fee of $5.Youtube provides many educatuional pods on how to set up and use mahara. As suggested by Scott a few hours must be dedicated to this tool to ensures the best possible set up of your e- portfolio.Mahara allows you to save a wide variety of file types within your "Views" Mahara can be used as a professional tool to store lesson plans, resources and communicate with peers it can be developed for a specific purpose and made available to whom you choose. Mahara can be used as a tool for interviews and job applications. Mahara compliments the structure required to establish a professional portfolio.


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