Mahara (software)

Mahara is an e- portfolio software with community features that is being developed as an open source project from New Zealand. The word means Mahara Te Reo Māori language in the 'thinking' or ' thought '. Prerequisite for the installation are PHP and a database such as MySQL or PostgreSQL.

Construction

The work of Mahara is based on artifacts, views and a comprehensive access control. Views are a collection of artifacts that are stored in the e- portfolio of the user. The user can create any number of views and allow access to users or groups.

Modules

Add-on modules

Extension modules that do not belong to the standard scope of installation of Mahara are, for example, " Euro Pass" (create a Euro passport ), Google Apps ( for inserting Google Apps in the portfolio ) and much more. Several features are plug-ins can be downloaded from the Mahara site or stopped. In the development of additional modules compatibility should always be checked for the current version of Mahara.

History

Mahara has been developed since mid-2006. It started as a joint project of New Zealand 's Tertiary Education Commission 's e-learning Collaborative Development Fund ( eCDF ) Involving Massey University, Auckland University of Technology, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, and Victoria University of Wellington.

Continuing development was made ​​possible by support from New Zealand 's Ministry of Education and the application of Mellon Foundation funds from the Open Polytechnic 's winning a 2007 Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration.