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Downloads & Resources

Getting Started

Are you new to Mahara and don't know where to start? We recommend you book on to one of our sessions or contacting the Technology Enhanced Learning team directly: tel@yorksj.ac.uk.

Skills Sheets & e-Bytes

Below you will find a series of printable guides and demonstrational videos (e-Bytes) which cover a range of key skills you will require when using Mahara.

Description Resource
1. Introduction Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
1.1 What is Mahara?  
1.2 The Mahara Framework  
1.3. How does Mahara fit in to the e-learning landscape?  
1.4. What if Mahara does not support a feature I want?  
1.5. Other things to do  
1.6. Where can I get ideas of how to use Mahara?  
1.7. Getting help  
2. Dashboard Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
2.1. Overview  
2.2. Quick links  
2.3. User-specific information  
3. Content  
3.1. Profile Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
3.2. Profile Pictures Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
3.3. Files Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
3.4. Journal Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
3.5. Résumé / Curriculum Vitae (CV) Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
3.6. Plans Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
4. Portfolio  
4.1. Pages Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
4.2. Page editor Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
4.3. Collections Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
4.4. Share Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
4.5. Export Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
4.6. Feedback Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
4.7. Feedback for assessment Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
4.8. Tags Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
5. Groups  
5.1. My groups Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
5.2. Find groups Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
5.3. Set up a group Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
5.4. Inside a group Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
5.5. My friends Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
5.6. Find friends Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
5.7. Shared pages Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
5.8. Topics Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
6. Blocks  
6.1. External content Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
6.2. Files, images and video Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
6.3. General Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
6.4. Journals Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
6.5. Profile Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
6.6. Résumé / Curriculum Vitae (CV) Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
6.7. Blocks in various pages Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
7. Settings  
7.1. Account settings Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
7.2. Notifications Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
7.3. Inbox Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
General  
Embedding Media Library content in Mahara Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte
Mahara 1.4 User Manual Web page icon Link | Adobe Acrobat Icon PDF | Video Icon e-Byte

Creative Commons Licence
This work by Technology Enhanced Learning, York St John University is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.