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Anoverviewofthe

ePor.olioapplica3on

MeredithHenson4/07/2007

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Introduc)on

Anelectronicpor.olioisanonlinecollec3onofreflec3onsanddigitalArtefacts(suchasdocuments,images,blogs,rsums,mul3media,contactinforma3on)

StudentsandstaffcanuseanePor.oliotodemonstratetheirlearning,skillsanddevelopmentover3metoselectedaudiences

Mahara(TeReoMoriforthinkorthought)hasbeendevelopedaspartoftheeCDFePor.olioProject,whichischargedwithcrea3nganOpenSourceePor.olioapplica3onandtoprovideimplementa3onstrategiesfortheNewZealandeduca3onsector

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Introduc)ontoMahara

MaharaiscurrentlybeingpilotedbysevenTer3aryorganisa3onsviaMyPor.olio: MasseyUniversity TheOpenPolytechnicofNewZealand AucklandUniversityofTechnology VictoriaUniversityofWellington TeWnangaoRaukawa NelsonMarlboroughIns3tuteofTechnology TaiPou3niPolytechnic

Theseorganisa3onsarepreparingimplementa3oncasestudiesandalongwithimplementa3onguidelinesandfulluserdocumenta3on,thesewillbeprovidedaspartoftheMaharadownloadpackage

TogetherwithMahara,MyPor.olio(h\p://mypor.olioacnzandh\p://myportoflioschoolacnz)isdesignedtoprovidealife-longlearningandsocialnetworkingenvironmentforNewZealandstudentsandteachers

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Introduc)ontoMahara

WhatsetsMaharaapartfromotherexis3ngopensourceePor.olio

pla.orms?

StudentshavecompleteownershipoftheirePor.olio

Usershavetheabilitytosetpermissionsofaccesstovariousnominatedgroups AllArtefactshaveassociatedmetadataincludinguserdefinedtagging Contextualhelpisavailablethroughoutthesystem Socialnetworkingfunc3onality Flexibilitytobeusedtocreateformal,informal,courserelated,personaland/orprofessional

environments

Modulardesign,bestprac3ceprogrammingandfulldocumenta3onallowsfornewfeaturesandfunc3onalitytobeeasilyintegratedintotheapplica3on

Languagetransla3onpackagebased Designedforscalability,securityandinteroperability Strongconsidera3ontopedagogyandpolicyduringdevelopment

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MaharaFramework

Inordertoprovidepermissionsofaccesscontrol,MaharaisbasedonanArtefacts,ViewsandAccessframework

Viewsareacollec3onofanynumberofArtefactsthatexistinauserspor.olio

UserscancreateanynumberofViewsandassignViewaccesstoanynumberofindividuals,Communi)esand/or

Groupsastheywish

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MaharaFramework

Thisframeworkmayberepresentedbythediagrambelow:

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MaharaFramework

Forexample:

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Communi)es

Communi)esareareusablecollec3onofuserswhomaybeaddedtotheCommunityareabyanumberofdifferentinvita)onmechanisms

Communi3esaredesignedtobeacollabora3veenvironmentformembersandwillallowforsharingofideasandinforma3on

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Crea)ngViews

ePor.olioownerscreateViewsusinga4stepprocess:

1 NamingtheViewandprovidingaccessdates2 Selec3ngadisplaytemplate PlacingselectedArtefactswithinthatViewand4 AssigningaccesstothedesiredGroups,Communi3esandindividuals

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ViewTemplates

Avarietyoftemplatesareavailablethatvaryincolour,fontandoveralldesign TherearetemplatesdesignedforspecificArtefacttypessuchasaBlogtemplateanda

templatetodisplayagalleryofimages

TemplatesareassociatedwithacategoryofusesothatuserscanfindthemostappropriatetemplatefortheirView

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ViewAccess

UsersthenassignaccesstotheirViewstotherequiredGroups,Communi3es,individualsortheycanmaketheirViewavailabletoalltheirFriends,makeit

publiclyavailableorkeepitprivate

Eachuserorcollec3onofuserscanbegivenaccessbetweenacertaindateand3mewindow

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ViewFeatures

ePor.olioownerscanreceivepublicorprivatefeedbackontheirViewandArtefactswithinthatView UsersaccessingaViewcanreportanyobjec)onablematerialdirectlytotheSiteAdministrator UserscanaddViewsandArtefactswithinaViewtotheirWatchlistandreceiveautomatedno3fica3onsof

anychangesorupdates

ePor.olioownerscanSubmitaViewforAssessmentbyatutororteacherallowingforasnapshotoftheViewandassociatedArtefactsonacertaindate

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FileRepository

Maharaincludesafilerepositorywhichallowsusersto: Createfolderandsubfoldersstructures Uploadmul3plefilesquicklyandefficiently GiveeachfileaNameandDescrip3on Managetheirfilealloca3onQuota

WhenuploadingafileusersmustagreetoaconfigurableCopyrightdisclaimer

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Blogging

Acomprehensivebloggingtoolisprovided,whereblogsandblogpos3ngsareconsideredArtefactsandmaybeaddedtoaView

Thebloggingtoolallowsusersto: CreateblogpostsusingaWYSIWYGeditor A\achfilestoposts Embedimagesintopos3ngs

TurnCommentson/off CreatedraHpos3ngsforlaterpublishing

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SocialNetworking

MaharaprovidesasocialnetworkingfacilitywhereuserscancreateandmaintainalistofFriendswithinthesystem

ePor.olioownerschoosewhetherotheruserscanaddthemtotheirFriendslistautoma3callyorbyrequestandapproval

AnePor.olioownersFriendslistsshowsthoseViewstowhichtheyhavebeenassignedaccess

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RsumBuilder

MaharaincludesarsumbuilderwhichallowsuserstocreatedigitalCVsbyenteringinforma3onintoavarietyofop3onalfieldsincluding:

contactandpersonalinforma3on employmentandeduca3onhistory cer3fica3ons,accredita3onsandawards booksandpublica3ons,professionalmemberships personal,academicandworkskillsand personal,academicandcareergoals

Mul)plersumsmaybecreatedforusewithindifferentViewsfordifferentaudiencessuchaspoten3alemployers

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ProfileInforma)on

WithinMaharausersareabletosharedetailsthroughavarietyofop3onalprofileinforma)onfieldsincluding:

PreferredName StudentID Postaladdressandcontactphonenumbers Skype,MSN,Yahooetcname Introduc3on ProfileIconsimages

EachProfilefieldentryandIconisanArtefactandthereforemaybeaddedtoaView

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AccountOp)ons

UserscancustomisetheirAccountthroughavarietyofop3onsincludingcontactandlanguagepreferences

UserscansetAc)vityPreferencesandspecifyhowtheywishtobecontactedbythesystemandotherusers

Theycanalsochoosehowtheyreceiveno3fica3onofRecentAc)vityonthoseViewsandArtefactstheyhaveaddedtotheirWatchlist.

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Metadata

AllArtefactshavemetadatawhichincludes: Title ArtefactType Owner (Op3onal)Descrip3on Dateofcrea3on

Dateoflastmodifica3on Filesizeornumberofposts(blogs)

Maharaalsoprovidesuserdefined,searchabletaggingonallArtefacts

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Administra)on

AdministratorsareabletocustomiseMaharaviaanumberofconfigura)onsengswhichinclude: Languagepackagesandthemes Virusprotocol Sessionandaccountlife3mes Authen3ca3onmethods

Maharacontainsapageeditorwhichallowsforcustomisa3onanddynamicedi3ngof: TermsandCondi3onsandPrivacyStatement LoggedinandloggedoutHomepage Copyrightdisclaimer ApublicandloggedinuserMainMenu

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Administra)on

WiththeModularpluginstructureofMahara,Artefacttypesmaybeconfigured,disabledorenabled,accordingtotheorganisa3onsrequirements

Usersonthesitemaybeassociatedwithpar3cularins3tu3onswhichhavetheirownconfigurableusersengs

ASiteAdministratormaysuspendastudentsaccount(forexamplewhileaclaimofmisconductisbeinginves3gated)

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Scalability

Maharahasbeendesignedasawebapplica3onwithaplug-inarchitecture Thismeansitispossibletoscaletheapplica3onupbysepara3nghardwarefor

search,database,filestorageandwebservers

Itisalsopossibletoreplicateeachoftheseopera3onalcomponentstofurtherscalethesystemupwards

Inaddi3onMaharaisdesignedto: beloadbalancedacrossseveralwebservers haveasharefiledatafromacentralisedfileserver andhaveaseparatedatabaseserver

Thishos3ngset-uphasprovenscalabilityforsimilarsystemslikeMoodle

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Security

Maharaautoma3callydetectssystemsengsthataposesecuritythreat

Sessionkeyhandlingcodehasbeen3ghtlyintegratedwiththecoreform/requestAPIs

Providesdatabaseabstrac)onthatpreventsanydatabaseinjec3ona\acksandinputvalida)onthatpreventsscriptinjec3ona\acks

Userauthen)ca)oncanbe3edtoexternalsystemssuchasstudentmanagementsystemsorotherdatabasessuchastheirStudentID

number

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Interoperability

MaharaisbuiltusingPHPwebscrip3nglanguageandleveragesPHP5'sOOfeatures

Allplug-insfollowaconsistentstructureandinheritfromacommonbaseclass(corefunc3onsofplug-insareimplementedonce)

Maharacurrentlysupportsplug-insforArtefacts,Authen3ca3onandSearchThereforeinteropera3ngwithanexis3ngproductsimplyrequiresthedevelopmentofaplug-in

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MoodleIntegra)on

Theintegra3onofthelearningmanagementsystem,MoodleandtheePor.oliosystemMaharahasnowbeendevelopedandiscurrently

undergoingtes3ng

TheuseofMoodleiswidespreadbothwithinaNewZealandeduca3oncontextaswellasinterna3onally

Userswillhaveaseamlessloginbetweenthesetwosystemsallowingthemtoshowcasetheirlearninganddevelopmentwithinacourse

context

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MyPorolioand

MoodleUsers

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ePoroliosforStaff

Areaforstafftodemonstrateprofessionaldevelopment Publishedworksandpresenta3ons Individualdevelopmentplans Performancereviews

Networking Betweencolleaguesbothinternalandexternaltoorganisa3on Distribu3onofrsums,staffexchanges

Research Peerreviewandfeedback Sharing,distribu3on

Teachingtool Upda3ngcoursematerialforelectronicdelivery Reflec3veandcri3calreviewlearningoutcomeswithinassessment

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ePoroliosforStudents

Studentownershipandcontrolofpor.olio ContentsofunpublishedePor.olioprivate Accesscontrol

Areaforshowcasingworkandreflec3on Cri3calreviewofassessmentitems Life-longlearninganddevelopmenttool

Onlinersum Programmeandcourseapplica3ons Scholarshipapplica3ons CVforpoten3alemployers

Socialnetworkingwithotherstudents Collabora3veprojects Peerreviewandfeedback

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FurtherInforma)on

Maharaorg(h\p://maharaorg) Roadmap,Download,Community,SupportandTrainingetc

MaharaDocumentsh\ps://eduforgeorg/docman/?group_id=176 ePor.olioResearchReport Studentandstaffuserguides HelpdeskReferenceGuide Implementa3onGuidelines Casestudyques3ons

ContactMeredithHensononmeredith@flexibleconz