Please note that staff require staff accounts in order to create course groups. If you believe you do not have a staff account, please contact Servicedesk.
Creating Groups

Some staff prefer to give students free rein whereas others find templates very useful in guiding students as to what is required in a portfolio.
Creating Templates

Although the site is backed up by our Mahara host, we have been advised that it is not possible to restore single pages therefore backup of portfolios is essential.
Backing Up a Portfolio

If audio or video files have been uploaded to a Personal category in the Media Library, it is necessary to give access to a clip prior to placing on a Mahara page. Thereafter Mahara access rights take precedence, ie whoever is given access to view the page can view the video.
Integrating with the Media Library

There are a couple of options in relation to placing feedback on a student's page.
Placing Feedback

This document covers group forums, how to reply to notifications and how to manage email notifications from Mahara.
Forums

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The three videos below were assembled to give some ideas for using Mahara as a Virtual Exhibition tool.  The first video is a general introduction to Mahara and is almost 15 minutes long so you may want to skip that one if you've been using Mahara already.