Mahara Electronic Portfolios

Kenneth TairaMarch 30, 2011

Why E-Portfolios

In her blog, 21 Things That Will Be Obsolete by 2020, Tina Barseghian notes that things like AP Tests and SAT tests will be disappearing to be supplanted by E-Portfolios as a more accurate way of assessing a student.

http://mindshift.kqed.org/2011/03/21-things-that-will-be-obsolete-by-2020

Why E-Portfolios

A student will take more pride and put more effort in his/her work if she may show it to potential employers later

Better reflective learning componentAn E-Portfolio is the best representation of

their work and should show the totality of their education.

Why Mahara

Open sourceCan have graphics, video, blogs,

documents, etc.Students can download their e-portfolio

and place it on another server

Mahara Terms

An artifact is a picture, video, document, etc. that you can upload

A view consists of a drag-and-drop web page of artifacts.

You can create many different views for others to see and control who sees what view.

Logging into Demo Accounts

Go to http://moodle.caprica.comSign-in with user demo1, demo2, demo3,

or demo4Password is oilersClick on link to MaharaSome basic examples for art class can be

viewed.

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