Create and host educational and professional e-portfolios and personal learning communities Create, customize, and maintain a digital portfolio of impressive personal with access interface point-and-click simple to share files Set customized text, images, and videos with family, friends, etc. Make an online learning community and social networking through groups, blogs , and forum Step-by-step approach that will take you through an example with screenshots and explanations are clear enough In Detail Mahara is a user-centered environment with access rights framework that allows different views of e-portfolio can be easily managed. You can also create online communities and social networking through groups, blogs, and forums. Being a beginner, you will need guidance in a quick implementation and easy to manage your digital feature-rich portfolio. This book is your step-by-step guide to building an impressive portfolio of e-professionals using Mahara. It covers key features of Mahara who will help you organize your digital customized portfolio and display artifacts in a way that allows the contribution of your choice from the selected user only. This book will introduce the exciting features Mahara framework and help you develop a feature-rich e-portfolio for yourself. What you will learn from this book You will learn to: Create a folder in Mahara - just like on your own computer - easily find files Upload multiple files facilities - journals, reports, presentations, videos and sound clips - easy and manage access rights for your group to view, edit , and delete Create a blog in Mahara and can connect to the world Creating an impressive profile using the field profile and tailor Mahara view your own profile Create a new web page entirely from scratch and adjust them to allow more flexibility and control over who sees what and when Set the environment to receive feedback on public or private in the pictures, videos, and articles Mahara Connect with other users and get social: to discuss topics of common interest in the forum and share your views with one another and manage Mahara Customize your site to our own preferences with uses some configuration settings for easy administration Approach This book will provide you with instructions step-by-step to start with Mahara and create an electronic portfolio of impressive. This book is for you if: You are a student / students who want to maintain online documentation of your project and share it with a particular teacher / coach for your feedback as teachers want to create e-portfolios for your students to encourage and promote personal and you are a professional reflective learning journal and want to share project documents with your team by sharing existing knowledge and create new knowledge in the community of professional practice No previous experience required of Mahara.