Mahara 1.4 Cookbook电子书

Mahara 1.4 Cookbook

Table of Contents

Mahara 1.4 Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

Acknowledgement

About the Reviewers

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the example code

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Mahara for the Visual Arts

Introduction

Uploading and sharing a single image

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Protecting your opus

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Adding copyright to the image description

Making a photo journal using Picasa

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Giving visitors more access to the photo

Adding a Picasa slideshow, or an entire album, to a journal entry

Using images you have stored in Mahara (rather than Picasa)

See also…

Journaling a project from start to finish

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Subscriptions to your journal

See also

Building a simple gallery

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Adding titles and captions

Lining up the images more precisely

Using the image gallery block

See also…

Using the Collections feature to create a gallery with an audio-guided tour

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating frames

Adding a splash page

See also

2. Literature and Writing

Introduction

Uploading a group of documents, and sharing them using the Secret URL

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more…

Adding a Creative Commons License

How to edit a filename after upload

See also

A "Thought a Day" journal

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Adding an image banner to your page

See also

A page of writing samples

Getting ready

How to do it...

Getting ready

How to do it...

There's more…

Using the Some HTML block to create your Page (creating an artifact of your poem)

See also

A poetry chapbook

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Using page corner links for navigation instead of the tabs

Another option: Adding the Title Page to the Collection

See also

Thesis/research planning

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Adding the plan to your dashboard

Sharing the plan with an advisor:

Submitting a Page to a group or to a specific individual in a group:

See also

Language acquisition journal

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Settings in Audacity that can affect file size

See also

A Daily Gazette (Journalism page)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Adding an image banner to your page

Adding an image to your stories (journal posts)

See also

3. The Professional Portfolio

Introduction

Adding content to Résumé

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Goals, Skills, and Interests

See also

A simple curriculum vitae

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Elaborating on your interests

The cover letter

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Adding a link to an external website

Adding a link to a document in your portfolio

Inserting an image

See also

References and recommendations

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

The complete package: Cover letter, resume, and letters of reference

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating another package for a different employer

Setting access levels for multiple collections

See also

Complex resume: the professional portfolio

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See Also

The promotion and tenure portfolio

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Adding navigation to the Teaching, Service, and Scholarship collections

Using the Journals feature for storing and adding text to a page

Using a Résumé field to store your personal statement

Saving your Word documents as HTML and displaying them in a page instead of using a textbox

See also

4. Working with Groups

Introduction

Creating a group and adding members

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Adding members from their profile page: Controlled and Invite Only membership

Changing roles

See also

Creating an interactive homepage for a course group

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Creating a web page that features student projects

Getting ready

How to do it....

How it works...

There's more...

Providing family-only access

See also

Creating templates

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

How students submit a page to a course group

See also

Creating a group newspaper using newsfeeds from student journals

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating a multiple-paged paper

Adding a YouTube video

See also

5. The Primary Education Portfolio

Introduction

Submitting and locking pages

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Managing classroom journaling

Using a locked page to follow progress on a research project

See also

Using a student journal to help students learn how to write a research paper

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Getting and embedding images from the Web

Writing the first draft from the notes by using a page to rearrange paragraphs

See also

Progress reports and the transference of artifacts

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

A simple template for very young students

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Creating and using a simple template

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Adding a Navigation block for links to other pages in the student's portfolio

See also

A student portfolio of the primary education years

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Adding a slideshow to the homepage

Adding pages to the collection

See also

A reading list (book reports)

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Adding the list to your dashboard

Sharing the list with others

Using slideshow to create a book

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Adding images to the slideshow

See also…

International project

How to do it...

See also

Creating a classroom page to share with families

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

6. The Social Portfolio

Introduction

Setting a theme and a layout for your profile page

How to do it...

Posting comments to a Wall

How to do it...

How it works...

Using the journal feature for your Wall

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Allowing others to subscribe to your journal

See also

Adding a counter

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Another option (statcounter.com)

Adding a feed from Twitter

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more…

See Also…

Sending feeds to Twitter and/or Facebook

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Adding hashtags and filtering

See Also…

Adding your external blog to your profile page

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Other RSS feeds

See also

7. The College Application Portfolio

Introduction

The Art Portfolio and The Common Application: Art Supplement

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Exporting the portfolio

Using video and audio (for Music, Theatre, Film, and Dance)

Making each item in the list a link

See also

Using HTML to create your unofficial transcript

Getting ready

How to do it...

There's more...

Adding additional rows and/or columns

See also

Creating an academic achievements page

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

The Common Application: Extracurricular Activities & Work Experience portion

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Using a journal posting for the Short Answer section

See also

The Athletic Supplement

Getting ready

How to do it...

See also

8. Certification and Accreditation Portfolio for Higher Education

Introduction

Building the ECIS International Teacher portfolio

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

The final portfolio, a collection that contains collections for each standard

The final portfolio: one collection containing individual pages

See also

Templates for meeting teacher certification standards

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Using journal posts to share artifacts and reflections

See also

Creating a portfolio access page for outside reviewers

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Archiving portfolios

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Access to an archived portfolio from a website

See also

Index