Create portfolios

Using Mahara, students and staff create their personal learning stories by uploading evidence of activities they have participated in, and embedding publicly accessible content they have previously put online. They can write reflections on their experiences that frame this evidence, map it to competencies or registration requirements, and provide necessary context.

Mahara can be used for many different portfolio purposes, such as study, professional development, work-integrated learning, assessment, showcase and presentation, and employability.

Engage with others

Mahara makes it easy to comment and give feedback. Portfolios can also be submitted to learning management systems via LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability) for marking.

Groups in Mahara allow people to create portfolios collaboratively and engage in forum discussions.

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Security Announcements /
Security issues relating to passwords <1.7.7, <1.8.4, <1.9.2

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Robert Lyon

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01 August 2014, 12:13

Mahara institutions that use LDAP for authentication with a mis-configured configuration can cause users passwords to be recorded in the log files under certain circumstances.

Category: Password security
Severity: Critical
Versions Affected: <1.7.7, <1.8.4, <1.9.2
Reported by: Craig Miskell
Bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1009262
CVE reference: CVE-2010-5311

We very strongly recommend that all Mahara administrators using LDAP upgrade to the latest version: 1.7.7, 1.8.4, or 1.9.2 and alert their users to change their LDAP password.

Download links for fixed version:

    https://launchpad.net/mahara/+milestone/1.7.7
    https://launchpad.net/mahara/+milestone/1.8.4
    https://launchpad.net/mahara/+milestone/1.9.2

[Update from Kristina to add CVE reference]

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Kristina Hoeppner - 24 November 2014, 13:32

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