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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.

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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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In our podcast 'Create. Share. Engage.' portfolio practitioners, researchers, learning designers, and portfolio authors share their journey. Learn how they navigate the many different facets of portfolios in general, and Mahara specifically.

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Site files access

Shen Zhang

Posts: 87

07 July 2015, 15:19

Hi,

We have just upgraded to the Apirl 2015 version. I have noticed that when using an Image module, it gives any user access to the Site files. Please see the screenshot below:

download.php?file=426972&embedded=1&group=1&topic=7290&post=29296

Under the Configure site -> General settings, we've set Access to site files "OFF". Is there any more strict settings so that we can hide the Site files all together from users?

Kind regards,

Shen

Robert Lyon

Posts: 773

Re: Site files access

07 July 2015, 16:14

Hi Shen,

If the files are within the 'Public' folder or any of it's subdirectories they now are allowed to be accessed by anyone.

If the site files are outside the 'Public' folder structure they can only be seen by public if the 'Access to site files' switch is set to on.

Hope that clarifies things

Cheers

Robert

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