Keynote by Kristina Hoeppner (Catalyst IT) at the Virtual Mahara Hui (UK and Ireland) on 15 July 2020. License: Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 Live slides: https://slides.com/anitsirk/supporting-formal-and-informal-learning-in-mahara Recording: https://youtu.be/69_DI2cuRuA

1. Kristina Hoeppner (Catalyst) //
Virtual Mahara Hui (UK & Ireland) // 15 July 2020
@anitsirk
Presentation licensed under Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0+ // Image: unsplash.com/photos/MJAoiige14E
Supporting formal
and informal
learning in Mahara

2. Recording: youtu.be/69_DI2cuRuA 

3. MUGs

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2020

5. sharing
re-designing
at a hat's drop
isolation
physical
distancing
opportunity
exhaustion
blurred
boundaries
shift in focus
uncertainty
innovationnetworking
disruption

6. Connect

7. Roadmap components
    
Usability
improvements
Feature
development
Technology
updates
Issue
resolution
Community
infrastructure
wiki.mahara.org/wiki/Roadmap

8. Usability improvements
New layout editor
Placeholder blocks
Details mode
Menu consolidation
User → More human terms
Blocktype consolidation
✔
✔
✔
✔
✔







9. Feature development
Copying of plans
PDF export (experimental)
Custom header background
SAML automation
New theme
Assignment submission plugin
SmartEvidence enhancements
✔
✔
✔
✔









10. Technical updates
Improved cloud support
Support for PHP 7.4 and MySQL 8
Mahara Mobile
CSS consolidations
WCAG 2.1 compliance
LTI 1.3 support
✔
✔










11. Issue resolution
Prioritised by the Catalyst NZ team
Small to big projects
Funded fixes are prioritised
✔
✔







12. Infrastructure updates
Run Behat tests more efficiently
Upgrade the manual to Python 3
Cloud test environment
Move to GitLab for issue tracking
More inclusive terms in Git
✔
✔









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Mahara Mobile

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Get it on Google Play
iOS version coming soon

17. web services
Mahara assignment submission plugin

18. External tool Plugin
Standard in Moodle
No plugin installation
Pre-populate connection
Feedback all in Mahara
Archiving of submissions
✔
✔
✔
✔
Normal assignment✔
✔
✔
✔
✔ 
More grading options
Configurable
Feedback also in Moodle
Archiving of submissions
Authentication and connection: LTI Authentication: LTI; connection: web services
See MoodleMoot Global Online 2020 for a brief introduction

19. Default support for the web services for Mahara 20.10 (to be released in October 2020)
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Get it now
Plugin:
Mahara:
github.com/catalyst/assignsubmission-maharaws
bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1882461

20. Authentic tasks
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How are you
using portfolios?
tinyurl.com/mahui20

22. Contact
Kristina Hoeppner
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


kristina@catalyst.net.nz
anitsirk
mahara.org
catalyst.net.nz
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