A brief structural overview of Mahara.

1. Mahara
Structural
Overview

2. A
Mahara
Instance
–
structurally
speaking
Mahara
site
(The
environment
and
all
it
contains)

3. A
Mahara
Instance
–
structurally
speaking
Mahara
site
Ins5tu5ons
(Collec9ons
of
users)

4. A
Mahara
Instance
–
structurally
speaking
Mahara
site
Ins5tu5on
Users
(The
central
focus
of
interest
in
Mahara)

5. A
Mahara
Instance
–
structurally
speaking
Mahara
site
Ins5tu5on
User
Artefacts
-­‐ Files
-­‐ Journals
-­‐ Profile
info
-­‐ Resume
Pages
Collec9ons

6. A
Mahara
Instance
–
structurally
speaking
Mahara
site
Ins5tu5on
Groups
(Collabora9on
spaces
for
students
within
or
across
User
ins9tu9ons
–
as
open
or
Artefacts
closed
as
needed)
-­‐ Files
-­‐ Journals
-­‐ Profile
info
-­‐ Resume
Pages
Collec9ons

7. A
Mahara
Instance
–
structurally
speaking
Mahara
site
Ins5tu5on
Group
Users
(Members)
Artefacts
User
-­‐ Files
Artefacts
Pages
-­‐ Files
Forums
-­‐ Journals
-­‐ Profile
info
-­‐ Resume
Pages
Collec9ons

8. Put
it
all
together
and
share!
Content
Methods
Consumer
Files
Group
Page
Profile
informa9on
Mahara
user(s)
Plans
Friends
Collec9on
Journals
Anyone!
External
content

9. Contexts
• The
Site
• Ins9tu9ons
• Groups
• Pages
• Collec9ons
…are
these
all
places
where
permissions
can
be
allocated,
but
unlike
Moodle,
users
have
far
more
control
over
who
sees
what.

10. Keep
this
structure
in
mind
as
you
learn
your
way
around
Mahara

11. And
remember
–
the
course
might
be
the
centre
of
the
universe
in
Moodle,
but
the
individual
holds
most
of
the
power
in
Mahara.