Mahara+Formatting+Pages+and+Displaying+Files

A “View” is how anyone who chooses to look at a Mahara ePortfolio will navigate through the content which was uploaded and place into folders. A View can simply display the folders that have been created in Mahara or a View can be representative of a single Core Competency. To create a View, first select the My Portfolio tab, click My Views. To create a new View, click the Create View button parallel to the My Views Header. Now give this View a title and a description. Views can either be one for each of the Core Competencies or a single view for all of them. If choosing to create a new view for each of the Core Competencies, the each view should be titled and described to match each of the Mahara folders. If choosing to display all the folders in one View then give the View a generic title which reflects that it is your ePortfolio.
 * Formatting Pages and Displaying Files **
 * Mahara Views: **

** Displaying Content on Views ** After filling out the Details section of the View hit the next button. A page dictating the Layout of the View will be opened. If the Folders have not been built or uploaded content to, then you will not able to proceed. The Layout section contains all of the content has been Uploaded to Mahara in addition to availability to post external content. The content is organized into these fields: Blogs, External feeds, Files, images and video, General, Profile, and Resume. Choose the applicable content for the view and click and hold the icon. Content can be placed into the view by dragging it below the gray line in the middle of the screen. Placed content will then request a title. If the content is external it will also request a URL to link to. Fill out the fields produced by dragging the content into the view. Each View begins in a default three column layout. To change this layout click the green icon which reads Change My View Layout on the left above the gray border of the View. The View can be made to fit 1-5 columns.

** Hyperlinking Between Views ** To hyperlink between Views or to hyperlink to a different page, drag and drop a text box into the View as with any other Content. In the text box it is a good idea to add any exemplary information. To create a hyperlink, type the phrase that you want to hyperlink then highlight it by dragging a clicked curser over it. When highlighted the text bow will show two new editing options in blue. The new option on the right is the hyperlink option, click it. This action will open a window where it is possible to link a URL to the word or words highlighted. In the target option choose how this link will open.

** Setting View Permissions: ** After completing the Layout portion of the View, you it must be decided who can have access to the view. Click the next button from layout or click the Edit View Access button to edit who can see the View. Views can be selected to be public or for select Mahara uses only.Because you will want to use the ePortfolio to showcase your work for professors and employers, we suggest you use the public view. For an overview video on the use of Mahara, click here

By: Daniel Ovalle, major in Science, Technology, and Society