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Now that you have set up a Mahara profile, you will want to add content. This section addressed those processes. First step is to create and organize folders into core competencies. On the Mahara site there are the following tabs on the upper right: Home, Profile, My Portfolio, Groups Settings and Logout. To set up folders click on the My Portfolio tab. This action will open a new set of tabs titled: My Views, My Files, and My Blogs. Click on the My Files Tab. This will give two options: Upload file or Create folder. Click Create folder and fill out the Name and Description to match the Core Competencies. Repeat this for all established core competencies.
 * Organizing Files, Pages, and Links **
 * Organizing with Folders According to Core Competencies: **

** Uploading Files to Respective Folders: ** The next step is uploading files into their respective folders. On the Mahara site to upload files, again click the My Portfolio tab, from here click Upload file. Mahara asks all users to click on the copyright notice box to assure that all files being uploaded to their site are original works. Now click the browse button to search for the files to be uploaded. This file must be saved onto the machine that is being used or accessible by that machine to be uploaded. Now give a file a name and description by clicking and typing in the provided text spaces. Finally, click the Upload file button on the lower right had side of the box. Depending on a given internet connection this upload could take several minutes. Now click and hold the uploaded file icon and drag it over the designated core competency folder. This document will disappear. Click on the folder and you will see the document displayed in the folder. Repeat this for every file you want to display on Mahara.

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