New features to be added on 20 July 2016
MyPortfolio was upgraded to the latest version of Mahara on 20 July 2016. In the following, you'll see a number of important new features that students and teachers can use on MyPortfolio.
You can consult the Mahara user manual to learn more about them.
The information here was taken and adapted from the Mahara user manual.
Display internal video and audio on mobile as well
The media player for internal videos and audio was updated to HTML5. That means that you can now display your mp4 and mp3 files also on smartphones and tablets. Find out more.
Receive wall notifications
If you use the “Wall” block on your profile page, people can post messages for you there. You receive these now in your MyPortfolio inbox or via email if you configured these types of messages to be sent as email.
Embed more social media via Embedly
You can embed content from many different websites without having to ask the site administrator to approve the iframe code. Use the “External media” block to add Embedly code. The Embedly plugin for Mahara has been popular for many years. Its functionality is now integrated into Mahara so that no plugin needs to be installed anymore.
Select tags more easily
No more clicking on tags! You can select the tags you wish to use for your pages or learning evidence simply by starting to type a word into the tag field and then see what suggestions come up. If a tag exists, you see it come up in the list as well as the number of times you've already used it. If it doesn’t exist, finish typing your word and press the Enter key or select the word that is highlighted as you typed. Find out more.
Display recent journal posts in groups
In January 2016 journals for groups, institutions and the entire site were introduced. Now you can also use the “Recent journal entries” block to display recent journal entries in a block on a group, institution or site page.