Mahara ePortfolios beginner's guide [[electronic resource] ] : create your own ePortfolio and communities of interest within an educational and professional organization / / Richard Hand, Thomas W. Bell, Derrin Kent

• Autore: Hand Richard
• Pubblicazione: Birmingham, : Packt Pub., 2012
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (328 p.)
• Disciplina: 005.3
• Soggetto topico: Electronic portfolios in education; Employment portfolios
• Altri autori: BellThomas W KentDerrin
• Note generali: "Learn by doing : less theory, more results."; Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Authors; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: What can Mahara do for you?; Portfolios go electronic; Towards an ePortfolio-enabled future; Why Mahara?; Personalized learning; Reflective learning; Collaborative learning; Ways of using Mahara; Case study one: Punam from Pennytown Primary; Case study two: Janet Norman from Pharmaceuticals International Inc. (PI Inc.); Case study three: Neil from Training for Work; Case study four: Christophe from Silverworks University; Join the Mahara community ; Time for action - join mahara.org and exploreMahara sites in the wild; Time for action - looking at some real-life Maharas; Summary; Chapter 2: Getting Started with Mahara; Registering with a Mahara site; Time for action - registering to the Mahara for Beginners' demo site; Logging in for the first time; Time for action - logging in; Mahara's user interface-finding your way around; A word on Mahara themes; The main menu and submenus; Side blocks; The footer; A workflow for building your portfolio; Setting up your own profile; Profile information; Editing your profile ; Time for action - editing your profileProfile pictures; Time for action - uploading your profile pictures; Editing your résumé; Time for action - editing your résumé, goals, and skills; Your profile page; Time for action - viewing and investigating your profile page; The profile page wall; Some more profile page examples; Adding a text box to your profile page; Time for action - creating a text box for your profile page; Options in the text editor; Time for action - editing a text box by adding a hyperlink; Taking the formatting and editing one step further ; Time for action - adding an image to your text boxYour dashboard page; Time for action - viewing and investigating your dashboard page; Settings; Time for action - changing your settings; Changing username and password; HTML editor; Notifications; Time for action - open up your notifications inbox; Summary; Chapter 3: Create and Collect Content; Putting your files online; Mahara replaces the USB stick; Time for action - adding some folders and files to your portfolio; Giving structure to your folder tree and branches; Copyright; Upload limit; Moving and deleting files ; Uploading more than one fileTime for action - zip, upload, and unzip; Using tags to organize your files and search for them; Writing in your journal; What is a journal in Mahara?; Time for action - creating your first Mahara journal; Embedding an image in your journal entry; Make a plan and set some tasks; Time for action - make a plan and set some tasks; Notes; Time for action - exploring notes; Linking to files, folders, plans, and journals on your dashboard page; Time for action - linking to files, folders, plans, and journals on your dashboard pages; Summary ; Chapter 4: Organize and Showcase your Portfolio
• Sommario/riassunto: Create your own e-Portfolio and Communities of Interest within an Educational or Professional Organization
• Titolo autorizzato: Mahara ePortfolios beginner's guide
• ISBN: 1-283-51962-3; 9786613832078; 1-84951-777-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791911303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Community experience distilled.