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![]() Screenshot of a Mahara e-portfolio dashboard | |
Original author(s) | Catalyst IT Limited and contributors |
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Initial release | 1 April 2008 [1] |
Stable release | 20.04.2
/ 22 October 2020[2]
|
Repository |
git |
Written in | PHP |
Type | Electronic portfolio system |
License | GPLv3+ [3] |
Website |
mahara |
Mahara is an open-source web-based electronic portfolio (eportfolio) management system written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. [3] [9] The Māori language word mahara means "to think about or consider". [10] [11]
Mahara began in 2006 as a collaboration between Massey University, Auckland University of Technology, the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand and Victoria University of Wellington, funded by the New Zealand Tertiary Education Commission. [12] Mahara was initially developed by Catalyst IT Limited, a New Zealand open-source software company, and first released in April 2008. [1] Development of Mahara has since expanded to include a community of contributors, including the New Zealand Ministry of Education. [13]
The software was designed to be an open-source electronic portfolio platform to support the student learning and personal learning environment goals of educational institutions. [12] Mahara allows students to select their own work and prepare an online portfolio, to both share in a university classroom context and show to future employers. [14]
Mahara supports translation into different languages using language packs, and contributions of complete or near-complete coverage have been provided for Japanese, Basque, French, Māori, Slovenian, German, Czech, and Danish languages. [15]
verb: 'to think about, consider' and 'to remember, recollect, bear in mind'; noun: 'recollection, thought, memory, reasoning'
Mahara is developed by a world-wide team of programmers, translators, designers and enthusiastic amateurs. Many individuals and groups have contributed to Mahara so far.
![]() | |
![]() Screenshot of a Mahara e-portfolio dashboard | |
Original author(s) | Catalyst IT Limited and contributors |
---|---|
Initial release | 1 April 2008 [1] |
Stable release | 20.04.2
/ 22 October 2020[2]
|
Repository |
git |
Written in | PHP |
Type | Electronic portfolio system |
License | GPLv3+ [3] |
Website |
mahara |
Mahara is an open-source web-based electronic portfolio (eportfolio) management system written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. [3] [9] The Māori language word mahara means "to think about or consider". [10] [11]
Mahara began in 2006 as a collaboration between Massey University, Auckland University of Technology, the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand and Victoria University of Wellington, funded by the New Zealand Tertiary Education Commission. [12] Mahara was initially developed by Catalyst IT Limited, a New Zealand open-source software company, and first released in April 2008. [1] Development of Mahara has since expanded to include a community of contributors, including the New Zealand Ministry of Education. [13]
The software was designed to be an open-source electronic portfolio platform to support the student learning and personal learning environment goals of educational institutions. [12] Mahara allows students to select their own work and prepare an online portfolio, to both share in a university classroom context and show to future employers. [14]
Mahara supports translation into different languages using language packs, and contributions of complete or near-complete coverage have been provided for Japanese, Basque, French, Māori, Slovenian, German, Czech, and Danish languages. [15]
verb: 'to think about, consider' and 'to remember, recollect, bear in mind'; noun: 'recollection, thought, memory, reasoning'
Mahara is developed by a world-wide team of programmers, translators, designers and enthusiastic amateurs. Many individuals and groups have contributed to Mahara so far.