“Mahara is an online tool that uses simple drag and drop functionality. Drag and drop text boxes, image and video boxes to create a customised portfolio in a number of column views. It allows you to make newsletters and magazines that can be emailed. As it all cloud based it allows different groups to make visual and written contributions from wherever they are!”
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Mahara
Mahara is an open source ePortfolio and social networking web application created by the government of New Zealand. It provides users with tools to create and develop a digital portfolio of their learning, while the social networking features allow users to interact with each other. Features include blogs, a resume builder, a file manager and a tool called a ‘view creator’, which helps users create particular arrangements of their content to share with others.
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