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Bring your organisation's brand to life in Mahara ePortfolio

Mahara is an ideal solution for people who need a portfolio platform that fully integrates with their learning platform ecosystem. Read on as we discuss how graphic design and theming in Mahara can be achieved.

What is the Mahara portfolio platform

This article explains what the Mahara portfolio is and outlines its key benefits.

10 Moodle plugins you need to use

We’ve compiled a list of our top 10 Moodle plugins to help students and teachers with their eLearning experience.

SCORM Expert: Stop publishing new SCORM content

Dan Marsden has been a global SCORM expert for over a decade. He's advocating for educators to stop publishing new SCORM content and instead use more modern tools.

What is Moodle LMS?

Learn the basics of Moodle Learning Management System (LMS) with Catalyst.

How to fix SCORM rot in your LMS 2024

Learn what SCORM rot is and how to fix it in your Learning Management System (LMS).

What is Totara LMS Learning Management System

Totara Talent Experience Platform consists of Totara Learn, Totara Perform and Tōtara Engage to meet your current and future L&D needs.

Mahara 23.04: Outcomes portfolio and submission for assessment

This blog post is your introductory guide to ePortfolios and how they enrich learning through reflection.

For many of our Tōtara clients, 2023 is the year of the upgrade

Tōtara Learn v12 is going out of assured support in October and many of our clients are currently in an upgrade cycle or will be soon. They’ll be upgrading to Tōtara Talent Experience Platform, version 17 (TXP17).

Mahara selected as impactful education innovation

The Mahara project has just been selected as one of the 100 innovations to watch out for in 2023 by education specialists.

Sharing portfolio stories with the world

The Mahara Project Team is excited to announce its podcast 'Create. Share. Engage.' which is dedicated to showcasing practises around portfolios for learning and more.

Mahara 22.04: Search and support

Mahara 22.04 was released at the end of April by the Catalyst team. It contains a variety of new features, in particular around searching for content and supporting learners more efficiently.

Building a bridge: PLE and integration with other tools for assessment purposes

Mahara is an ePortfolio platform where learners have control over their own learning journeys. It can also connect to learning management systems for assessment purposes.

Mahara: It takes a village

While Catalyst does the majority of the development work, we don't come up with new features and changes to Mahara in a vacuum. Together with our clients and the wider community, we learn what students, educators, and professionals need.

What's in the future of Mahara?

Looking to the future of Mahara, in the final part of this Mahara series.

Moodle project ACE wins international student success award

Catalyst is honoured to have worked in collaboration with the University of Canterbury on this positive and important tool, and is thrilled to see ACE recognised and celebrated with this award.

An eLearning managed service at its best

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