June 23, 2025, by Laura Nicholson

Summer of Mahara

A big thank you to our guest author, Claire Storr – Learning Technology Consultant for Placements, for this week’s post on Mahara e-portfolios.

This summer, we are celebrating all things Mahara with the Summer of Mahara. Throughout July and August, there will be a series of events for current and potential Mahara users to get involved with. You can find out about all of them below.

If you are keen to have a look at Mahara before the festivities begin in July, you can access Mahara via https://mahara.nottingham.ac.uk/ and log in with your university username and password. There is no need to request an account, it will be set up when you log in for the first time.

Launch of the UoN Mahara Community – 1^st July

We are launching the UoN Mahara Community in Microsoft Teams on 1^st July. The Community will be a place for both current and potential Mahara users to share ideas and support one another using Mahara. The community will also be the place to find the latest Mahara news.

You can join the team now however the community officially does not launch until 1^st July.

Summer E-portfolio workshops – 10^th July, 15^th July, 5^h August and 14^th August

This summer we are launching a new in-person workshop looking at e-portfolios. The sessions will provide you with guidance on how e-portfolios can be used in teaching, benefits of using e-portfolios and the process of implementing them. During the workshop, there will also be the opportunity to practice using Mahara and ask any questions that you may have.

The sessions will be held on 10^th July, 15^th July, 5^th August and 14^th August. More dates could be added depending on demand. You can sign up for the workshop here.

Mahara Ask Me Anything session – 16^th July

In the UoN Mahara Community, we will be holding a Mahara Ask Me Anything session on 16^th July at 1pm. The meeting is open for two hours so drop-in anytime from 1pm – 3pm armed with any Mahara question. You will be able to find the Ask Me Anything session in this channel once it has been added.

Mahara Upgrade – 6^th August

We will be upgrading Mahara on 6^th August to the latest version (25.04). During this time, Mahara will be unavailable but when it returns, we will get a number of new features. As a result, there will be updates to the Mahara Help and Guidance page as well as the addition of a few video guides.

Mahara 25.04 Upgrade New Features webinar – 7^th August

Following the Mahara upgrade, there will be an opportunity to find out about all the new features in a webinar held on 7^th August at 10am. You can sign up to this webinar by completing the Microsoft Form. If you cannot attend the webinar, don’t worry as the webinar will be recorded and uploaded to the Mahara Help and Guidance page.

Using ePortfolios in Mahara and Using Mahara for Assessment (dates in July and August)

We regularly run two training sessions on Mahara. Using ePortfolios in Mahara and Using Mahara for Assessment both run monthly and this will not change during the Summer of Mahara. Using ePortfolios in Mahara will run on 9^th July and 11^th August. Using Mahara for Assessment will run on 24^th July and 28^th August. Both sessions are run over Microsoft Teams and demonstrate Mahara can be used.

iTeach Online Podcast episode

You may already be aware that the Learning Technology section produce a podcast. In the upcoming season which will release over the summer will feature an interview with one of the University’s innovative users of Mahara.

You can access previous episodes of the podcast as well as subscribe via Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

As you can see there are currently a lot of ways to get involved with Mahara this summer. However, if you want to have an informal chat on how you can use Mahara, please contact Claire Storr.

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