Summary
This article describes how to create a new collection on Mahara. This article will be most helpful to PSU faculty who are interested in learning how to create a new collection.
How-To
Task: Creating a new collection on Mahara
Instructions
You need to create your ePortfolio pages prior to creating a new collection.
Step 1 - Once in Mahara, click on Main Menu in the upper right side of the dashboard page indicated by horizontal lines.
Step 2 - Click on the down arrow next to Create title.
Step 3 - Click on the Pages and Collections sub-title.
Step 4 - Click +Add button on the upper right of screen.
Step 5 - Click the Collection button.
Step 6 - Fill in the Collection name
Step 7 - Click Next: Edit collection pages button on the bottom of page
Step 8 - One option to add pages to a collection is on the left side of screen, click the checkbox to right of the page names you want to add into the collection. Note: if a page already exists in a collection it will not be displayed in this list.
Step 9 - Click Add Pages button.
Step 10 - Under "Pages Already in Collection" title, click up arrow or drag page names to re-order the pages within the collection.
Step 11 - The other option to add a page is you can now drag and drop pages into collections. See illustration below:
Step 12 - Click Done
Outcome
Users should be able to create a new collection on Mahara.
Further Readings <(optional) - remove if not needed>
Create a new ePortfolio page
Copy a page - copying pages used in another collection
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