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09 May 2016, 12:12 PM

We are scheduling an upgrade for the e-portfolio site for Tuesday, May 24, 2016 between 9:00am and 4:00pm Mountain Daylight Time. The e-portfolio system may be unavailable during this time.

This upgrade brings several new features and an updated look and feel. 

New features include:

• OpenBadge Displayer block

• Embed.ly support in the External Media block

• Picking an internal Mahara image directly in the editor in text and note blocks and journal entries.

• Displaying a "Copy" button directly on pages that you can copy.

• Internal Media block now uses HTML5 instead of Flash

• Better compatibility with Google Apps

• Wall posts now send notifications to the owner of the wall

• Size of "My pages" block can be customized 

• New themes

• General usability improvements

• Journals on group, institution and site level

• Direct replies to feedback comments

• Displaying collections instead of collection pages on the dashboard, profile and in "Shared with me" * Adding artefact feedback directly on a page.

• Displaying journal entries based on multiple tags.

• Saving the last order in which your sorted your pages.

• Adding a new block, "Annotations" to facilitate a more structured approach of working with a portfolio (initial development work for a larger piece).

24 May 2016, 12:50 PM

The update is now complete! Enjoy using your e-portfolio!  if you have any questions or run into any issues, please contact elab-project@athabascau.ca.

Please note that the URLs for your portfolio pages may have changed as part of the upgrade.