The artefacts in this tab are of a general nature or did not fit into any other category and can be used around the site.
6.3.1. Creative Commons License
Add a block to your page which lets users know under which Creative Commons license your page is published.
- Block Title: Choose a title for your document block.
- Allow commercial uses of your work? Decide whether users can re-use your work for commercial purposes.
- Allow modifications of your work? Decide whether others can remix your work and create something new and if so under which conditions.
- Click the Save button to accept your changes, or click the Cancel button to leave the block’s content as it is. The Remove button is shown only when you place the block into the page and have not yet added any artefacts.
6.3.2. Navigation
Add a navigation block to display links to pages in a collection.
Note
You must create at least one collection first in order to use this block.
- Block Title: The title of the collection is chosen automatically unless you provide a different one.
- Collection: Choose the collection from the drop-down menu for which you wish to display links in the block.
- Click the Save button to accept your changes, or click the Cancel button to leave the block’s content as it is. The Remove button is shown only when you place the block into the page and have not yet added any artefacts.
6.3.3. Your Plans
Display one of your plans in a block.
Note
You must create at least one plan first in order to use this block.
- Block Title: The title of the plan is chosen automatically unless you provide a different one.
- Plan to show: Choose the plan which you want to display in your page.
- Click the Save button to accept your changes, or click the Cancel button to leave the block’s content as it is. The Remove button is shown only when you place the block into the page and have not yet added any artefacts.
6.3.4. Recent Forum Posts
Display a specified number of recent forum posts from one group on a page.
Note
You must be a member of at least one group in order to use this block.
- Block Title: The title of the block is generated automatically unless you provide a different one. The default title is “Recent Forum Posts”.
- Group: Choose the group whose forum posts shall be displayed.
- Maximum number of posts to show: Decide how many of the latest forum posts you wish to show. The default value is 5.
- Click the Save button to accept your changes, or click the Cancel button to leave the block’s content as it is. The Remove button is shown only when you place the block into the page and have not yet added any artefacts.
6.3.5. Text Box
Add text to your page. This feature is used when you do not want to keep the text in a journal, e.g. just for small snippets of text.
Warning
If you remove a text box from a page, its content is deleted forever and cannot be retrieved anymore. Only in the upcoming Mahara 1.5 version will text boxes be artefacts that can be stored and re-used.
- Block Title: Provide a title for your text.
- Block Content: Write your text. You can include formatting, external images etc.
- Click the Save button to accept your changes, or click the Cancel button to leave the block’s content as it is. The Remove button is shown only when you place the block into the page and have not yet added any artefacts.
Note
We recommend you do not include images that you have uploaded to Mahara in a text box. It cannot be guaranteed that they are displayed for other users if they do not have access to the image via another portfolio page. All access in Mahara is granted to pages and through them to the artefact blocks. An image in a text box is not recognized as artefact and can therefore not receive its proper permissions.
6.3.6. My Inbox
The My Inbox block displays the latest messages that you have received in Mahara.
Note
This block can only be used on your dashboard.
- Block Title: The automatic title for this block is “Recent Activity”. You can set another one if you wish.
- Message types to display: Place a check mark for each message type that you want to display in this block.
- Maximum number of items to display: Decide how many pages shall be shown on your dashboard. You can choose between 5 and 100.
- Click the Save button to accept your changes, or click the Cancel button to leave the block’s content as it is. The Remove button is shown only when you place the block into the page and have not yet added any artefacts.
6.3.7. Latest Pages
The Latest Pages block displays the latest pages to which you have access across Mahara.
Note
This block can only be used on your dashboard.
- Block Title: The automatic title for this block is “Latest pages”. You can set another one if you wish.
- Maximum number of pages to show: Decide how many pages shall be shown on your dashboard. You can choose between 5 and 100.
- Click the Save button to accept your changes, or click the Cancel button to leave the block’s content as it is. The Remove button is shown only when you place the block into the page and have not yet added any artefacts.
6.3.10. Group Pages
This block is a default block on the group homepage. You can display pages created in and / or shared with the group in this block.
- Block Title: The automatic title for this block is “Group pages”. You can set another one if you wish.
- Display Group pages? Decide whether to display pages that were created in the group. “Yes” is the default option.
- Display Shared pages? Decide whether to display pages that users shared with the group. “No” is the default option.
- Click the Save button to accept your changes, or click the Cancel button to leave the block’s content as it is.