Let's register to mahara.org:
- Head on over to http://mahara.org and click on the option to register, a small link that you will find near the login box in the top right-hand part of the screen. On the resulting page, fill in your details, agree to the terms and conditions (read them first), and click on Register to finish:
- You will need to confirm your registration by clicking on the link that has been sent to your e-mail address. You must do this within 24 hours, otherwise you will have to register again. Once you have done that, you will find yourself logged in to http://mahara.org.
- Lets look around! Click on the Community tab. This is the group where all the community members gather and, by default, you are a member now that you have signed up. Can you see all the latest forum posts listed on the group page? This is useful for keeping up-to-date with latest discussions related to the Mahara project:
- Now let's find another Maharan: click on the Members tab. Let's see if you can find one of the authors! Can you see the query box? Type in the name of one of the authors, Derrin, and see if you can find him:
- Let's look at some pages. Now you've found Derrin, click on his name to view his profile page. Once you're there, click on a few of his pages listed there to see what he has been up to:
- Now, let's join a forum. Click on the Community tab again, and now on the Forums tab. Can you see the Support forum? Its description is Need help using or installing Mahara? Ask your questions here. That's going to be useful to you I bet! Why not subscribe to this forum by clicking on the Subscribe button. You will now be e-mailed with all the updates to this forum. Maybe there are other forums you want to subscribe to. If you only want to browse the forum, just click on the name of the forum and you will be taken to a list of the posts:
- Now, have a look at the Mahara partners. Click on the Partners tab. Mahara partners can help you with hosting, theming, training, coding, tweaking, extending, bug-fixing, problem-resolving, implementation consultancies and, well, just about anything to do with Mahara, if you ask them nicely enough. All Mahara partners are excellent support agencies and, if you are really keen on using Mahara, you really should give one of the partners a shout.
You have just become a Maharan! Does it feel strange? You have:
- Registered on http://mahara.org
- Been introduced to the Mahara Community
- Found Derrin and his Mahara pages at mahara.org
- Joined the support forum
- Learned how to find a Mahara partner
The following questions will test what you have learned about mahara.org:
- What's the value of registering at mahara.org?
- How would you find another mahara.org member?
- Why would you want to join a forum?
- How would you find a Mahara partner?
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