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This section contains specifications that are currently in development.  Once they are finalised, they should be moved either into the Roadmap temporarily, until the new feature is released, and then into User documentation.
This section contains proposals for changes to Mahara that the team is tracking. They should all also have a corresponding wishlist item on the [https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara bug and wishlist item tracker]. The wiki pages provide more information and the possibility to discuss the individual items more easily than on Launchpad.


=April 2015 release=
=What might be coming to Mahara=


The Mahara project does not have a set roadmap for each release as that depends largely on features that the community implements and those that are being funded to implement, e.g. via a [http://mahara.org/partners Mahara support company]. Nevertheless, the Mahara release team at [http://catalyst.net.nz Catalyst IT] has some items that it wishes to take a closer look for upcoming releases starting with the April 2015 release. You can view these items in the table below.
The Mahara project does not have a set roadmap for each release as that depends largely on features that the community implements and those that are being funded to implement, e.g. via a [http://mahara.org/partners Mahara support company]. Nevertheless, the Mahara release team at [http://catalyst.net.nz Catalyst] has some items that it wishes to take a closer look for upcoming releases. You can view these items in the table below.


The items are listed more or less according to priority. Some items are fairly small whereas others are large pieces of work that may need to be split up over several releases once the specifications are clearer. The effort that is displayed is just an indication as the eventual implementation may be larger or smaller depending on the finalized specifications.
The items are listed more or less according to priority. Some items are fairly small whereas others are large pieces of work that may need to be split up over several releases once the specifications are clearer. The effort that is displayed is just an indication as the eventual implementation may be larger or smaller depending on the finalized specifications.
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The list was inspired by the existing Mahara wishlist and the [https://mahara.org/view/view.php?id=120961 Blue sky thinking].
The list was inspired by the existing Mahara wishlist and the [https://mahara.org/view/view.php?id=120961 Blue sky thinking].


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|'''Features'''||'''Comments'''||'''Projected effort'''
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|TinyMCE button to embed media from your portfolio||Done||small
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|TinyMCE selector for choosing portfolio pages for linking them in the text||||small
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|TinyMCE button for embedding iframes||||small
|TinyMCE button for embedding iframes||||small
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|Drag and drop on mobile||Done||small
|Default skins||||medium
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|Copy page button||Done, [https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/745418 copy pages, collections], [https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1376066 create Leap2A] / HTML files||small
|Skin previewer||Switch between skins and quickly preview your page with the skin||medium
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|More responsive and updated themes||also include some default skins||medium
|-
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|Rethinking groupings of pages and collection||organisation for yourself as well as grouping of pages for others to see||huge
|Rethinking groupings of pages and collection||organisation for yourself as well as grouping of pages for others to see||huge
|-
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|Reduce number of clicks||ongoing||
|Reduce number of clicks||ongoing||
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|Print to PDF||Formatting is the difficulty; side-effect: we would get thumbnails of pages that could be used for other purposes||medium to big
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|Page versioning||i.e. like a wiki so you can go back to previous versions of a page / entire portfolio; this is probably what is needed rather than implementing a wiki because a Mahara page could just be one page and doesn't have to consist of multiple columns||big to huge
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|Re-design of the page builder||(long-term) style changes, page itself as rich-text area and then drop blocks into that; make page layouts into a plugin type, i.e. have a traditional Mahara page, a blog page, etc.||huge
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|Drop-down menu as default||instead of tabbed navigation as default for the main menu||tiny
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|Improve tagging UI||use the “Auto-select” UI interface that we use for selecting multiple recipients of a message also for tags||small to medium
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|[https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1385037 Mobile specific HTML tags]||Done. e.g. opens camera app, gallery app without needing mobile app||small
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|Etherpad  functionality||i.e. editing text collaboratively simultaneously||medium
|Etherpad  functionality||i.e. editing text collaboratively simultaneously||medium
|-
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|Make the end-rendered Mahara pages prettier so that they don't look so blocky||||medium
|Make the end-rendered Mahara pages prettier so that they don't look so blocky||see [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Page_layout_revision |specifications]]||medium
|-
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|“Like” button for pages||||medium
|“Like” button for pages||||medium
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|[https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1408473 Upload a site logo]||Done; for “No institution”; already exists for other institutions, just not the site level||tiny
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|MNet service migration||to [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/MNet_replacement | replace Mnet]] with web services and a more modern authentication protocol; incl. bringing the web services plugin into core Mahara and implementing a [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/MNet_replacement/Connection_manager | connection manager]] to easily manage sites connecting to Mahara||big to huge
|-
|Skin previewer||Switch between skins and quickly preview your page with the skin||medium
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|Integrate SAML SSO into Mahara||so that all necessary packages are installed and don't need to be set up separately||medium
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|journal entry prompts||to facilitate scaffolding||medium
|journal entry prompts||to facilitate scaffolding||medium
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|Auto-select everywhere||i.e. where it could replace more cumbersome interfaces, e.g. see tag selection||tiny
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|Export pages and collections on all levels||i.e. group, institution, site and not only individual portfolio pages / collections||small
|Export pages and collections on all levels||i.e. group, institution, site and not only individual portfolio pages / collections||small
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|Forum posts by email||Moodle will have it in 2.8||medium
|Forum posts by email||Moodle got it in 2.8||medium
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|AJAX preloading pages||i.e. make front-end faster||
|AJAX preloading pages||i.e. make front-end faster||
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|Sticky filters||[https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1360535 '''Done'''] i.e. choose a setting on a page, e.g. wanting to filter your portfolio pages according to the last modified date and when you refresh the page that selection is still there and not reset||tiny
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|Config file generator||for easier way of setting up Mahara||
|Config file generator||for easier way of setting up Mahara||
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|Tag recommendations||tag recommendations based on what's on your page||big to huge
|Tag recommendations||tag recommendations based on what's on your page||big to huge
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|Implement patternlab.io or something similar||To have a living style library available for designers and developers to use to stay consistent||
|performance profiling||Nigel already started on that||
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|performance profiling||Nigel already started on that||
|More authentication plugins||see Janrain plugin; need to be able to limit e.g. GoogleApps domain (maybe)||
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|More authentication plugins||see Janrain plugin; need to be able to limit e.g. GoogleApps domain||
|SmartEvidence to support rubrics / multiple levels||see [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/SmartEvidence_with_a_rubric | specifications]] ||big
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=Not done=
=Not done=


* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/New_user_probation|New user probation]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Acceptance_testing|Acceptance testing]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Accessibility|Accessibility]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Resume_enhancements|Resume enhancements]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Resume_enhancements|Resume enhancements]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Better RTL Support|Better RTL Support]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Better RTL Support|Better RTL Support]]
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* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Forum_Badges|Forum Badges]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Forum_Badges|Forum Badges]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Walled_Gardens|Isolated Institutions]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Walled_Gardens|Isolated Institutions]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/LDAP_account_expiry|LDAP user account expiry and deletion]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Localised_Icons_Buttons|Localised Icons and Buttons]] (partially implemented in 1.6)
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Localised_Icons_Buttons|Localised Icons and Buttons]] (partially implemented in 1.6)
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Metadata_for_views_and_artefacts|Metadata for views and artefacts]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Metadata_for_views_and_artefacts|Metadata for views and artefacts]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Moodle_LTI_integration|Moodle LTI integration]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/More_flexible_use_of_profile_information|More flexible use of profile information]] - partly implemented in [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/More_flexible_use_of_profile_information_proposal_2|More flexible use of profile information proposal2]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/More_flexible_use_of_profile_information|More flexible use of profile information]] - partly implemented in [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/More_flexible_use_of_profile_information_proposal_2|More flexible use of profile information proposal2]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Multipage_Views|Multipage Views]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Multipage_Views|Multipage Views]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Multipage_Views_Take_2|Multipage Views Take 2]] (aka Collections)
** [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Multipage_Views_Take_2|Multipage Views Take 2]] (aka Collections)
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Multipage_Views_Take_3|Multipage Views Take 3]] (aka let a Page belong to multiple Collections)
** [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Multipage_Views_Take_3|Multipage Views Take 3]] (aka let a Page belong to multiple Collections)
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Navigation_Revamp|Navigation Revamp]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/New_Slideshow|New Slideshow plugin]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/New_Slideshow|New Slideshow plugin]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Notification_Feeds|Notification Feeds]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Notification_Feeds|Notification Feeds]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Objectionable_content_reporting|Objectionable content reporting]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Objectionable_content_reporting|Objectionable content reporting]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Page layout plugin type|Page layout plugin type]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Page layout plugin type|Page layout plugin type]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/PDF_Export|PDF Export]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Portfolio_Export_Import|Portfolio Export Import]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Resume_and_CPD_integration|Resume and CPD integration]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Resume_and_CPD_integration|Resume and CPD integration]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Scheduled_Bulk_Feedback|Scheduled Bulk Feedback]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Scheduled_Bulk_Feedback|Scheduled Bulk Feedback]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Search_2.0|Search 2.0]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Site_Statistics_Extension|Site Statistics Extension]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Tagging|Tagging]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Tagging|Tagging]]
** [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Group_Tags|Group Tags]]
** [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Group_Tags|Group Tags]]
** [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Site_and_Institutional_defined_tags|Site and Institutional defined tags]]
** [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Site_and_Institutional_defined_tags|Site and Institutional defined tags]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Text_box_block_attachments_and_inline_images|Text box block attachments and inline images]] (partly implemented in 1.5)
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/timezones|Timezone Support]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/timezones|Timezone Support]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Tracking_Outcomes|Tracking Outcomes]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Tracking_Outcomes_FunctionalSpec|Tracking Outcomes Functional Specification]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/User_Management_Enhancement|User Management Enhancement]]


=Done=
=Done=
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* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Sitemaps|Sitemaps]] (1.5)
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Sitemaps|Sitemaps]] (1.5)
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/VERP_Mail_Bounces|Variable Envelope Return Path Mail Bounce Detection]] (1.6)
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/VERP_Mail_Bounces|Variable Envelope Return Path Mail Bounce Detection]] (1.6)
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/HTML5_media_player|HTML5 media player]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/New_user_probation|New user probation]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Accessibility|Accessibility]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/LDAP_account_expiry|LDAP user account expiry and deletion]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Portfolio_Export_Import|Portfolio Export Import]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Text_box_block_attachments_and_inline_images|Text box block attachments and inline images]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Acceptance_testing|Acceptance testing]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Search_2.0|Search 2.0]] (fulltext search implemented via Elasticsearch)
* Re-designing the menu navigation (17.04)
* MNet service migration: Implementation of LTI for SSO (17.04)
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Moodle_LTI_integration|Moodle LTI integration]]
* Web services in core
* Integrate SAML SSO into Mahara (16.10)
* Print (to PDF) (17.04)
* Implement patternlab.io or something similar (style guide in 16.04)
* Improve tagging UI
* TinyMCE button to embed images from your portfolio
* Auto-select everywhere (where it could replace more cumbersome interfaces)
* [https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1408473 Upload a site logo]
* [https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1385037 Mobile specific HTML tags], e.g. opens camera app
* More responsive and updated themes (16.04)
* Copy page button
* Drag and drop on mobile
* [https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1360535 Sticky filters]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Site_Statistics_Extension|Site Statistics Extension]] (17.10)
* [https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1185188 "Copy page/collection" button] for users without an account to create a Leap2A file
* TinyMCE selector for choosing portfolio pages for linking them in the text (18.04)
* Timeline / Page versioning (18.10)
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Navigation_Revamp|Navigation Revamp]] (18.10)
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Tracking_Outcomes|Tracking Outcomes]]
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Tracking_Outcomes_FunctionalSpec|Tracking Outcomes Functional Specification]]
* Re-design of the page builder (19.10)
=Subpages=
The list here contains a lot of items from above, and a bit of consolidation is still needed.
<subpages />

Latest revision as of 17:47, 11 July 2020

This section contains proposals for changes to Mahara that the team is tracking. They should all also have a corresponding wishlist item on the bug and wishlist item tracker. The wiki pages provide more information and the possibility to discuss the individual items more easily than on Launchpad.

What might be coming to Mahara

The Mahara project does not have a set roadmap for each release as that depends largely on features that the community implements and those that are being funded to implement, e.g. via a Mahara support company. Nevertheless, the Mahara release team at Catalyst has some items that it wishes to take a closer look for upcoming releases. You can view these items in the table below.

The items are listed more or less according to priority. Some items are fairly small whereas others are large pieces of work that may need to be split up over several releases once the specifications are clearer. The effort that is displayed is just an indication as the eventual implementation may be larger or smaller depending on the finalized specifications.

The list was inspired by the existing Mahara wishlist and the Blue sky thinking.

If you wish to contribute to funding any of these features, please let us know.

Features Comments Projected effort
TinyMCE button for embedding iframes small
Default skins medium
Skin previewer Switch between skins and quickly preview your page with the skin medium
Rethinking groupings of pages and collection organisation for yourself as well as grouping of pages for others to see huge
Reduce number of clicks ongoing
Etherpad functionality i.e. editing text collaboratively simultaneously medium
Make the end-rendered Mahara pages prettier so that they don't look so blocky see specifications medium
“Like” button for pages medium
journal entry prompts to facilitate scaffolding medium
Export pages and collections on all levels i.e. group, institution, site and not only individual portfolio pages / collections small
Forum posts by email Moodle got it in 2.8 medium
AJAX preloading pages i.e. make front-end faster
Config file generator for easier way of setting up Mahara
Tag recommendations tag recommendations based on what's on your page big to huge
performance profiling Nigel already started on that
More authentication plugins see Janrain plugin; need to be able to limit e.g. GoogleApps domain (maybe)
SmartEvidence to support rubrics / multiple levels see specifications big

 

Not done

Done

Subpages

The list here contains a lot of items from above, and a bit of consolidation is still needed.

<subpages />

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