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<div style="width: 30%; float: left; padding: 40px 10px 40px 0px;"><i class="fa fa-magic fa-4x"></i> '''Technical updates'''<br> to make use of new libraries that are used and keep current with technology that is included. That also supports the usability of the site.</div>
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* SmartEvidence code refactoring for easier maintainability
* New React Native Mahara Mobile app also for iOS
* Investigation into WCAG 2.1 to identify changes that are required
* An additional theme
* More consolidations in CSS and making changes to support WCAG 2.1 requirements
* Mahara assignment submission plugin for Moodle support
* Extend the portfolio submissions area to include a management tool for group administrators
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<div style="width: 30%; float: left; padding: 40px 10px 40px 0px;"><i class="fa fa-file-code-o fa-4x"></i> '''New feature development'''<br> to offer tools to learners that they need to create the portfolios they want or are required to set up.</div>
<div style="width: 30%; float: left; padding: 40px 10px 40px 0px;"><i class="fa fa-file-code-o fa-4x"></i> '''Technical updates'''<br> to make use of new libraries that are used and keep current with technology that is included. That also supports the usability of the site.</div>
<div style="width: 70%; float: right; padding: 40px 0px 20px 0px;">
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* New React Native Mahara Mobile app also for iOS
* SmartEvidence code refactoring for easier maintainability
* An additional theme
* Investigation into WCAG 2.1 to identify changes that are required
* Mahara assignment submission plugin for Moodle support
* More consolidations in CSS and making changes to support WCAG 2.1 requirements
* Extend the portfolio submissions area to include a management tool for group administrators
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Revision as of 18:04, 12 July 2020

For the release of Mahara 20.10, the October 2020 release, a number of features were identified to support the growth of Mahara. This list may be added to throughout the release cycle, and it will be updated once Mahara 20.10 has been released.

Usability improvements
to simplify the user interface, keep up with the changing world of how people interact with web applications and thus expect from Mahara.

Changes to the layout editor to fix large spaces between blocks


New feature development
to offer tools to learners that they need to create the portfolios they want or are required to set up.
  • New React Native Mahara Mobile app also for iOS
  • An additional theme
  • Mahara assignment submission plugin for Moodle support
  • Extend the portfolio submissions area to include a management tool for group administrators

Technical updates
to make use of new libraries that are used and keep current with technology that is included. That also supports the usability of the site.
  • SmartEvidence code refactoring for easier maintainability
  • Investigation into WCAG 2.1 to identify changes that are required
  • More consolidations in CSS and making changes to support WCAG 2.1 requirements

Issue resolution
to fix problems that people have come across.

 
Infrastructure updates
to facilitate the smooth running of the project, the server infrastructure that hosts community sites used for conversations with people using or planning to use Mahara and developers.
  • Investigate the move from Launchpad to GitLab for wishlist and bug tracking
  • Set up a 'library' of components to know what something means / is connected with