Proposals/Done/General Improvements

Please see https://blueprints.launchpad.net/mahara for proposed features and those that are being worked on

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• Guests (not logged in users) can comment – just like blog commenting (requires Captcha)
• Report content – goes to Institution Admin and Group Owner to which the View belongs
• Discussion - Institution Only Friendships – Group Institutions. The “walled gardens” Dan Poltawski has done?
• Autosave (high importance)
• RSS feeds out
• Audio player recorder, for adding comments etc.
• Image management – resizing on the fly, i.e. picture should automatically resize to column width. Image size editing.
• Menu consolidation to improve information architecture
• Simple URL for showcasing a public View
   

2.1 Search

Improve Search and expand the tag search (not limit it to an individual's tags).

Via community input, select and develop the most useful plugins for the school sector. This is a key requirement for increased uptake.

2.2 Plugin Content Blocks

For example:

2.2.1    Scivee

Type: academic video sharing

Popularity: extremely popular!

URL: http://www.scivee.com/

2.2.2    TeacherTube

Type: video sharing

Popularity: extremely popular!

URL:  http://www.teachertube.com/

2.2.3    Glogster

Type: poster making and sharing

Popularity: extremely popular!

URL: http://www.glogster.com/

2.2.4    Scribd

Type:  Document Sharing

Size:  Very popular

URL: http://www.scribd.com/

eg EMBED CODE:  http://www.scribd.com/word/embed/637...p-Planet-Earth

2.2.5    Slideshare

TYPE: Sharing Presentations

SIZE:  Pretty big

URL: http://www.slideshare.net/charleneli/the-future-of-social-networks-presentation

EMBED CODE:  eg http://www.slideshare.net/charleneli...s-presentation

2.2.6    Twitter

Type: microblogging - from mobile to web

Popularity: Huge

URL: http://twitter.com/