Proposals/Done/General Improvements
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Please see https://blueprints.launchpad.net/mahara for proposed features and those that are being worked on
- 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!
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!
2.2.4 Scribd
Type: Document Sharing
Size: Very popular
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/