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Mahara 18.04 user manual section 3. Dashboard

To test this page it is assumed that a fresh install of Mahara has taken place and user sets "Password" and "email" for the initial login. It is also assumed that there is a fresh database with no data. For more information of the dashboard please see Mahara 18.04 user manual section 3. Dashboard. This page will have screenshots of pages using the "Raw" theme. Other themes will need to be tested but will have to be set by the Site admin in the Site settings panel found here Admin menu > Configure site > Site options > Site settings

Mahara 18.04 user manual section 3.1 Login

Things to test for Manually

Login Block Ocean theme
Login Block Modern theme
Login Block Primary school
Login Block Raw theme
  1. Visual check
    1. Login page uses correct colour "Raw" TODO: We need to find a way to toggle this easily
    2. header elements displayed
      1. Mahara logo displayed -top left of page
      2. Search bar displayed
      3. navigation menus displayed - User menu, Administration menu and Main menu
    3. Static Welcome Page title h1 displayed
    4. Text "Edit this text via "Administration menu" → "Configure site" → "Static pages"." is displayed with link to "Static pages" page
    5. Clicking "Static pages" link - takes user to a Log in to Mahara page with only the Login Block displayed
    6. Static "Quick links" displayed but link functionality suppressed until user logs in
    7. buttons displayed "Login"
    8. fields displayed "Username" & "Password"
    9. Links displayed "Register" & "Lost username / password"
    10. footer is displayed and links functioning correctly
  2. User invalid login- user should see an error message and will not be logged in
  3. User valid login- user should be logged in and and redirected to the Dashboard page
  4. "Registration" link is displayed and functioning
  5. "Lost username / password" link is displayed and functioning

Test script scenarios

Manual Test Scenario: User should see correct page styling
Given user is logged in
When is on the "Mahara homepage"
Then user should see "Raw" theme colours - Compare the page with the screenshots above for correct theme colours
Scenario: User invalid login
Existing Behat automated test - /test/behat/features/settings/loginattempts.feature - Scenario: Too many bad password attempts
Manual Test Scenario: "Registration" links to "Registration" page
New user Thank you
New user version
Admin version
Given I am on homepage
When I follow "Register"
And I fill in the following:
| First name | Lightening |
| Last name | McQueen |
| Email address | [email protected] |
| Registration reason | I will absolutely make this institution more amazing!! |
And I press "Send request"
Then I should see "You should receive an email shortly with a link that you can use to change the password for your account."
And email is recieved - this requires a manual inspection of email address to ensure email was sent and is correct
Existing Behat automated test - /test/behat/features/settings/register_configuration.feature - Scenario: Registering as a new student and checking switch can flick back and forth (Bug 1431569)
Manual Test Scenario: User clicks "Lost username / password" to receive an email to log into site
Reset Email Instructions
Given I am on homepage
When I follow "Lost username / password"
And I fill in "Email address or username" with "UserA"
And I press "Send request"
Then I should see "You should receive an email shortly with a link that you can use to change the password for your account."
And email is recieved - this requires a manual inspection of email address to ensure email was sent and is correct

NOTE: Existing Behat automated test - /test/behat/features/settings/logginattempts.feature - Scenario: Asking for a username reminder (Bug 1460911)

Scenario: User valid login
Existing Behat automated test - /test/behat/features/settings/logginattempts.feature -Scenario: Student can't change password to anything on suckypasswords list (Bug #844457)

Mahara 18.04 user manual section 3.3 Overview page

Things to test for Manually

Login Block Ocean theme
Login Block Modern theme
Login Block Primary school
Login Block Raw theme
  1. Visual check
    1. Login page uses correct colour "Raw"
    2. header elements displayed
    3. Welcome Page title h1 displayed
    4. Text "Edit this text via "Administration menu" → "Configure site" → "Static pages"." is displayed with link to "Static pages" page
    5. "Quick links" block is displayed with correct links to respective pages
    6. user info block displayed
    7. online users block displayed
    8. Latest changes I can view block displayed
    9. My portfolios block displayed
    10. Inbox block displayed
    11. Topics I am following block displayed
    12. Watched pages block displayed
    13. footer is displayed and links functioning correctly
  2. Change page "Layout" functionality works
  3. Change page "Skin" functionality works
  4. Page edit functionality works Create edit and delete page blocks
  5. Page links working Tester can use Chrome extension Link Checker or dev tools to determine "200 code return"

Test script scenarios

Manual Test Scenario: User should see correct page styling
Login Block Ocean theme
Login Block Modern theme
Login Block Primary school
Login Block Raw theme
Given user is logged in
Then user should be on "Dashboard" page
And user should see "Raw" theme colours
Raw_theme_-_Dashboard_-_Mahara_-_04_-_04_-_2018.png Compare the page with the screenshots above for correct theme colours
Then automation script take screenshot
And save the file in "Local folder"


Scenario: User click "More" link to see more messages
Existing Behat automated test - /test/behat/features/settings/inbox_link.feature -Scenario: Clicking on the Inbox link on the right menu (Bug 1427019)
Scenario: User changes Page layout from 2 column to 3 column layout
Existing Behat automated test - /test/behat/features/settings/edit_page.feature -Scenario: Clicking ID's (Bug 1428456)
Scenario: User changes the page skin from default "Raw" pre-made site skin
Existing Behat automated test - /test/behat/features/settings/.feature -Scenario: TODO: Create Scenario to change page skin
Given the following "60""Messages" exist:
Scenario: User adds block to page, edits new block and deletes block from page
Existing Behat automated test - /test/behat/features/settings/journal_configuration.feature -Scenario: Adding journal blocks to a page

Mahara 18.04 user manual section 3.4. Navigation

Things to test for Manually

Login Block Ocean theme
Login Block Modern theme
Login Block Primary school theme
  1. Visual check main navigation
    1. Profile image - silhouette by default and is apart of the user menu
    2. User menu - The user menu is visible to all users. It allows you to acces your account settings, inbox, and profile easily.
      1. <name> User
      2. Settings
        • Settings
        • Legal
        • Notifications
      3. Messages counter
      4. Logout
    3. Administration menu - if you have access to administration functionality, you see a second menu, the administration menu.
      1. Admin home
        • Overview
        • Register
      2. Configure site
        • Site options
        • Static pages
        • Legal
        • Menus
        • Networking
        • Licenses
        • Pages and collections
        • Journals
        • Share
        • Skins
        • Fonts
        • Files
        • Cookie Consent
      3. Users
        • Suspended and expired users
        • Site staff
        • Site administrators
        • Export queue
        • Add user
        • Add users by CSV
      4. Groups
        • Administer groups
        • Group categories
        • Archived submissions
        • Add groups by CSV
        • Update group members by CSV
      5. Institutions
        • Settings
        • Static pages
        • Legal
        • Members
        • Staff
        • Administrators
        • Admin notifications
        • Profile completion
        • Pages and collections
        • Journals
        • Share
        • Files
        • Pending registrations
        • Pending deletions
      6. Reports
      7. Extensions
        • Plugin administration
        • HTML filters
        • Allowed iframe sources
        • Clean URLs
        • SmartEvidence
      8. Web services
        • Configuration
        • Application connections
        • Connection manager
        • External apps
        • Logs
        • Test client
    4. Main menu - is visible to all users and allows everyone to navigate to their content, portfolios, and groups.
      1. Dashboard
      2. content
        • Profile
        • Profile pictures
        • Files
        • Journals
        • Résumé
        • Notes
        • Plans
      3. Portfolio
        • Pages and collections
        • Shared by me
        • Shared with me
        • Skins
        • Export
        • Import
      4. Groups
        • My groups
        • Find groups
        • My friends
        • Find people
        • Institution membership
        • Topics

Test script scenarios

Manual Test Scenario: User should see correct page styling for Navigation links
Raw Theme
Raw Theme
Ocean Theme
Given user is logged in
When is on the "Mahara homepage"
Then user should see "Raw" theme colours - Compare the page with the screenshots above for correct theme colours









Scenario: User should see all navigation links in the 3 main menus and they should link to their respective pages
Existing Behat automated test - /test/behat/features/settings/menu_navigation.feature -Scenario: Checking menu items are available as a student (Bug 1467368)

Mahara 18.04 user manual section 3.5. Quick links

Things to test for Manually

Login Block Ocean theme
Login Block Modern theme
Login Block Primary school
Login Block Raw theme


  1. Visual check three new boxes with quick links displayed
    1. Create (Develop your Portfolio)
    2. Share (Control your privacy)
    3. Engage (find people and join groups
  2. hover state functionality
  3. Verify links redirect to their respective pages
    1. Create = Pages and collections page
    2. Share = Share page
    3. Engage = Find groups page
  4. Hide information box - link to remove block and functionality

NOTE: This block will look very different depending on the theme used

Test script scenarios

Manual Test Scenario: User should see correct page styling
Login Block Ocean theme
Login Block Modern theme
Login Block Primary school
Login Block Raw theme
Given user is logged in
When is on the "Mahara homepage"
Then user should see "Raw" theme colours - Compare the page with the screenshots above for correct theme colours





Scenario: User can hide Quick links by clicking Hide information box
Existing Behat automated test - /test/behat/features/settings/homepage_buttons.feature - Scenario: Checking navigation of the big homepage buttons

Mahara 18.04 user manual section 3.6. User-specific information

Things to test for Manually

  1. Visual check default blocks in main content area on Dashboard page
    1. Latest changes I can view - No pages or collections.
    2. My portfolios - blank
    3. Inbox - No messages
    4. Topics I’m following - No messages
    5. Watched pages - There are no pages on your watchlist.
  2. Edit Dashboard tab is displayed and links to "Admin User's dashboard | Edit" page
  3. Profile completion block - insure progress bar displays correctly

NOTE: These blocks will be empty but will be filled with content once you start using Mahara and create pages, receive messages from other users, have access to others’ portfolio pages and use the forums for discussions

Test script scenarios

Manual Test Scenario: User should see correct page styling for default blocks on page
Login Block Ocean theme
Login Block Modern theme
Login Block Primary school
Login Block Raw theme
Given user is logged in
When is on the "Mahara homepage"
Then user should see "Raw" theme colours - Compare the page with the screenshots above for correct theme colours









Scenario: User can create/edit/delete content blocks on Dashboard page
Existing Behat automated test - /test/behat/features/settings/??????????????.feature -Scenario: ?????????????

Mahara 18.04 user manual section 3.7. Footer

Things to test for Manually

  1. Visual check footer has theme styling
    1. Mahara footer logo is displayed
  2. Links displayed in footer
    1. Legal = Legal page
    2. About = About page
    3. Contact us = Contact us page
    4. Help = Mahara 18.04 user manual

NOTE: The site administrator can decide in the configuration of the footer whether to display the links “Legal”, “About us”, “Contact us”, and “Help”

Test script scenarios

Manual Test Scenario: User should see correct page styling for default blocks on page
Login Block Ocean theme
Login Block Modern theme
Login Block Primary school
Login Block Raw theme
Given user is logged in
When is on the "Mahara homepage"
Then user should see "Raw" theme colours - Compare the page with the screenshots above for correct theme colours






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