1.1 What is QMplus Hub?

If you’re wondering what QMplus Hub or an ePortfolio is, why you might want one and what it can do for you, then read on – you’re about to find out.

At the simplest level, QMplus Hub is two things: an ePortfolio and a social networking system combined. An ePortfolio is a system in which students can record “evidence of lifelong learning” – such as essays, artwork or other such things they produce that can be stored digitally. Such things are known as artefacts in Mahara. Social networking systems need little introduction – think Twitter, Facebook or Instagram. Basically, they give a way for people to interact with their friends and create their own online communities.

But QMplus Hub is much more than just a place to store files. QMplus Hub also includes blogging, a résumé builder, and close integration with QMplus itself.

The software that powers QMplus Hub is called 'Mahara'. Mahara is open source software that was developed in New Zealand. Mahara is the Maori word : To think

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