

However, the content of portfolios or groups does not switch to that language automatically. The menu items and the contextual help appear in the language you have chosen. Language: If your Mahara instance is offered in multiple languages, you see this option and can choose in which language you want to navigate the site.

These restrictions do not apply to users with ‘administrator’ or ‘staff’ access. If the site administrator allowed custom licenses, you can enter one using the drop-down menu option “Other license (enter URL)”. If you upload an artefact by another person that was published under a different license, you can choose that particular license on the artefact’s settings. You can choose any license from the drop-down menu that suits most of your content best. If your institution administrator requires you to specify a license, you must set a license other than “None selected”. The default setting is “All rights reserved”, which means that you reserve all copyright. If you do not have this option, the site administrator may have disabled it.ĭefault license: If the site administrator enabled License metadata in the general site settings, you can select your default license for your content that you create or upload. If the editor is turned off, you can only enter plain text without any formatting like making text bold or colorising your text. It allows you to apply formatting to your text like in a word processor. This is known as a ‘What you see is what you get’ (WYSIWYG) editor.

HTML editor: An HTML editor is available for use in some sections of the site. New friends are automatically authorised: You accept all friend requests automatically. New friends require my authorisation: Before someone can add you to their friends list, you must give your approval. Nobody may add me as a friend: Other users do not see the option to add you as a friend. When you remove someone from your friends list, you are also removed from their list automatically. If you are added to a friends list, the owner of that list is added to yours as well. View and change your general account options ¶įriends control: Choose whether other users may add you to their friends list.
