Mahara's user interface — finding your way around

One of the beauties of Mahara is that the menu options are laid out very simply. After clicking through the menu options a few times you will find that you instinctively know where the option that you are looking for is located.

A word on Mahara themes

It is important to realize that Mahara is an Open Source software and can be easily personalized and themed. This means you are able to change the visual layout of Mahara — the header section can be configured to have a different logo, layout can be altered, and font size/color can be adjusted (among other things). Theming doesn't affect Mahara content, it affects only the way it looks. For example, the theme for the site http://maharaforbeginners.tdm.info is an adaptation of the Default theme, which is the theme you will begin with:

Let's now explore the Mahara user interface so that you can get used to finding your way around.

The main menu and submenus

The main menu is the first place to look...