Time for action — creating your first Mahara journal

Let's get started and see how you can create a Mahara journal:

1. 1. Click into Content in the main menu and then into Journals in the submenu bar of your Mahara. You only have one journal ready for you to use. It will be named according to your own name. For example, Neil from Training for Work's journal is called Neil Martin's Journal:

2. 2. You will notice that there is an option to create multiple journals. Rather than making entries in the default journal, let's start by looking at how to enable multiple journals and make a brand new one. Click on the button to link to your account settings.

3. 3. Do you remember that we discussed your account settings in Chapter 2, Getting Started with Mahara? This is where you now find yourself. Scroll down the page to the option called Enable multiple journals, check the box to the right of this option, and click on Save.

4. 4. Now that you have told Mahara that you want more than one journal, return to the...