Mahara vs MyProgress ePortfolio

Mahara is a free ePortfolio system for learning communities. Students and staff can collect evidence, reflect on experiences, and relate work to competencies or registration requirements. Listed uses include study, professional development, work-integrated learning, assessment, presentation, and employability. Portfolios can be shared with an individual, group, or the public, with access limited by a time frame or assessment task. Users can comment, give feedback, build portfolios together in groups, and take part in group forums. Portfolios can be submitted to learning management systems through LTI for marking. Mahara is open source, under conditions that include providing source code with copies and using the same license for derivative works. It can be hosted on a Linux server; the manual also describes Docker setup for development and testing, and advises securing that environment before live use. The manual describes LTI 1.3 Advantage as experimental and tested only with Brightspace. The project links to community forums, a manual, a wiki, an issue tracker, and extended security support; Catalyst is named as maintainer.

MyProgress ePortfolio helps learners and educators collect, assess, and give feedback on evidence of achievements and competencies. Institutions can configure assessments, including workplace-based assessments, while learners gather evidence, reflect on practice, record practice hours, and track progress. Assessors can use speech-to-text for feedback and monitor associated students. Real-time dashboards show individual and cohort progress, and reporting can be customised, including for accreditation bodies. MyProgress is available on the web, Android, and iOS. Its mobile app supports offline work and syncs completed forms when connectivity returns, but requires an institutional MyProgress account. The product page lists LMS, SSO, and API integrations. The vendor lists WCAG 2.2 and says it endeavours to conform to WCAG Level AA. It states that the service has 99.9% uptime and is designed for 24/7 operation. The product privacy policy describes security controls and data-processing roles. Pricing is on request; institutions are invited to book a demo. Learners needing support are directed to their institution’s administration team.