Mahara vs Onefile 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.

Onefile Eportfolio is part of Onefile’s learner management platform for delivering, managing, and tracking learning and apprenticeships from initial assessment to gateway. Staff can capture evidence, map it to competencies, record feedback and activity, and manage assessments with reusable templates. Tutors can organise tasks and activities for learners and employers, manage assessments, and schedule learner meetings. Reusable review templates and custom forms support data collection, digital signatures, and workflows. Learners can log time spent on learning, including off-the-job apprenticeship training. Learners and assessors can upload and tag documents, videos, and images as evidence. The mobile app supports offline learning and syncs progress when the user is back online. The product is listed for Android, iOS, web, and Windows. Onefile describes its use with apprenticeship standards and other learning frameworks, and says it supports education and training providers. The Pro plan lists API connectors and single sign-on; pricing is on request. Standard plan support includes onboarding, technical setup, a 24/7 help centre, tickets, training, events, webinars, and an annual review.