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Content in Mahara includes reusable elements such as images, files, video, plans and tasks, journals and entries, and notes created on individual pages. These are referred to as artefacts. Some artefacts can be embedded on pages so that they are fully expanded e.g. PDFs, imges, video and some external media sources such as Youtube and eStream. Others can be downloaded as files.

Artefact types include:

Type of artefact / content	Block type and when to use
Text	Text block for short explanatory single-use text on a page. Note block to be able to re-use the text on other pages. Files to download block where the text is contained in Word or PDF files etc. PDF block to embed a PDF into the page
Images	Image block to display single images Image Gallery block to display multiple images Files to download block for multiple images that do not need to be displayed Can be added to Journals, Plans, Notes, Forums and Text blocks.
Video	Embedded media for small videos uploaded to the Files section External media block for streaming large videos uploaded to eStream or external media from YouTube etc.
Documents	Files to Download block allows multiple files (images, PDF, MS Office etc) to be downloaded as a zip file PDF block to embed PDF documents into the page Can be added to Journals, Plans, and Forums as attachments
Journal entries	Journal - add an entire journal with a specified number of entries visible Journal Entry block(s) - add (any number of) individual entries to a portfolio alongside related materials Recent journal entries - add an automatically updating set of Journal entries Tagged journal entries - add a filtered list of entries matching Tags
Forum posts	Forum block(s) - uses Mahara's group discussion tool to embed a group forum Forum post - add a single post related to a section of a portfolio
Task lists	Plan - add a plan with a specified number of tasks visible
Personal information	Profile information block - select fields from the Profile information page to appear on a portfolio
CV	Entire résumé - a quick way to give access to all CV / résumé information One résumé field - choose a field to appear
Blog posts etc.Link opens in a new window	External feed block to embed an automatically updating RSS or ATOM feed
HTML codeLink opens in a new window	Some HTML block - paste in HTML code for this to display (cannot be used for whole sites, only single pages or embedded items such as padlets).