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[Dianne Tennent <1946619@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Point 1 from above has been confirmed today - changing the icon for
'Return to pages and collections' to cubes-stacked:
https://fontawesome.com/icons/cubes-stacked?s=solid

Point 2 is a separate issue that has been discussed today and reported
separately here: Bug 1982298

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Title:
  UX: 'Return to pages and collections' button

Status in Mahara:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  We currently have a back button that allows people to return back to the 'Pages and collections' page. The icon is an arrow pointing to the left to indicate "go back".
  This button is displayed when they are viewing a page in edit mode, but not in display mode.

  If I have navigated to the second page of a collection, the meaning of
  this icon changes. It does not take me "back" to the previous screen,
  but it takes me back to the 'Pages and collections' page.

  A solution to this would be to change the icon from a back arrow, to a
  books icon. The image of books is commonly used to represent a
  library, or a place where all pages/artefects/things are stored. I
  think this would more clearly communicate the function of this button,
  as a quick link back to the place where all of the person's work is
  stored. (Match between system and real world)

  This can be further reinforced by renaming the 'Pages and collections'
  page to "Portfolio Library" as in this bug report here:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1946291

  Furthermore, having this books/return icon available in all modes for
  collections and portfolios would improve the usability significantly.
  As the user will spend a lot of time navigating through pages and
  artefacts to manage their learning, it makes sense to give them the
  option to 'return home' at any point in their journey (User control
  and freedom).

  (An even better fix could be to include the books icon in the navbar,
  so that the user has quick, one-click access to their portfolio
  library from any view in the site.)

  Link to fontawesome books icon:
  https://fontawesome.com/v5.15/icons/books?style=solid (This is under
  the paid plan, but I'm sure we could find or make something consistent
  with our design scheme).

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