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The Activity section of a Course, Project, or Club Profile allows you to see all the activities for that group in one place, including Posts, Comments, Docs, Files, Announcements, Group Membership changes, Discussion Topics and Replies. 1. Log into your OpenLab account, go to the Course, Project, or Club Profile and click Activity in the […]

This plugin allows you to automatically translate your site into other languages using Google Translate. This won’t provide a perfectly accurate translation, but will make it understandable in the translated language. 1. Activate the GTranslate plugin. 2. Go to your site Dashboard. In the left sidebar go to Settings > GTranslate. 3. The most […]

PDF and Word Documents It is important that documents, such as PDF and Microsoft Word files, that you upload to the OpenLab, are accessible.  These  include documents on a Site, or in the File Library section of a Course, Project, or Club Profile.  CUNY’s guide to creating accessible PDF and Microsoft Office documents provides detailed instructions for how to do this, but […]

This feature allows admins of a Course, Project, Club, or Portfolio to switch it to ‘Not Active’ status if it’s no longer being actively used. This status change means that new members are not able to join or request membership, unless invited by an admin.  A notice will be added to the Profile that it’s […]

This plugin allows you to embed problems from WeBWorK in a post or page on your OpenLab Site. 1. Activate WeBWorK Problem Embed in Dashboard > Plugins. 2. Find the Problem ID for the problem you want to embed. You can find this in the URL for the problem from the WeBWorK Open Problem Library, […]

Adding an activity block to a page or post The OpenLab Activity Block plugin, adds a block and widget that pull activity from the ‘Activity’ section of a Course, Project, or Club Profile. It includes all activity and can be filtered by type (posts, comments, discussion, files, docs, etc).  1. Activate the OpenLab Activity Block plugin […]

The Reckoning plugin allows site admins to view all student posts and comments in one place. It also incorporates grades from the WP Grade Comments plugin, and allows you to export all data to CSV. 1. Activate Reckoning in Dashboard > Plugins. 2. Go to Dashboard > Users > User Summary. Here you’ll find a list and tally of […]

When you create a new Course, Project, Club, or Portfolio, the site created uses a template that is appropriate for each type of site. For example, new Course sites come with pre-created pages for Syllabus, Assignments, etc. We also have templates for different types of Course, Project, Club, or Portfolio Sites. You can choose the […]

OpenLab Connections allows you to link related Courses, Projects, or Clubs and share selected information between them. For instance, members of one course section can follow activity from a connected section without needing to become members of that section (private content will not be shared). When connecting, each group can decide exactly which categories will […]

Like a spell check for accessibility, the Editoria11y Accessibility Checker plugin checks your site, and displays any existing issues with a thorough description of what they are and how you can address them. To get started: Activate Editoria11y Accessibility Checker in Dashboard > Plugins. Once activated, the plugin will automatically perform accessibility checks. The results will appear for […]