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There are many ways that students can submit work via the OpenLab, each with different advantages and levels of complexity. Whatever you decide, be sure to include instructions to submit work along with the assignment’s instructions. When choosing how you want students to submit assignments, consider the format you’ll need to evaluate any work. Do […]

Organizing student posts on an OpenLab Course Site can happen in a variety of ways. Student posts published to the Site’s blog page (usually the home page) are listed in reverse chronological order. If students are creating a lot of posts, the blog can quickly become unwieldy. Student work can be organized using categories […]

When working online, students need a good deal of support from you and interaction with their peers to feel a sense of connection, learn the material, and not fall behind. Fortunately, the OpenLab is designed for communication and collaboration. Regular communications There are several ways to communicate with students using the OpenLab: You can send a message directly to an individual student via […]

When preparing course materials for your students or providing guidelines for student work, consider the following suggestions and best practices. Copyright One of the great things about using the OpenLab is that it’s easy to share work, such as writing, images, video, and sound. This means that it’s also important to understand how to respect […]

This section covers a few of the things you’ll want to consider as you’re creating your course. If you haven’t already, please review “Distance Education Best Practices” which covers recommended pedagogical standards.  Contact OpenLab team with questions! Considerations Do you want to create a new course or clone an existing course? A new course is created […]

Signing up The first step is for your students to sign up for an OpenLab account, if they don’t already have one. Share this Setting up your account link with your students. A few things to note: Students need access to their City Tech email to join the OpenLab. The OpenLab help section provides instructions for students for accessing their City Tech email account and creating an OpenLab account […]

Using the OpenLab, faculty can create courses to share materials, hold discussions, collect assignments, grade coursework, and more. The first step is creating an OpenLab account using your City Tech email address. Join the OpenLab Sign up for an account. If you already have an account but have forgotten your password, you can

Welcome to the OpenLab! This section is designed to provide help for faculty who are using the OpenLab for distance learning, especially those who are new to the platform and perhaps to teaching with technology. What is the OpenLab? The OpenLab is City Tech’s open online community. It’s designed to support teaching, learning, and collaboration, […]

The Gravity Form Add-On plugin allows you to automatically send files uploaded with Gravity Forms to your Dropbox account.   To get started, if it’s not already activated on your site, activate Gravity Forms under Plugins in the left-hand menu of your Dashboard.  Then, activate Gravity Forms Dropbox Add-On.   Connect to Dropbox 1. Go to Forms > […]

Assignments on the OpenLab can take many forms, depending on the content, your teaching goals, your course’s student learning outcomes, and your comfort level with the technologies involved. Faculty have developed many creative assignments over the years that take advantage of the OpenLab’s features. Some examples are provided below, ranging from straightforward to more complex. […]