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You can follow the instructions bellow if you forgot your password or if you want to change it. 1. To reset your password click on the “Forgot Password?” link in the “Log in” box on the OpenLab homepage. 2. Enter your username or City Tech email address, and you’ll receive a link via email to […]

An open assignment refers to any student coursework done on a public-facing platform like the OpenLab. These assignments are designed according to their purpose, content, and audience. Designing an open assignment requires answering some basic pedagogical questions. What is the goal of the assignment? Is it to have students talk to each other? To have […]

This page covers how to get students started on the platform, and how to interact with students online. Getting students started Signing up The first step is for your students to sign up for an OpenLab account, if they don’t already have one. A few things to note: Students need access to their institutional […]

The Hamilton theme is described as “a clean WordPress portfolio theme for creatives. It displays posts in a beautiful image grid that can be set to either two or three columns, which makes it a perfect fit for photographers, illustrators or graphic designers looking for a theme for their portfolio.” View this demo to see an example of what […]

The Koji theme is described as “a clean and lightweight theme for bloggers” that works well to display images in a portfolio. “It features a masonry grid on the archive pages, a beautiful and minimal design, Block Editor/Gutenberg support, widget areas in the sidebar and the footer, and infinite scroll loading that can be set […]

The Education Pro theme has been customized for Open Educational Resource (OER) sites on the OpenLab, but it can be used for any type of site. Activate Theme 1. To activate the theme, go to Dashboard > Appearance > Themes, and choose the theme by hovering your mouse over Education Pro, and clicking Activate. Customize […]

If you have an OpenLab portfolio, you can turn on an ‘Add to My Portfolio’ button, which will appear on posts and comments you have created on other OpenLab sites.  This makes it easier to add work from courses, projects, or clubs to your portfolio.   Enabling the ‘Add to Portfolio’ button 1. Go to your […]

An FYLC (First Year Learning Community) badge appears on a Course avatar to identify it as an official FYLC course. Courses with an FYLC badge can also be searched for in the Courses directory. What are First Year Learning Communities? As noted on the FYLC OpenLab Site, “First Year Learning Communities (FYLC) are two […]

This plugin allows you to create a table of contents (TOC) for pages and posts on your OpenLab site.  Visitors to your site can click a link in the TOC, which allows them to jump down to that section on the page.  Adding a TOC to a page can be especially useful for lengthy pages, […]

This plugin allows you to create and display a calendar of events on your site. To use these features, first activate The Events Calendar under Plugins in the main menu of your dashboard. If you want detail beyond what’s listed here, you can consult the plugin author’s new user primer. Create an event The following […]