Tech links

Student Hub

http://www.citytech.cuny.edu/virtual/
 

OpenLab   

The OpenLab is City Tech’s open online community. Students, faculty, and staff can sign up using a City Tech email address. Students use the OpenLab for working in courses and projects, student clubs, and portfolios.

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Activate Your Email

To activate student City Tech email, click here.

Accessing City Tech email

https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/blog/help/accessing-your-city-tech-email-for-students/

 

Course Drives

  • Class Dropbox
    • Free drop box space form CUNY https://www.cuny.edu/about/administration/offices/cis/technology-services/dropbox/
  • Google Drive Google account for 15 GB Space
    • Free space for cuny

 

Software: Adobe Creative Suite

  • InDesign
  • Illustrator
  • Photoshop

Term-active CUNY students can now download Adobe Creative Cloud applications to their personal devices. Students can go to https://creativecloud.adobe.com and use their CUNY Login username to authenticate and select which Adobe Creative Cloud applications to install.

The student instructions on Accessing Adobe Creative Cloud are available online and will be available from the IT Resources for Remote Work & Teaching page.

Hardware

  • Computer with internet access
  • Flash drive (or online storage for your files)

Student Device Loan Request Form

  • Department has a limited about of iMacs request through this link to loan. 
  • Remote Desktop Client on all of the COMD Computers on campus
    https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/comd1127-type-media-ol39-f20/2020/08/26/remote-login-to-comd-c0mpters/
  • Remote login to utilize department onsite computers as a remote workspace, will have Creative Suite this link
  •  They require a special user login ID
  • For students who own a computer, Chromebook, or otherwise but no Adobe and need the apps.
  • Remote login into classroom computers 24/7 and use them.  
  • Students MUST MUST save all work on a cloud solution, Microsoft One Drive (1TB per student), Google Drive, or DropBox.  
  • Student must NEVER NEVER shut down the computer, only log out.
  • Link here step by set by step

Microsoft Office 365

To access Microsoft Office 365 (using City Tech email), for online access to the Microsoft Office Suite and other applications: https://login.microsoftonline.com. 

Note: Email login (ending with @mail.citytech.cuny.edu) is different from CUNY login (ending with @login.cuny.edu)