What You're Doing, Where We're Going
This week, we spotlight Anne Marie Sowderâs OpenLab Portfolio, which highlights her teaching, service and research in innovative ways. It can serve as a great model for faculty who want to use the OpenLab to communicate their accomplishments to colleagues, students and employers.… Continue reading this post
Over the next two months, we will be sharing tips and tricks to using the new(ish) block editor. These posts will be short and focus on just one best practice at a time, giving you space to experiment.Â
If youâve tried your hand at the block editor already, you know there are multiple ways to add new blocks to a page or post.… Continue reading this post
This week, we spotlight the excellent CMCE Career OpenLab site, which offers âcareer information and opportunities for construction management and civil engineering students and graduates.â Overall, the site offers a fantastic model of a job resource for City Tech students, both showcasing the work of City Tech alumni and directing current students to job postings and additional resources.… Continue reading this post
Many of you are probably getting used to the new(ish) Block Editor this semester. The Classic editor will be supported by WordPress through at least 2022, but we encourage you to gain some familiarity with the Block editor now before the alternative becomes obsolete.… Continue reading this post
This week, we spotlight The Hospitality Garden, âa project that teaches students and faculty about the excitement and nuance of growing flowers and vegetables for the Culinary and Pastry Labs at NYC College of Technology.â… Continue reading this post
This week we spotlight Accordions, which can now be easily added to your site with the PublishPress Blocks plugin. Those of you who have worked on the OpenLab a while know that we advocate keeping content on a single page brief.… Continue reading this post
This week, we celebrate Hispanic heritage month by spotlighting the Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) Committeeâs new site! The site is clean and well-organized and can serve as a model for other academic committees.… Continue reading this post
Welcome to a new academic year! The OpenLab Team has some helpful information to share:
Greetings,
This week, we wrap up our summer series with two tasks that will get your course up and running before the start of the semester. These tasks involve setting up your dynamic course content as well as your first few assignments.… Continue reading this post
Greetings,
This week, we suggest two tasks to guide faculty in planning their semester. Both tasks help faculty customize the OpenLab course template to communicate with their students.
Task 1: Explore Student-Instructor Communication in the Course Template
The OpenLab is an open-source, digital platform designed to support teaching and learning at City Tech (New York City College of Technology), and to promote student and faculty engagement in the intellectual and social life of the college community.
