Greetings,

This summer we have spent time introducing you to the OpenLab. You have explored the OpenLab, joined others’ sites, and begun creating a site of your own.

 This week, learn what opportunities exist to learn more about the OpenLab and get assistance when you have questions in the future.

• Task 1: Check out our Help Documentation – it has everything you need to get started joining and building sites on the OpenLab. Get help with everything from writing a post, to finding reusable images online and adding them to your post to understanding how copyright works on the OpenLab. Don’t see what you need? Use the search function! Still don’t see what you need? Click the ‘contact us’ button under the ‘Community Team’ list to email us directly with your questions.

• Task 2: Return to the Open Road to learn more about our in-person support opportunities. Throughout the semester we have workshops and office hours available. You also have the option to submit a request for a workshop for your class, department, club or other group.

 This concludes this 5-part series. Thank you for following along!

If you want to review this or previous week’s tasks, visit the archive on The Open Road.

Cheers,

The OpenLab Community Team

Greetings,

This week, create on the OpenLab! In this case, ‘create’ can refer to creating sites, but also to creating communities, collaborations, and dialogue by joining other sites, connecting with friends, participating in discussion forums and more.

• Task 1: Create Connections. 
  • Join our 3 in-house sites to stay connected and updated about what’s happening on the OpenLab:
    • The Open Road: Our one-stop-shop for all things OpenLab: news, workshops, events, community, and support!
      
    • The Buzz: Our student blogging team’s site; they post about life at City Tech and beyond!
    • Open Pedagogy on the OpenLab: A site for sharing and discussing resources about open digital pedagogy!
      
      
• Connect with your friends and join other groups related to your interests:
  
  
  • • You can search through people, courses, projects, clubs and portfolios using the menu at the top and the magnifying glass in the top-right
      
    • You can also search courses, projects, clubs and portfolios using the links titled by type of site (courses, projects, clubs, portfolios) under the slider. From the search page, use the filters (top-right) to tailor your search
      
    • …more here.
      
• Task 2: Create Sites of Your Own by referring to the section of our help content titled Sites on the OpenLab.
  

We’ll be in touch next week to help you answer: How can I get help and support with using the OpenLab?

Cheers,

The OpenLab Community Team

See the full 5-part series, on The Open Road.

Greetings,

This week, join the OpenLab community by creating an account and setting up your profile. By becoming a member of the OpenLab community you’ll be able to create sites to support and share your scholarly and pedagogical work. Additionally, you can participate in the collaborative communities that use the OpenLab to support their work by joining their sites.

• Task 1: Sign up for an OpenLab Account. To signup you’ll also need access to your City Tech email account. See the OpenLab’s help documentation on ‘ if you run into problems.

• Task 2: Practice logging in to your account. Sign out of your account and close your browser. Then open a new browser window, navigate back to the OpenLab, and login to your account.

• Task 3: Learn more about how to manage your account and profile, including updating your information, settings and avatar.
   

We’ll be in touch next week to help you answer: How can I use the OpenLab? Step 2, Create!

Cheers,

The OpenLab Community Team

See 5-Part Series online on The Open Road.