In Part 4, we looked at the pages and posts that come with a course site. In this installment, we look at how to use these different types of communication and others to facilitate communication and engagement between instructors and students and among students.… Continue reading this post
Author: Jody R. Rosen
Co-Working Thursday
Now that the summer is winding down and the fall semester about to start (no comment here), everything left on that to-do list is calling for your attention. Come work and check things off your to-do list done while others do the same!… Continue reading this post
Summer Series #4: Customize Your OpenLab Site
Each course comes with built-in content to help instructors get started, whether you choose the template for a more interactive site or a more informational site. As you get your site ready for students to join, you’ll want to customize the content that’s there.… Continue reading this post
Summer Series #3: Create on the OpenLab
In this installment, we build on Part 1 and Part 2 to take on creating: creating sites, but also to creating communities, collaborations, and dialogue by joining other sites, connecting with friends and colleagues, participating in discussion forums, and more. That said, tasks involving building courses below are for instructors and focus on the first steps of course creation, taking a particularly close look at the course template.… Continue reading this post
Summer Series #2: Learn How to Get OpenLab Help
As you explore the OpenLab, City Tech’s open-source digital platform where students, faculty, and staff can meet to learn, work, and share their ideas, the OpenLab Team is here to support you:
Get Inspired
Because so much of the work on the OpenLab is open, you can look around, get ideas, search for models, and find answers to your questions by seeing what colleagues have already done.… Continue reading this post
Summer Series #1: Get to Know the OpenLab
We hope that as this series introduces everyone to the OpenLab or helps reinvigorate our OpenLab work, it also highlights strategies for cultivating and growing this online community. Follow along as these posts are published or read them at your own pace.… Continue reading this post
In the Spotlight: Summer Series 2025
At the end of every summer (not to say this is the end of the summer!), there are new members of the City Tech community, all of whom are welcome to become members of City Tech’s OpenLab. There are also returning City Tech students, faculty, and staff who have yet to explore the OpenLab.… Continue reading this post
May Co-Working Thursday
With the end of the semester mere inches away, everything left on that to-do list is calling loudly for your attention. Come work and check things off your to-do list done while others do the same! OpenLab co-working hours are virtual quiet meet-up sessions for anyone to join to get work done.… Continue reading this post
In the Spotlight: City Tech’s Fun Facts Finder
Emerging Scholars from COMD Futures, Emerging Media Technologies, and Architecture collaborated with Membit Inc. over the last few semesters to research, design, and develop City Tech’s Fun Facts Finder, an augmented reality campus tour.
This virtual tour uses the augmented reality application Membit to help new students locate important locations and services on campus, meet community members, and share fun facts about City Tech.… Continue reading this post
May OpenLab News
Stay up-to-date on OpenLab news via The Open Road and make use of our many opportunities for support!
- Attack of the Clones! The April 2025 release of the OpenLab included a number of features for streamlining and customizing the cloning process for sites, including options for draft content & publishing, updating site publication dates, and cloning unused media library items.