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Hello, OpenLab Community!
We are happy to announce our Winter 2022 Support Schedule, for everyone working the winter session and/or preparing for Spring 2022. We offer two types of synchronous support: workshops and Open Hours.
Winter Workshops:
Click here to view the full schedule and register to receive the Zoom link.… Continue reading this post
In our latest screencast, Digital Pedagogy Fellow Olivia will show you how to edit your site’s menu to add (or delete, or re-order) pages, posts, and categories.
For a written version of these same instructions with screenshots, you can also visit our Help documentation here.… Continue reading this post
Welcome to spring semester! Getting started on the OpenLab, even if you’ve used it before, can sometimes be overwhelming- there are so many different options for what you can do! On this edition of the Spotlight, we’re spotlighting one way to get inspiration and learn cool things you can do on the OpenLab without feeling overwhelmed.… Continue reading this post
In this screencast, the latest in our Site Building Blocks series, digital pedagogy fellow Olivia will show you how to edit your site’s appearance using the “Appearance –> Customize” feature on the site’s Dashboard.
You can view our other screencasts by visiting us on YouTube.… Continue reading this post
Holiday greetings from the OpenLab and congratulations to all on the closing of another semester!
While our weekly âSpotlightâ blog series will go on hiatus for the season, we wanted to remind you of the sites we featured this past semester, and encourage you to check them out if you havenât already done so.… Continue reading this post
This week, we spotlight the Fifth Annual Science Fiction Symposium on Race and Science Fiction, to be held on Thursday, Nov. 19 from 9:00am-5:00pm online via Zoom Webinar.
This year’s symposium is co-organized by Wanett Clyde, Jason W. Ellis, Lucas Kwong, and A.… Continue reading this post
We are pleased to offer a new set of support materials for OpenLab users: screencasts! With video, audio, and captions, these screencasts provide step-by-step instructions for how to use different OpenLab features in a multimodal format.
Today, we’re introducing a new video in our series on the basic building blocks of OpenLab sites.… Continue reading this post
We are pleased to offer a new set of support materials for OpenLab users: screencasts! With video, audio, and captions, these screencasts provide step-by-step instructions for how to use different OpenLab features in a multimodal format.
Our screencasts are an ongoing project, so more will be released in the coming weeks!… Continue reading this post
This week, we spotlight a feature built into most smartphones that can facilitate mobile work on the OpenLab!Â
At our workshops, people sometimes ask if we can develop an OpenLab app, similar to the Blackboard app. They say they are pleased with the OpenLabâs mobile functionality, but itâs a pain to have to pull up your phone browser, then navigate to the OpenLab, then navigate to where you want to go.… Continue reading this post
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.
