What You're Doing, Where We're Going
(image by Sean MacEntee via Creative Commons Liscence)
This week we wanted to run through a couple of plugins that do very specific, very useful things.
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This very simple plugin can do wonders to organize a site with multiple users, just by making sure users don’t forget to pick a category.… Continue reading this post
We have an active Twitter plugin for the OpenLab, which will allow tweets to appear on your site and posts to automatically be turned into tweets. There are a few steps to the set up and one step (number 5 below) that is a bit counterintuitive, but once it’s set up, it can work perfectly.… Continue reading this post
Collaboration on the OpenLab
Thursday, October 8, 2015, 4:30-6:00pm
Faculty Commons, N227
Refreshments will be served
This Open Pedagogy event brings together those interested in teaching and learning in the open, using readily available resources either within or in conjunction with City Tech’s OpenLab.… Continue reading this post
Over the next few weeks we’ll be updating the plugins section of our help section which, if you’ve never been, you can find here. The first update is on the OpenLab Grade Comments plugin, which was customized for us. Hope you find it useful, and as always contact us with any questions!… Continue reading this post
THE BLOGGERS ARE BACK!
This week we want to highlight our bloggers, who have returned this year better than ever. We’re extremely lucky to have their work here on the OpenLab, and hope you agree. Be sure to follow The Buzz to follow all their posts!… Continue reading this post
Welcome back! We hope everyone had a safe, rewarding, relaxing, productive, simply wonderful summer. And we’re excited about the upcoming year and hope you are too!
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OPENLAB SUMMER UPDATE
If you’re here you’ve surely already noticed: there was a major upgrade to the OL over the summer.… Continue reading this post
Pageviews (for past quarter):
595,414
Average visit duration (for past quarter):
4:24
Number of users broken down by students, faculty, staff:
Students: 12,422
Faculty: 597
Staff: 118
Number of courses, projects, clubs, portfolios:
Courses: 985
Projects: 1,547
Clubs: 67
Portfolios: 3,149
Number of users broken down by students, faculty, staff:
Students: 12,200
Faculty: 592
Staff: 116
Alumni: 10
Number of courses, projects, clubs, portfolios:
Courses: 959
Projects: 1,492
Clubs: 68
Portfolios: 2,912
Pageviews (for past quarter):
866,343
Average visit duration (for past quarter):
5:19
Last week the community team attended the CUNY CUE Conference, and we were happy to do so. Our presentation, Engaging a College Community Through Open Digital Technologies: City Tech’s OpenLab, discussed our ongoing efforts to increase students’ sense of community at City Tech.… 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.
