This week, we spotlight three different sites where you can find public domain/ creative commons images to use on the OpenLab. As a reminder, when you add images to your OpenLab site or posts, it is important to make sure you respect copyright guidelines (see the libraryâs OpenLab module on copyright and fair use).… Continue reading this post
Category: Tips, Tricks & Tools
In the Spotlight: Request a workshop
This week, we spotlight the OpenLab ârequest a workshopâ feature! Each semester, the OpenLab team offers workshops on topics that members often ask about. But there are always other topics, other interest, and other scheduling needs. The OpenLab team welcomes requests for focused workshops for the faculty, staff, or students in your departments, offices, and other stakeholder groups at City Tech.… Continue reading this post
In the Spotlight: Favorites
This week, we spotlight the OpenLab favorites functionality, which makes it easy to bookmark courses, projects, clubs, and portfolios.Â
Using the favorites functionality is easy: when logged-in users visit the profile of a group, a new menu item appears beneath the avatar, below the âJoin Now/Request to Joinâ menu.… Continue reading this post
In the Spotlight: Block Editor Workflow, Pt. 2 of 3
This week, we spotlight how to create reusable blocks in your block editor. What is a reusable block, you ask? Great question! A reusable block is a way to easily access content that repeats on your site.… Continue reading this post
In the Spotlight: Block Editor Workflow, Pt. 1 of 3
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
In the Spotlight: Embedding Images with the Block Editor
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
In the Spotlight: Advanced Accordions
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
In the Spotlight: The Spring 2021 Semester, In Review
Summer greetings from the OpenLab and congratulations to all on the closing of another semester! A special congratulations to the class of 2021!
While our weekly âSpotlightâ blog series will go on hiatus for the summer, 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
New OpenLab Screencast: Pages and Posts
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
In the Spotlight: OpenLab Mobile Shortcuts
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
