Category: OpenLab News

We released version 1.7.4 of the OpenLab on October 18. In this release, we added a password strength notification on the sign up page. In addition, we retired KB Gradebook, a plugin that is no longer being updated. We’re testing out a few options for a potential replacement, so stay tuned.… Continue reading this post

We released version 1.7.3 of the OpenLab on September 20. It was a small release, coming on the heels of some significant changes over the summer, which you can read more about here. It included some improvements to the way error messages are displayed during the sign up process for OpenLab accounts, made a few fixes to the way our WP Grade Comments plugin displayed in the newly-added theme Hemingway, and also included a few behind the scenes updates that won’t be noticeable to users.… Continue reading this post

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Welcome back to campus! We hope that you had a fun and restful summer. While you were on break, the OpenLab Team was hard at work making improvements to the site. Here is a brief overview of some of the new additions to the OpenLab:

• We implemented a range of improvements to the site’s accessibility — from colors to links, labels to slider images.

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You may have noticed that the OpenLab experienced some slowness and even some downtime on Monday and Tuesday of last week, as well as this morning. Our Team immediately went to work to track down the issue and put a fix into place.… Continue reading this post

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The OpenLab Community Team wishes all students the best of luck on finals. Hang in there! You can do it!

We released version 1.6.9 of the OpenLab on May 16, which we kept pretty small since the semester is wrapping up. There were a number of updates that will be unnoticeable to users that help us move towards improving accessibility on the OpenLab, but we did make one visible improvement.… Continue reading this post

In case you missed it, members of The Buzz, the OpenLab’s student blogging team, presented research about their site at the annual City Tech Honors and Emerging Scholars Poster Presentation last week. As part of their project, the team analyzed The Buzz’s site analytics — including generated page views and comments according to hour, day, week, month, and blogging topic.… Continue reading this post

 

On Monday, May 2nd, members of the OpenLab team led a workshop on digital open pedagogy at Teach@CUNY Day, a series of workshops and events hosted by the Teaching & Learning Center at the CUNY Graduate Center. Living Lab Project Co-Director Charlie Edwards opened the workshop with a warm welcome and introduction to the OpenLab, followed by an overview of the site’s design and infrastructure by OpenLab Co-Director Prof.… Continue reading this post

Students, Faculty and Staff: Please note that our office hours scheduled for Monday, May 2nd from 2:00 to 3:00 PM have been cancelled. Please join us instead for office hours this week on Wednesday, May 4th from 5:00 to 6:00 PM.… Continue reading this post

We released version 1.6.7 of the OpenLab on April 18th, which included a number of behind-the-scenes updates, as well as two improvements you might notice.

We’re especially excited to have added the ability to search our Help section, which should help you find the answers that you’re looking for more quickly.… Continue reading this post