What You're Doing, Where We're Going
Ever since the OpenLab launched at City Tech back in Fall 2011, the OpenLab team has  been asked: âHow can I get the OpenLab at my campus?â There wasnât a good answer, until now.
The OpenLab team is excited to announce the public release of Commons In A Box OpenLab, a free open-source software platform for teaching, learning, and collaboration.… Continue reading this post
On September 18, 2019 we released version 1.7.24 of the OpenLab. It was a small release, with two small functionality improvements, and a few small bug fixes.
In this release, the Navigation Menu widget functionally was changed slightly so menu that appears in the widget no longer includes the Group Profile and Home links by default, without a way to remove them.… Continue reading this post
On August 15, version 1.7.23 of the OpenLab was released. It included updates for all themes and plugins, as well as for WordPress and BuddyPress, the software that powers the OpenLab. The release also included a few new features and plugins.… Continue reading this post
Greetings from the OpenLab and congratulations to all on the closing of another successful academic year!
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 year and encourage you to check them out if you havenât already done so.… Continue reading this post
On May 17, we released version 1.7.21 of the OpenLab. This was a small release, but it included a few new plugins. One is the premium version of the PDF Embedder plugin, which adds functionality that should be useful to many OpenLab members, including a download button for embedded PDFs, the ability to show active links in PDFs, and a better views on mobile.… Continue reading this post
We released version 1.7.20 of the OpenLab on April 18, which included a few new features and a small bug fix. We added a new theme and new plugin. The theme is called OpenLab Twenty Sixteen. Itâs a child theme of Twenty Sixteen, and is quite similar, with a just few tweaks.… Continue reading this post
We did a very small release on March 19. In version 1.7.19 of the OpenLab, we added a new Gradebook plugin weâve been working on. Itâs currently available only to our beta testers, but we hope to have it ready for the whole OpenLab community before the Fall semester!… Continue reading this post
We released version 1.7.18 of the OpenLab on February 16, which included a some new features and a few small bug fixes. We added prominent links on the homepage to our three in-house sitesâThe Open Road, The Buzz, and Open Pedagogy on the OpenLabâso that itâs easier to stay up to date with all things OpenLab!… Continue reading this post
On January 22, we released version 1.7.17 of the OpenLab. It included updates for WordPress and BuddyPress, the software that powers the OpenLab, and all themes and plugins. The release also included a few bug fixes, and the introduction of three significant new features.… Continue reading this post
We released version 1.7.15 of the OpenLab on November 14. This was a very small release that included a few minor plugin updates and two small bug fixes. One corrected an issue preventing members from sending invitations to people who are not already members of the OpenLab.… 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.
