OpenLab Support
The OpenLab Community Team offers students, faculty, and staff members support for getting started, setting up your OpenLab site, continuing your OpenLab work:
- Sign up for One-on-one Open Hours for a 30-minute Zoom session with a member of the OpenLab Community Team
- Join a co-working session for quiet working time with others, with the option to move to a breakout room for conversation or questions
- Sign up for one of our scheduled workshops below, or request a workshop for your group
- Use Help materials and screencasts to guide your work
- Reach out for email support by sending a message to us at OpenLab@CityTech.cuny.edu or via our contact form.
Winter and Spring 2026 Workshops
Join the OpenLab team for a workshop to learn–or learn more–about the OpenLab! These workshops are open to all students, faculty, and staff members–though some are more obviously for one group than the others!
Use the registration links below to sign up and get a Zoom link for each day’s workshops.
January 2026
Thursday, 1/15/26
- Getting Started on the OpenLab: 1:00-1:30pm
- Creating a Course on the OpenLab: 1:30-2:30pm
- Interacting with Students on a Site: 2:30-3:00pm
- Q&A: 3:00-3:30pm
- Register for any or all of the 1/15 workshops via Zoom
Wednesday, 1/21/26
- Getting Started on the OpenLab: 10:00-10:30am
- Creating a Course on the OpenLab: 10:30-11:30am
- Interacting with Students on a Site: 11:30am-12:00pm
- Q&A: 12:00-12:30pm
- Register for any or all of the 1/21 workshops via Zoom
February 2026
Thursday, 2/3/26
OpenLab Q&A: 1:00-2:00pm
- No registration needed. Join at any point in the hour with your questions!
March 2026
Tuesday, 3/10
1:00-2:00pm Presenting Yourself Online
Presenting Yourself Online focuses on how students can create and maintain a professional and/or academic online presence. City Tech’s OpenLab team supports students developing a presence on online spaces including their OpenLab sites during their academic career and even into their job search post-graduation.
Register to attend via Zoom.
Thursday, 3/19
1:00-2:00pm Creating Research Sites
In Creating Research Sites, City Tech’s OpenLab team supports student researchers by showing how to communicate about and display research via open platforms such as OpenLab and CUNY Academic Commons.
Register to attend via Zoom.
April 2026
Tuesday, 4/28
1:00-2:00pm Portfolios for Academic and Career Advancement
In Portfolios for Academic and Career Advancement, will learn about what to consider when building a dynamic academic or professional website using WordPress via City Tech’s OpenLab, to chronicle and showcase coursework, research, and other accomplishments.
Register to attend via Zoom
May 2026
TBA
Summer and Fall 2025 Workshops
Join the OpenLab team for a workshop to learn–or learn more–about the OpenLab! These workshops are open to all students, faculty, and staff members–though some are more obviously for one group than the others!
Use the registration links below to sign up and get a Zoom link for each day’s workshops.
August 2025
Thursday, 8/14/25
- Getting Started on the OpenLab: 1:00pm-1:30pm
- Creating a Course Site: 1:30pm-2:30pm
- Fostering an Interactive Course Site: 2:30pm-3:30pm
- Register for any or all of the 8/14 workshops via Zoom
Monday, 8/25/25
- Getting Started on the OpenLab: 10:00am-10:30am
- Creating a Course Site: 10:30am-11:30am
- Fostering an Interactive Course Site: 11:30am-12:30pm
- Register for any or all of the 8/25 workshops via Zoom
September 2025
Tuesday, 9/2
- Getting Started on the OpenLab: 1:00pm-1:30pm
- OpenLab Q&A: 1:30pm-2:00pm
Register to attend either or both via Zoom
Wednesday, 9/10
- Getting Started on the OpenLab: 1:00pm-1:30pm
- OpenLab Q&A: 1:30pm-2:00pm
Register to attend either or both via Zoom
October 2025
Tuesday, 10/7
1:00-2:00pm Presenting Yourself Online
Presenting Yourself Online focuses on how students can create and maintain a professional and/or academic online presence. City Tech’s OpenLab team supports students developing a presence on online spaces including their OpenLab sites during their academic career and even into their job search post-graduation.
Register to attend via Zoom.
Thursday, 10/16
1:00-2:00pm Creating research sites/ePortfolios on open platforms
In Creating research sites/ePortfolios on open platforms, City Tech’s OpenLab team supports student researchers by showing how to communicate about and display research via open platforms such as OpenLab and CUNY Academic Commons.
Register to attend via Zoom.
Open Pedagogy on the OpenLab
In the past, in addition to these focused workshops, the OpenLab hosted Open Pedagogy events each semester. These events brought together faculty and staff from across City Tech, CUNY, and the New York metro area for focused discussions of open pedagogy, with an emphasis on how these aspects take place on the OpenLab and in other similar digital environments. Past topics include access, annotation, copyright and attribution, multimedia pedagogy, and ungrading.
If you are interested in participating in one of these sessions–or in collaborating on or co-hosting one–please be in touch at OpenLab@citytech.cuny.edu. Learn more on our in-house site, Open Pedagogy on the OpenLab.