What You're Doing, Where We're Going
A few weeks back we created a tutorial to use the WordPress LaTeX plug-in, which allows users to use a set of commands to turn this:
\sqrt{x^2+1}
Into this:
$latex \sqrt{x^2+1}$
Our tutorial was designed for faculty and students who already know LaTeX. … Continue reading this post
(Photo courtesy of Fort Lewis College Center of SouthWest Studies via creative commons)
It’s May!
Somehow, inexplicably, it’s May: that time of the school year about which we have such complicated feelings–the term is almost over, but in front of summer break stands tests, papers, exams, grading, final projects, and work work work! … Continue reading this post
Openlab Launch: An Unqualified Success!
Last week was the OpenLab launch. It was a beautiful event, really. Many members of our community were there, and many new faces came too. And there were balloons!
First came our wonderful opening speakers—all members of our CityTech community–including our own Maura Smale:
(twitter images via @lwaltzer)
After that, keynote speaker Jim Groom gave an engaging, accessible, and above all enthusiastic talk that combined, in no particular order, references to the 2pac Shakur ‘hologram’ at Cochella a few weeks ago, My Little Pony, Emo versus Punk, the future of 3-D printing and their effect on lost legos, vulgarity and systems of measurement, college writing and, above all, open, community-based digital platforms like our own OpenLab.… Continue reading this post
The simplest way to resize an image is to use an online service like PicMonkey.com. We don’t endorse any particular online service here at the OpenLab, and there are many online resizing free services. But this one is solid in that it has the things most people need when resizing (a bit of color changing, a size change option, a crop feature, and a way to reduce file size). … Continue reading this post
As I remembered just this morning as I accidentally deleted a post, WordPress has a convenient way to recover revisions and older drafts of a page or post. In newer versions of WordPress, however, that feature is hidden in the default setting. … Continue reading this post
Hawaiian green sea turtle by Dr. Donald B. MacGowan
Welcome Back!
First off, we hope everyone had a wonderful, relaxing, sun-drenched break, and is all refreshed for the home stretch of the term. Just a few things today…
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The OpenLab Launch!… Continue reading this post
(Image by Nikchick via Creative Commons)
As the term starts its inevitable wind-down, just a few reminders this week, and a best wishes for the upcoming break!
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OpenLab Launch Update
As mentioned before, the official coming out party for the OpenLab will take place on the 19th of April. … Continue reading this post
PLEASE NOTE: CUSTOM GOOGLE MAPS WERE RECENTLY CHANGED AND CANNOT BE EMBEDDED USING THE TUTORIAL BELOW. WORDPRESS IS WORKING ON THE PROBLEM AND WE’LL UPDATE THE TUTORIAL AS SOON AS THEY DO. STANDARD, UNCUSTOMIZED GOOGLE MAPS CAN STILL BE EMBEDDED.
Our Google Maps plug-in allows users to embed google maps into posts and pages. … Continue reading this post
Image by Steve Velo via Creative Commons.
This week we’d like to start by mentioning that our very own Elizabeth Alsop, OpenLab Community Team Member and all around wonder, has accepted a tenure track position in the great state of Kentucky (doubtless singlehandedly causing Kentucky’s ongoing NCAA tournament success). … Continue reading this post
The Rotating Gallery is a simple plug in that allows a user to have a (you guessed it!) rotating gallery of images appear in one of the sidebars of their site. Each time a visitor refreshes or visits a new page, the image will change, giving them an appealing overall sense of the site activity. … 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.
