Contact Form 7 is way of allowing visitors and users to contact you that is simple yet flexible (in wordpress that usually means there’s a simple set-up for people who want simple, and complexity for people who want complexity). On the OpenLab, this plug-in is probably most useful to clubs and projects, particularly those who have visitors from outside the CityTech OpenLab community. … Continue reading this post
This Week in Openlab! March 6th Edition
We’re a little late this week, since we spent the weekend at the AWP conference in Chicago, which was wonderful and which had us thinking (again) about teaching and writing and technology, particularly creative writing, but really any writing, and then…
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Announcing the Journal of Interactive Technology & Pedagogy!… Continue reading this post
WP-Polls
Adding a poll to your site is a snap with the WP-Polls plugin! Clubs and projects can use polls on the OpenLab to determine user needs, interests, or even just set up a meeting time!
This short video is a perfect introduction to this simple plugin. … Continue reading this post
This Week In OpenLab! February 26th Edition
Announcing our Upcoming Workshops!
All through the rest of the term the OpenLab team will be offering workshops for faculty, staff and students. Whether you’re thinking of ways to improve your course management, just getting started, or would like to explore a topic of your own choosing, we’ll be here to meet your needs. … Continue reading this post
This Week in Openlab! February 20th Edition
(Image by KitAy licensed via Creative Commons )
Greetings from Cleveland! Some of us are scattering around the less clement parts of the country for various non-cuny winter breaks, and I for one am happy to be watching the OpenLab from inside.… Continue reading this post
Image Resizing
Image resizing gets easier and easier with WordPress. Once upon a time editing of that sort had to take place elsewhere, but now most simple image editing can be done directly in the media upload dialogue box, or later in the Media Library.… Continue reading this post
WP LaTeX
The WP LaTeX developers created this plugin to “combine the power of LaTeX and the simplicity of WordPress to give you the ultimate in math blogging platforms” which, they admit really “sounds nerdy.”
The plug-in presumes you know LaTeX, but just in case you’d like to know more, or if you’re looking for a refresher, or if you’re just one of the curious, there is a useful tutorial here. … Continue reading this post
This Week in Openlab! February 13th Edition
Maybe there’s no mail, maybe the school is closed, but we here at This Week in OpenLab are working away to bring you this week’s highlights! And here they are, in no particular order:
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CityTech Club Fair!
(video from 2011 CityTech Club Fair, posted by The New Tech Times)
On Thursday February 16th, The CityTech Club Fair 2012 will be here–this is a great place to find fellow students who share your interests and check out all that the CityTech student body has to offer. … Continue reading this post
Calendar, The Plug-In
‘Calendar,’ the not-so-creatively-named but very-nicely-designed plug-in, is now available on the OpenLab. As you might expect, it creates a customizable, searchable calendar for your course, club, or project, and that calendar can be hosted in a post or on a page. … Continue reading this post
SlideShare
The SlideShare plugin allows you to embed presentations or documents you’ve uploaded to SlideShare into your posts or pages. Since there are only a few steps involved, I’m including instructions below. But if you’d like help using the plugin — or using SlideShare itself — just let us know.… Continue reading this post
