As you explore the OpenLab, City Tech’s open-source digital platform where students, faculty, and staff can meet to learn, work, and share their ideas, the OpenLab Team is here to support you:
Get Inspired
Because so much of the work on the OpenLab is open, you can look around, get ideas, search for models, and find answers to your questions by seeing what colleagues have already done. Use the filter or search to find examples in your department or from a specific course or colleague. You can then include attribution information to acknowledge the sources of your inspiration.
Find Help
Want to figure out how to do some of the great things you see your colleagues doing on the OpenLab? Check out the OpenLab’s extensive Help section – it has everything you need to get started joining and building sites on the OpenLab. Get help with everything from Creating a Course, inviting students, sharing materials, and using the WordPress block editor to create content on the OpenLab.
Get in Touch
We are available to support you seven days a week via email at openlab@citytech.cuny.edu or via the Contact Us form on the Help page. Reach out with questions, requests, or ideas.
Attend a Workshop
Sign up and attend OpenLab workshops:
- 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: 10:00pm-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
Work Alone, Together
Once a month, we host co-working sessions, where you can work on your own, ask questions, and feel inspired by others working alongside you. The next co-working session is Thursday, August 21, 11:00am-12:00pm.
Open Hours
When the semester begins, in addition to workshops and co-working sessions, you can get support in virtual office hours that we call open hours, available by request: these one-on-one consultations with a member of the OpenLab team are open for anyone to sign up for and participate in. You’re welcome to meet with us at any stage of your work, whether you are just starting to think through how you will set up your site or whether you’re at a more advanced stage.
Stay tuned for Part 3 to learn more about creating a site on the OpenLab!
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