Welcome, Students!

Our first class meeting is Thursday, August 31st, 2:30-5pm in Pearl 117.

We will be using a variety of tools for coursework, collaboration, and communication, including this OpenLab Course Site. Weekly Agendas and assignments will be posted here on Wednesday before our class meeting.

Please take some time to explore this site and complete the following small tasks before our first meeting, if possible.

Tasks

1. Take the Student Survey

Please complete this Student Survey to help me to understand your technology setup and any challenges you might have. All responses are private.

2. Introduce Yourself

Take a minute to introduce yourself to the class in this Discussion: Introductions post. Add a comment with a little background about yourself. Include a link to a photo or video of yourself and/or something or someone who has influenced your creative work. Looking forward to meeting you!

3. Join this Course

• If you have an OpenLab account*, login, navigate to the Course Profile, and click Join this Course under the course avatar. The course will then appear under My OpenLab > My Courses.
• If you’re new to OpenLab, follow these instructions to create an account and these instructions to join the course. You may also want to check out the step-by-step tutorial, The OpenLab for Students, to get comfortable with the OpenLab.
• If you are a transfer student and don’t have a City Tech email address, please get in touch with me as soon as possible at jspevack@citytech.cuny.edu.

4. Favorite this Course

Use the Favorites button on the Course Profile, to save this course to My Favorites for easy access.

See you on Thursday, August 31st at 2:30pm in P117

If you have any questions at all, please reach out via email at jspevack@citytech.cuny.edu or leave a comment on this post.