Participate in a Course

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Once you’ve learned how to find and join a course, there are just few more things to know about participating in an OpenLab Course.

Participating in a Course

The most common ways to participate in an OpenLab Course are:

Sharing Your Work

There are many different ways to share your work using the OpenLab. You may be asked to write a comment or a post on the OpenLab, as you learned in the last section. Or you may be asked to create work using another tool – write a paper in Microsoft Word, take a photo of your homework, create a slide show in Google Slides, create a design in Illustrator, and so on. And then share it with your professor and/or your fellow students on the OpenLab. 

Here are some ways to post work on the OpenLab. Your professor will let you know which one to use:

  • Comment on a post created by your professor: 
    • You can add a written response in a comment and also include a link to a file in your Dropbox, Google Docs, or another tool.
  • Create a post that includes your work:
    • You may write an essay, create a gallery of photos, embed a YouTube video or slide show presentation, or include a link to files in your Dropbox, Google Docs, or another tool.
    • When you post your work, remember to add the appropriate category to your post.
  • Post your work on your Portfolio: 
    • You may add coursework and learning reflections to your OpenLab Portfolio site. You can add to your Portfolio throughout your career at the University of New Haven, not just for a single course.
  • Submit your work via Dropbox:
    • You may put your work in your professor’s Dropbox account using a file request or shared folder link that your professor has provided in a post on the Course Site.
  • Submit your work using the File Library feature: 
    • You may be asked to submit your work on the Course Home using the File Library feature.

This article is adapted from City Tech OpenLab Help, under a CC BY-NC-SA license.