{"id":121,"date":"2022-04-23T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/?p=121"},"modified":"2024-01-14T11:17:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T11:17:43","slug":"what-are-courses-projects-and-portfolios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/what-are-courses-projects-and-portfolios\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Courses, Projects, and Portfolios?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/groups\/type\/course\/\"><strong>Courses<\/strong><\/a> on the OpenLab can be created for any discipline to share materials, hold discussions, collect assignments, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/groups\/type\/project\/\"><strong>Projects<\/strong><\/a> can include student research projects, college committees, grant-funded initiatives, departmental working groups, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/groups\/type\/portfolio\/\"><strong>Portfolios<\/strong><\/a> can be created by anyone with an OpenLab account. Portfolios are sites where students, faculty, and staff can showcase their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Courses, projects, and portfolios can be categorized on the OpenLab in a few different ways to help people narrow down their searches and find what they\u2019re looking for. When a course, project, or portfolio falls in one of the categories listed below, \u201cbadges\u201d denoting its type or \u201ccategory\u201d will appear on its profile page, along the left side of the avatar image.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/04\/Badges_1-1024x456.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/04\/Badges_1-1024x456.png 1024w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/04\/Badges_1-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/04\/Badges_1-768x342.png 768w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/04\/Badges_1-1536x683.png 1536w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/04\/Badges_1-2048x911.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If the course, project, or portfolio can be categorized in several ways, it will have several badges. The categories denoted by badges are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This badge appears when the profile and site are visible to anyone, whether or not they are members of the OpenLab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Available for courses, projects, and portfolios.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cloneable\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This badge appears when other members can \u201cclone,\u201d meaning they can create an exact copy of a course, or project.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Available for courses and projects (portfolios cannot be cloned).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using badges in a search<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When you search in course, project, and portfolio directories, or using the site-wide search at the top of the OpenLab, you can narrow your search for different types using the checkboxes with badge names. For example, if you want to find all courses in a particular department that are open and cloneable, you would choose the appropriate department, and then check the boxes for Open and Cloneable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/04\/Badges_2-1024x399.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/04\/Badges_2-1024x399.png 1024w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/04\/Badges_2-300x117.png 300w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/04\/Badges_2-768x299.png 768w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/04\/Badges_2-1536x598.png 1536w, https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/openlab-help\/files\/2022\/04\/Badges_2-2048x797.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This article is adapted from<a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.citytech.cuny.edu\/blog\/help\/openlab-help\/\"> City Tech OpenLab Help<\/a>, under a<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/3.0\/\"> CC BY-NC-SA license<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courses on the OpenLab can be created for any discipline to share materials, hold discussions, collect assignments, and more. 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