Open*CUNY

Opportunities & Support Updates

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Greeting OpenCUNY participants!

We hope your spring semesters are off to a good start!

We also wanted to let you know about some upcoming opportunities for participation, important updates to the platform, and to remind you about some of our recent resources that may be of interest to you!

:::OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPATION:::

EVENT: Managing Your Digital Footprint Part 2 – Wednesday 4/10, 4-6pm (Rm 5414)

Herein we will continue the conversation about data privacy and security and include a discussion of how we might collectively communicate our concerns and advocate solutions related to student data privacy at The Graduate Center.

DROP-IN SESSIONS: Join us in Room 5396 to get 1-1 support

OPENCUNY IS HIRING: Call is forthcoming

For those interested in becoming further involved, OpenCUNY will be hiring a new Coordinator this semester. While we are sad to losing our currently longest-serving coordinator, Laurie, we are happy to see her moving on and up, and looking forward to working with you! Stay tuned for the call for applications, coming to you via the Doctoral Students’ Council.

:::PLATFORM UPDATES:::

WordPress has introduced a new editor interface – Gutenberg.

To avoid confusion, we have activated a network-wide plugin (or bit of software) that maintains the older version of the editor across sites hosted on OpenCUNY (so nothing on your site should look differently!).

However:

Even for the ambitious, this interface can be disorienting. Here is an overview and guide to using the new editor. Sometimes videos are easier for getting started – so here’s one of those too! Of course there are many, MANY more resources and videos (and discussions!) available online… duck, duck, go!

:::RECENTLY AVAILABLE RESOURCES:::

Lastly, a quick reminder of some of the latest resources made available by the OpenCUNY team:

Other questions, concerns, and crises can be directed to info@opencuny.org – get in touch as needed!

Wishing you all the best this spring semester!

Your OpenCUNY Coordinators,

~ Laurie, Paul & Kristen

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