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Open Ed Tech Co-op
What it is? Available services: (capture posts in OETC category) Wordpress Mattermost Sandstorm

Plugin: Academic Blogger’s Toolkit
Every now and then a WordPress plugin comes along that I instantly know will be a useful game-changer for many TruBox and OpenETC users. I recently installed this plugin on both servers and will take a few paragraphs to show you what it does. The Academic Blogger’s Toolkit (ABT) helps you manage citations and bibliographies…
How Does Open Tech Promote Open Practice at TRU?
What do we mean by an “open platform”? For today, we will avoid definitions and focus on how platforms work, and how we work with them. For a few sets of tools, let’s ask the following questions: Where is it hosted? Who “owns” the software? Who administers and constructs the environment? How much can it…
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A tale of two [mattermost servers, container types, databases]
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it…
Plug-ins, Unplugged
What is a plug-in? A WordPress plugin is a piece of software that “plugs into” your WordPress site. Plugins can add new functionality or extend existing functionality on your site… The Ultimate Guide to WordPress Plugins: 19 Examples & How They Work What plug-in are in use now? We have a number of “network activated”…

TruBox & OpenETC upgraded to WordPress 5.4
Hi all, this upgrade to WordPress 5.4 brings a few handy improvements: A four-screen “onboarding” style guide to using the block editor that appears the first time you open the block editor. It can be viewed again via the vertical three dots in the upper right of the window under the item “Welcome Guide”. (If…