Creating open course environments with GitLab and Grav CMS

This post details how an educator leveraged GitLab and Grav CMS to create an open course environment, demonstrating a practical application of GitLab for content management and collaboration. It highlights the use of GitLab for version control of course materials, collaborative editing by students, and integration with a flat-file CMS (Grav) that uses Markdown. The author also discusses the benefits of open-source software in education and provides a specific example with the CMPT-363 course hub, releasing an open-source version of the project.