Welcome To Commons 1.15!
The marquee feature of this spring's release is our new Creation Portal - a one-stop launch point to build Groups, Sites, and Connected Groups + Sites.
The Open/Alternative Textbook Program
Supporting over 70 faculty across 15 of BMCC’s 17 departments, this OER site on the Commons aims to replace commercial textbooks with open educational resources and other no-cost materials such as library resources and websites.
Does Your Site Meet Accessibility Standards?
Learn how to use the Wave Accessibility tool to ensure your Commons site meets Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) standards.
Net Art – An Ongoing Open Source Course
Open to all, this remote online digital studio art course exposes and expands the vocabulary of new media art to the student’s personal visual statements.
The Divine Comedy In English – Hunter – Spring 2019
Dante's Divine Comedy "as a poetic and encyclopedic text that borrows and adapts from ancient texts and from contemporary culture and as a text ... has influenced our imagination over the centuries." Read more about this course taught on the Commons
Embedding Content From External Sites
Content from Sutori, Padlet, and VoiceThread can now be embedded in site pages or posts. Embedding resources, rather than linking to them, adds richness to sites and extends functionality. Here's our list of custom embed file and content types.
American Renaissance – Spring 2019 – Grad Center
Known as the American Renaissance, the decades leading up to the Civil War are generally regarded not only as the peak moment in American literary expression but also as a watershed of cultural themes... Read more about this course taught on the Commons.
Gutenberg – The New Block Editor For WordPress
Gutenberg introduces a powerful, new editing experience to WordPress. Learn about the new editor and how the Commons update strategy will affect your sites.
Are You Teaching On The Commons?
Our new Courses tab lists classes that are using the Commons for teaching. We will soon to populate this list automatically, but in the meantime, if you don't see your course in our directory, please fill out this form with your course details.
Welcome to Commons 1.14
Our fall release features a new template system that simplifies site creation, plugin packages that ease site extension around common uses, and new widgets for campus branding, licensing content, and integrating with CUNY’s library search tool.
Getting Started
The CUNY Academic Commons is an academic social network created by and for CUNY. Learn more.
Featured Site
News and updates from the CUNY Academic Commons team, highlighting new features, release notes, and documentation
Recent Posts
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Anthony Picciano wrote a new post, Traveling to Normandy Today!, on the site Tony's Thoughts 33 minutes ago
Dear Commons Community,
Elaine and I are traveling to Paris today on our way to Bayeux, Normandy where we will stay for six days. We are looking forward to taking in the sights of this beautiful small […]
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Anthony Picciano wrote a new post, New York Daily News Cover Blasts Donald Trump: The ‘Snit Hits The Fan’!, on the site Tony's Thoughts 45 minutes ago
Dear Commons Community,
The New York Daily News commented on Donald Trump’s wild Wednesday when the President stomped out of a meeting with Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats and did an impromptu press co […]
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Bushra Chowdhury wrote a new post, Self Assessment, on the site Writing for Science portfolio 7 hours, 4 minutes ago
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When writing, we usually follow a normal writing strategy. For example; when we write an essay, we introduce the topic, then write our claim/thesis, then the body paragraphs (we can add as much body […]
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Luke Waltzer wrote a new post, Self-Assessment, on the site Joseph Nicholas' Writing For Engineers Portfolio and Self-Assessment 7 hours, 21 minutes ago
In my English 21007 course, I had gained a vast array of experience in the use of technical writing. Technical writing is much different than the writing typically seen in academia, in which academic writing […]
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Nicolas Balseca Ona wrote a new post, Introductory Letter, on the site Nicolas Balseca's Portfolio 7 hours, 28 minutes ago
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Ashton Jimenez wrote a new post, Welcome, on the site Ashton Writing in Science 7 hours, 31 minutes ago
This is my portfolio containing all the work i have done for Writing in Science in this semester.
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Bushra Chowdhury wrote a new post, Group Presentation, on the site Writing for Science portfolio 8 hours, 6 minutes ago
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Death could be perceived as a moral good if a patient does not have to spend the little time they have left suffering. Euthanasia is an important issue because it is in regards to human life. More […]
