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.
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.
Announcing Commons In A Box OpenLab!
The Commons In A Box team is delighted to announce the public release of CBOX OpenLab, a free open-source software platform for teaching, learning, and collaboration.
The Commons Is Hiring A Project Manager (Part-Time)
Join our team! We are looking for a manager with a balance of technical, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
Why Teach on the Commons?
Unlike most closed, proprietary platforms, the Commons is constantly changing to meet your needs. Teaching on the Commons shows how our robust teaching platform is always evolving. Expect some exciting new features later this fall!
CUNY Academic Commons Annual Report 2017-2018
Our annual report shows how the Commons continues to integrate into the life of the university by offering opportunities to every campus, faculty member, and student.
Enliven Student Writing With Ivanhoe
"Collaborate... Perform... Reflect..." Ivanhoe is a WordPress theme that creates games where students assume different characters' roles and make moves. See Ivanhoe in action on the Commons.
Looking For A WordPress Plugin?
If you have a site on the Commons, our new plugin director lets you use keyword searches to discover plugin functionality.
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, Gifts of $100 Million or More to Higher Education in 2018!, on the site Tony's Thoughts 2 hours, 55 minutes ago
Dear Commons Community,
Below is a list of all gifts of $100 million or more made to colleges and universities in 2018. The gifts and biographical information were compiled by The Chronicle of Higher Education […]
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Anthony Picciano wrote a new post, New Election in North Carolina Congressional Race after Investigation Shows Voter Fraud!, on the site Tony's Thoughts 3 hours, 36 minutes ago
Dear Commons Community,
Officials in North Carolina ordered a new election after a GOP political operative engaged in an illegal voter-turnout fraud. Mark Harris, the Republican candidate who led in the […]
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Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post, A Letter to New Chancellor Rodriquez, on the site Envisioning Online Learning 9 hours, 3 minutes ago
Dear Chancellor Felix Matos Rodriquez,
Congratulations on attaining your new position!
I am writing this in the hopes that you take a risk, one much needed with CUNY. The risk involves empowering some […]
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Lyneisha D Bright wrote a new post, (no title), on the site Lyneisha Bright's Portfolio 10 hours, 12 minutes ago
Scientist Profile Reflective Letter
The approach that I initially took when researching my scientist was extremely challenging. This was because, the topics that I was using to assist me in finding my scientist […]
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Pedro Cabello del Moral wrote a new post, Workbook Capítulo 12, on the site Intermediate Spanish 201 Spring 2019 12 hours, 2 minutes ago
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Raffi Khatchadourian wrote a new post, Event details now available, on the site New York Seminar on Programming Languages and Software Engineering 15 hours, 53 minutes ago
Details on how to get to the seminar is now available on our main website.
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MingYang Zhang wrote a new post, Assignment, on the site Writing for Engineering 15 hours, 58 minutes ago
