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.
Creating Faculty Portfolio Sites
Computer Science professor Raffi Khatchadourian recently moved from City Tech to Hunter, and describes how he migrated his portfolio site from The OpenLab to the Commons.
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
-
Nyeem Gunn wrote a new post, Self Assessment, on the site Nyeem's Portfolio 41 minutes ago
Hello All!
Recently in my FIQWS class we were required to create a portfolio website. We are expected to address the course learning outcomes that we were exposed to when the fall semester began. I became worried […] -
Nyeem Gunn wrote a new post, Literacy Narrative Reflection, on the site Nyeem's Portfolio 44 minutes ago
Literacy Narrative Reflection
When writing my literacy narrative, I felt an unquenched deep anger and an undying sympathy. I couldn’t seem to shake the feeling that someone considered comparing racism a girl e […]
-
Nyeem Gunn wrote a new post, Critical Research Paper, on the site Nyeem's Portfolio 44 minutes ago
James Baldwin’s comment on Society told through Freud in “Sonny’s Blues”
“All they really knew were two darknesses, the darkness of their lives, which was now closing in on them, and the darkness of the movie […]
-
Nyeem Gunn wrote a new post, Exploratory Essay, on the site Nyeem's Portfolio 44 minutes ago
“It Was a Different Day When They Killed The Pig” Through the Lens of a Psycho-Analyst
The day Aloisio’s father killed Noca the pig was a truly animated day. When Noca was slaughtered, the sun was bright and a […]
-
Nyeem Gunn wrote a new post, Literacy Narrative, on the site Nyeem's Portfolio 44 minutes ago
Literacy Narrative
Following the Brown V. Board of Education court case, schools became the first public facilities that underwent desegregation in the United States. This meant that people, particularly of color […]
