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The Group for Group Admins

A meta-group for all of the Commons’ group admins so that the CUNY Academic Commons team can share information and keep you updated about changes to the site (and especially the Group interface). This group will also provide a way for us to get feedback from you about features you’d like to see added and ways we can improve the Group functionality.

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Commons 1.8 group enhancements

Posted by Scott Voth (he/him) on May 31, 2015 at 11:09 am

Hello Group Admins –
We recently released Commons 1.8, and there are a number of enhancements we’d like you to know about.
Events Calendar lets group members enter events, notify other members via email, and aggregate these events in attractive individual, group, and global calendars while respecting privacy settings. It’s a great addition to you group, and we hope you try it out. Read more at: http://codex.commons.gc.cuny.edu/events-calendar/ and on our News Blog at http://news.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2015/05/26/events-calendar-for-groups/
Groups can now cross post to other group forums! And groups can now have social media icons – so, for example, if your group has a Twitter or Facebook account – you can easily set up a link on your group home page. You can now search through forum posts! This is a big improvement for groups that use their forum page a lot. Read about this new enhancement here:
http://codex.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2015/05/26/more-goodies/
We hope you enjoy all these new features!

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Stephen Klein

Member
June 1, 2015 at 2:17 pm

I do not see “My Events” under my avatar.
Has Commons 1.8 been released?
Do I need special status to access this functionality?

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Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2015 11:09 AM
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Subject: Scott Voth started the topic Commons 1.8 group enhancements in the forum The Group for Group Admins [CUNY Academic Commons]

Matthew K. Gold (he/him)

Member
June 1, 2015 at 3:18 pm

Hi Stephen,

Yes, 1.8 has been released, and no, you don’t need special status to access
the calendar functionality. If you’ve been logged in at your computer for a
while, you may need to do a hard refresh to reload menus, etc. If that
doesn’t work, please email the team at commons@gc.cuny.edu and we would be
glad to troubleshoot. Thanks!

I hope that groups begin exploring these new features. Calendars will be
great for groups scheduling events, conferences, and workshops, and the
ability to post to multiple groups at one time will help anyone hoping to
get the word out about an event, opportunity, or initiative.

Best,

Matt

Stephen Klein

Member
June 1, 2015 at 3:23 pm

Thanks, Matt. I needed to purge the cache.
Now it is avaialble.

-Stephen

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