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Commons News

• Version 1.17 Released: Group Library and Site Cloning Features July 28, 2020
  Our latest release revamps how Group members can share group resources with each other and introduces a powerful cloning tool for adapting existing Sites to new uses while preserving the original. Both are well-timed to enable more efficient group collaboration and Site expansion (building off of last year’s new creation portal) as COVID-19 necessitates new […]
  Colin McDonald
• Changes to Group Email Notifications March 26, 2020
  Commons 1.16.8, released on March 24, introduces a small but important change to group email notifications that makes it easier to see their subjects in your inbox, especially if you use a mobile device. Prior to this change, the group’s name would appear before the subject, making it hard to see what the notification was […]
  Scott Voth
• The CUNY Academic Commons – COVID-19 Response and Resources March 24, 2020
  The CUNY Academic Commons remains open to serve CUNY faculty, students, and staff as our community responds to the COVID-19 pandemic. We encourage new and existing users to explore how the Commons can help fulfill its central mission of connecting members of CUNY to each other.  As a reminder, the Commons is a faculty-led, open-source […]
  Matthew K. Gold
• Commons Ten Year Growth February 13, 2020
  Scott Voth
• Commons Ten Year Retrospective January 19, 2020
  The Commons Timeline documents the site’s ten year evolution and shows how new functionality is driven by member needs.
  Scott Voth
• Thought Project Interviews Matt Gold and Luke Waltzer January 9, 2020
  Gold and Waltzer return to The Thought Project podcast to celebrate and discuss the 10th anniversary of Commons, which achieved their goal to establish a generative platform that enhances the intellectual life of CUNY. Tune in to hear about their plans for the next 10 years. –Thought Project News – Episode 75
  Scott Voth
• Version 1.16 Released: Revamped Courses Directory December 4, 2019
  Teaching continues to drive substantial growth on the Commons, so we’re excited today to launch new features for searching and discovering the rapidly-increasing number of courses in our community. Our revamped Courses Directory now boasts a hero slideshow of rotating course highlights, a new filter bar for finding Courses based on a variety of configurable […]
  Colin McDonald
• CUNY Academic Commons Annual Report 2018 – 2019 August 19, 2019
  Driven by intense interest across the CUNY system in using the Commons as a teaching platform, our 2018-2019 Annual Report shows how our site continues to provide a generative platform to showcase the intellectual life of the entire university.    
  Scott Voth
• Version 1.15 Released: Streamlined Creation for Groups and Sites May 7, 2019
  As the CUNY Academic Commons grows faster than ever, and is used by an increasing number of community members for a diverse range of projects, our latest release makes it easier to set up new spaces for collaboration and sharing. Today we are introducing a Creation Portal that will be a one-stop launch point for […]
  Colin McDonald
• Sutori, Padlet, and VoiceThread Embeds Now Supported on the Commons February 15, 2019
  The Commons Dev team recently implemented code changes to support Sutori, Padlet, and VoiceThread embeds on WordPress sites. Actively engaged with the pedagogical needs of the CUNY community, the Commons provides an open source infrastructure that integrates both proprietary and non-proprietary resources. Here is a list of custom file and content types which can be […]
  Scott Voth