CUNY Academic Commons

Commons News

• 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
• Gutenberg – The New WordPress Editor January 22, 2019
  Block Editing WordPress 5.0 was released in early December and features a modern, new editor called “Gutenberg” that replaces the “Classic” editor that has been around for years. Gutenberg is one of the biggest and most controversial changes in WordPress history, and the web is filled with articles, both pro and con. Gutenberg’s user experience […]
  Scott Voth
• The Graduate Center Welcomes Two New Open Educational Technologists January 7, 2019
  The Graduate Center’s Teaching and Learning Center (GCTLC) and GC Digital Initiatives (GCDI) are pleased to announce the hiring of two Open Educational Technologists who will support open pedagogical projects at the GC and throughout CUNY. Their work will primarily center on support for teaching with the CUNY Academic Commons, Manifold Scholarship, and Vocat, three […]
  Luke Waltzer
• Announcing Version 1.14: Improving the Commons for OER Teaching and Research November 13, 2018
  Welcome to Release 1.14 Our new 1.14 release offers an array of enhancements to the Commons that respond to recent usage patterns and expanding interest in the Commons as an open solution for CUNY’s teaching, research, and scholarship. Our 1.13 release made it easier to add users to sites and groups on the Commons by […]
  Stephen Real
• Announcing Commons In A Box OpenLab October 29, 2018
  The Commons In A Box team is delighted to announce the public release of Commons In A Box OpenLab, a free open-source software platform for teaching, learning, and collaboration.   Over the past two years, we have partnered with the OpenLab team at New York City College of Technology, CUNY (City Tech) to develop a […]
  Scott Voth