Hello Group Admins!

The Commons Development Team recently released an update to the privacy options for groups. The new release adds a question to the “Public” privacy settings option that allows a Group Admin to make a public group only visible to logged-in Commons members.

Now, if you select the “Public” setting option under Group Privacy, you…[Read more]

As members of the Group for Group Admins, you are all invited to join the next Commons Open Community meeting due to your extensive usage and knowledge of our platform. During the meeting we’d love to hear from you, our admin-level users, about how you are using the Commons to develop projects, facilitate collaboration, and foster connections…[Read more]

Hello all, I wanted to let you know that the Commons hosting migration that we announced last month will begin in one week, at 10:30am Eastern on Wednesday, January 15th. Because of the size and complexity of the data involved, please expect the Commons to be unavailable for 48-72 hours after the migration starts. During the downtime, we will…[Read more]

Hello Commons group admins, I wanted to let you know that we are planning a maintenance and feature release on Tuesday, Dec 17th around 11am Eastern. It is possible that the site will experience a couple hours of downtime as a result.

We apologize for any inconvenience. We are planning for this to be our last release before our scheduled hosting…[Read more]

Happy holidays, Commons Group Admins!

Our team just published this news post about two big upcoming projects. We are migrating hosts to improve Commons stability and performance, and we are starting a biannual series of Open Community Meetings to share updates, answer questions, and hear your feedback. We hope that you can join the first meeting…[Read more]

Hello Commons Group Admins, I wanted to let you know that the Commons will be inaccessible for maintenance tomorrow evening, Friday 10/18/2024, at 9:30 pm ET for two to three hours. Thanks for your patience, and feel free to message me with any questions!

Colin McDonald
Commons Project Manager
https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/colinmcd/

The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy

Themed Issue 24:

Digital Humanities: Labor, Political Economy, and Activism in the Age of Digital Mediation

Issue Editors:

Matthew N. Hannah, Purdue University

Gabriel Hankins, Clemson University

Anna Alexis Larsson, Indiana University

The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy…[Read more]

Hello Commons Group admins, and happy summer! I wanted to let you know that we just released a full redesign of Groups on the Commons. From the Group front page to the admin-only management settings, you’ll notice a new look and updated functionality across the board.

Check out our news post here for a walkthrough of the biggest changes. We’ve…[Read more]