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Conferences & Events
Planning a conference or event? The Commons offers users the ability to host a group or conference website on the Commons. Groups and sites offer great tools to help with publicity, organization, and registration before your conference. You will want … Continue reading →
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Personal Sites or “Blogs”
Members can have as many WordPress “sites” on the Commons as they want. We have over 1,300 sites on the Commons, many are dedicated to academic group collaboration or professional partnerships. These fall under different use cases. This page deals … Continue reading →
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Issue Tracking
If you run into an issue on The Commons, you can report it by using one of the following two methods: (1) The simpler method is to email us at commonshelpsite@gmail.com. (2) Experienced users may prefer to input the issue and … Continue reading →
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Commons Newbie? 10 Things to Do
Take the Tour and find out how members connect with colleagues, share ideas, and collaborate. Search for like-minded colleagues by name, institution, role, and academic interest. Join some groups or start a group of your own. Collaborate via forums and … Continue reading →
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Commons Features
Available to every member, our set of collaborative tools include: Groups – you can join or start any number of groups and take advantage of the following functionality: (1) group forums – where members can start new topics, or participate … Continue reading →
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How Can I Join?
Registration Policy The Commons is open to the CUNY community. To become a member of the Commons or invite someone else to become a member of the Commons, that potential member must have an email domain the ends in “cuny.edu” … Continue reading →
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“My Commons” – Your Personal Homepage
My Commons provides an easy way to stay current with the network of friends, groups, and sites you develop on the Commons. It constantly aggregates information that is relevant to you – what your friends are doing, what’s going on … Continue reading →
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CUNY.IS Quick Links
Members can set up easy-to-remember, short URLs that link to their profiles, sites, groups, docs, or posts. Once set up, the URLs all begin with “http://cuny.is/“. Member Profile Quick Link Quick Links for Commons Profiles are initially populated with members’ … Continue reading →
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CUNY on Twitter
The Commons provides a great way to use Twitter to track what’s going on at CUNY. To find tweets from the @cunycommons/cunycommons list go to our Twitter News page or find it easily by clicking on “News” Tab on the Commons Home … Continue reading →
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Mention Members using @username
One way to include particular members into a conversation on the Commons is to use their username with a ‘@’ in front of it. You may have noticed in both the screenshot from Facebook and the Academic Commons that a … Continue reading →
