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  • Deprecation of Social Paper

    Background In December 2015, the Commons launched the first version of Social Paper (Beta), an exciting networked writing environment that enabled students to compose and share all forms of their written work across across courses, disciplines, institutions and academic terms. … Continue reading →

  • Group Directory

    There are almost 2,000 groups on the Commons and the Groups Directory surfaces Commons groups by keyword, campus, purpose, and tags. Filters narrow search results – they have an implicit “and” condition. However, both the Campus and Purpose filters allow … Continue reading →

  • Embed A Group Forum On A Site Page

    If you want to embed a group discussion forum into a Site post or page, use the following shortcode, surrounded by “[” and “]: group-forum slug=”xxx” height=”800″ where xxx is the group slug. For example in the group URL, https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/digital-humanities-initiative/. … Continue reading →

  • Clean Up After Group Cloning

    After you clone a group, there are several things to do: Choose an avatar for your group Review its short link, and adjust as needed Start adding members. By default, a cloned group has only yourself as a member. By … Continue reading →

  • How To Create or Clone a Group + Site

    A Connected Group + Site The Commons makes it possible to create or clone a connected group and site in one process. This process is broken down in two steps: first a group is created or cloned and then a … Continue reading →

  • How To Create Or Clone A Group

    Getting Started There are two ways to get started creating a group. In each case, you need to be logged on to the Commons. First Way – On the Commons home page, click on “Create a new space“: Second Way … Continue reading →

  • Group Email Notifications

    Each time a member does something in a group, such as join the group, add an item to the Group Library or the add a topic or reply to a topic in the Discussion Forum, the action is added to … Continue reading →

  • The Group Library

    A repository for group files, editable Docs, external links, and forum attachments, the group library centralizes member resources and allows them to be organized into folders and easily discovered by keyword searches or filtered by type and folder. Library items … Continue reading →

  • Group Metadata

    In June, 2019, the Commons began to collect basic metadata for sites and groups to better understand how members are using the Commons and what their needs might be. We will not share data entered here in aggregate with any … Continue reading →

  • How To Manage A Group

    Once you have created a group, you and whoever is also delegated to be an admin will see the “Manage” option in your group’s sidebar, circled below.   All the settings for your group can be adjusted here. Details: Most … Continue reading →