Members use the Commons in many different ways.  Listed below are some of them:

• Teaching Classes – professors from all CUNY campuses can use the Commons to teach classes. We offer a site teaching template to make it easy to get a class up and running. Professors can also use groups for teaching, or link a group to a group site to create a full-featured class environment.
• Conferences/Events – connect your conference to a Commons site or group
• Publications – the Commons hosts a number of open access journals
• Personal Sites or “Blogs” – post your thoughts, research, articles, poems, images on a Commons site
• Initiatives/Centers – websites can be configured to include news posts
• Research – use sites to publish research findings. Use groups to discuss and collaborate.
• Academic Portfolios – we provide an academic portfolio template to jump-start your site
• Student e-portfolios – have your students create sites to track their learning
• Committees/Departments – centralize documents, discuss topics, collaborate on projects using Commons groups.