The CUNY Academic Commons was designed to facilitate connections between individuals and groups across the 23 campuses of CUNY, which are spread out across New York City. It provides various digital tools like wikis, forums, groups and blogs to help connect students, faculty and staff across the university system and encourage collaboration. The site is meant to be flexible and dynamic to suit the needs of its users.

1. The CUNY Academic Commons was designed to facilitate
connections between individuals and groups across 23 CUNY
campuses, which are spread out across New York City.

2. wikis
People
Forums
Groups
Blogs Wikis

3. Home
Scroll down the home page and see who’s online.

4. Home
Browse groups according to how
new, active or popular they are.

5. Home
Browse members according to
how new or active they are.

6. Home
Read recent blog posts.

7. People
Search through all members
on the Commons.

8. People
Connect to your friends.

9. People
Add a friend and reach out to others on
the Commons.

10. Groups
Browse through public groups on the Commons.

11. Groups
Select my groups to connect quickly to
groups that you participate in.

12. Groups
Join a group to connect with others who share similar interests.

13. Groups
Create a group that meets your needs.

14. Blogs
Search through blogs on the Commons.
Members can adjust the privacy settings on
personal or group blogs.

15. Blogs
Access your work quickly with my blogs.

16. Blogs
Create a blog that suits your needs.

17. Wiki
The Commons wiki is a flexible tool that presents a
great opportunity for crowdsourcing knowledge;
allowing multiple people to edit a single page.

18. Wiki
Contribute to an existing wiki or create a new wiki and invite
others to contribute.

19. Forums
Select all topics to keep track of conversations on the forums.

20. Forums
Keep the conversation going with my topics.

21. Forums
Create a new topic to start
a conversation.

22. Help
The CUNY Academic Commons Community Team is
here to help. Explore your avenues of support here.

23. Sign-in and connect.
Sign-in and connect.
The CUNY Academic Commons was designed to be flexible and dynamic. We
encourage you to be creative with how you mix and match its components to suit
your needs.
This is your space; we invite you to help shape it.