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Redmine CUNY Academic Commons - Support #19732 (New): Twitter/X feedhttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/197322024-02-09T19:18:02ZMarilyn WeberMweber@gc.cuny.edu
<p>My name is Malkah, and I work at the CUNY Graduate Center's Writing Center. On our CUNY Commons website, we have linked our Twitter/X account so that our Twitter/X feed appears on the right-hand side of our landing page.</p>
<p>I am using Chrome, and although I can see the Twitter/X feed on my computer, my colleague who is also using Chrome, cannot see the Twitter/X feed on his computer. The same goes for another colleague who uses Firefox, and the same goes for my phone, which uses Safari.</p>
<p>Would you please let us know how to fix this issue so that everyone can see the Twitter/X feed when they visit our website?</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>All the best,<br />Malkah Bressler</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Feature #19628 (New): Text to Audio browser Add-on for Increased Accessi...https://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/196282024-01-30T17:02:30ZLaurie Hurson
<p>Hi All,</p>
<p>I was exploring text to audio tools the other day and found that both Firefox and Chrome have browser add-ons called "Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader" that add text to audio features on websites. Once installed in the browser, the tool converts the Commons page to audio, and allows users to navigate websites with support from audio navigation.</p>
<p>We might add a note about this on the accessibility page, and I can add it to the help documentation for teaching.</p>
<p>Using the tools also reveals that some of the home pages sections are skipped during audio, which makes me wonder if they are also missing or skipped if someone is using a screen reader. Maybe something to investigate when we have a chance.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Bug #19617 (New): Tickets Missing from WS deskhttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/196172024-01-29T17:19:57ZLaurie Hurson
<p>Hi All,</p>
<p>I replied to this ticket below (Ticket 4583) through WS desk on Friday afternoon. Now when I go to find the ticket in WS desk it is nowhere to be found. See screenshots.</p>
<p>This has happened several times that I cannot find the tickets I was working on and therefore I cannot check if they have been replied to. Am I doing something wrong? Is this a bug or are the tickets archived somewhere that I cannot access?</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Feature #18739 (New): PDF Embedder Premiumhttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/187392023-09-05T17:39:09ZSyelle Graves
<p>We have a quick question about the PDF embedder: Has the Commons team ever considered the paid version? We ask because we have a newsletter with hyperlinks that we can't embed. and it would be great to have that functionality, which I believe the paid plugin has.</p>
<p>The only alternative I know of is to use an embedded Google doc, but we don't do that because we would have to reformat all of our existing PDFs, which we’ve tried and found not worth it (tables and images take forever to convert from Word to gdocs). Anyway, we're just curious in general if the Commons has considered or would consider it, if it's not too expensive!</p>
<p>Hope it's okay to ask. Thank you!</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Bug #18117 (New): ourtlc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/" is giving us a "critical e...https://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/181172023-04-25T23:43:20ZMarilyn WeberMweber@gc.cuny.edu
<p>Via ZD:</p>
<p>"I work with the TLC. Our URL "https://ourtlc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/" is giving us a "critical error" message and I am unsure as to why. This is a sudden issue. It wasn't doing this as early as two days ago. There's been no major changes and I am not sure how to fix the issue. Can we receive some guidance and help with this issue??<br />Professor Kevaughn Hunter City College of New York"</p>
<p>I (Marilyn) see this as well - Chrome, on a PC</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Feature #18099 (New): Using Tag Groups plugin to create tag group lists i...https://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/180992023-04-24T15:29:00ZLaurie Hurson
<p>Hi All,</p>
<p>I am using the "Tag Groups" plugin on this site: <a class="external" href="https://tlcassignments.commons.gc.cuny.edu/">https://tlcassignments.commons.gc.cuny.edu/</a></p>
<p>A few weeks ago Ray helped me with the front page boxed tag display, which is looking good, but I am hoping to refine the tag lists using the plugin on this front page, and within each post.</p>
<p>First question:</p>
<p>The Tag Groups plugin allows the admin to create groups of tags; in the case of this site I have grouped tags as either "type" or "feature" of an assignment. You can see these groupings in the dashboard in tags and tag group admin.</p>
<p>On the front page right now you are seeing how the tag groups shortcode displays "tag list" under "type" and all tags as a boxed tag cloud under feature. Ideally, I would like the tags in the "type" group to display under the "type of assignment" heading in the same boxed format that ray designed (same as category display)and the feature tags to display under the "assignment feature" heading.</p>
<p>Second question:</p>
<p>Within each post, I would like to use shortcode to auto-populate the "type" tags in the type column and the "feature" tags in the feature column. Ideally the shortcode displayed tags lists would be live links, so a user could see that the assignment feature "student choice" and click "student choice" to see other, similarly tagged assignments. These lists do not need to be boxed (as they would be on front page) a simple list would make sense here.<br /> Sample post: <a class="external" href="https://tlcassignments.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2023/04/03/documentary-analysis/">https://tlcassignments.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2023/04/03/documentary-analysis/</a></p>
<p>Does this make sense? Thanks for your help with this. I have poked around and tried various short code but could not get the tag groups to display correctly.</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Bug #17834 (New): Open PDF in new tabhttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/178342023-03-15T14:47:55ZLaurie Hurson
<p>Hi Ray, All,</p>
<p>I am helping with the CILC folks on this site: <a class="external" href="https://cilc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/heritage-arabic-ebook/teaching-materials/">https://cilc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/heritage-arabic-ebook/teaching-materials/</a></p>
<p>They want to be able to to click the PDF link (below the embed) and have it open in a new tab (and not download right away). I can't seem to figure out the right settings to get this to work as they want.</p>
<p>Any suggestions?</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Feature #17797 (New): Widgets in Pages for custom category listshttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/177972023-03-08T18:34:10ZLaurie Hurson
<p>Hi All,</p>
<p>I am building out an OER TLC assignment library on the Commons. I will need to make the taxonomies and folksonomies visible to users so the site and assignments can be easily searched and navigated, kind of like it is here (bottom of page): <a class="external" href="http://teachoer.org/">http://teachoer.org/</a></p>
<p>On the TeachOER site, I used "widgets on pages" plugin that allows a user to group widget and use shortcode to insert. I like how the widget displays on the front end not just as a lit but as buttons. (I Think this may be the theme?)<br /><a class="external" href="https://datamad.co.uk/wordpress-plugins/widgets-on-pages/">https://datamad.co.uk/wordpress-plugins/widgets-on-pages/</a></p>
<p>My question: can we add widgets in pages plugin for use on this Commons site: <a class="external" href="https://tlcassignments.commons.gc.cuny.edu/">https://tlcassignments.commons.gc.cuny.edu/</a></p>
<p>AND/OR can you advise: is there a better way to do this now with the block editor? I can imagine making buttons with custom links to each category archive but I think this would be tedious. Right now, I see that the "category block only lists categories, and does not display them in a pleasing way.</p>
<p>There is no rush on this, I don't need to complete the prototype library site until April.</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Feature #17102 (New): Universal footer revisions for ToS / CChttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/171022022-10-25T16:06:51ZColin McDonald
<p>As part of our Creative Commons licensing and display overhaul, we want to edit the universal footer that appears across all Commons pages (see attached for its current state).</p>
<p>The main issue is the four links that appear under the nav items: Help, Privacy, Terms of Service, Creative Commons (CC) license unless otherwise noted.</p>
<p>(Incidentally, we have another project we should resolve here to update the text at some of these links: <a class="external" href="https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/cac-community-team-project-planning/forum/topic/summer-project-review-of-commons-tos-privacy-policy-and-mission-statement-2/">https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/cac-community-team-project-planning/forum/topic/summer-project-review-of-commons-tos-privacy-policy-and-mission-statement-2/</a>)</p>
<p>I'm proposing we change the fourth link to say Creative Commons License Info, and then instead of linking to this general CC license page that we do now:</p>
<p><a class="external" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/</a></p>
<p>Instead we link to a new page of documentation that explains a few of the CC points we've made in recent meetings:</p>
<p>- CC-licensed content on the Commons is also subject to our ToS, which allows us to truncate, show excerpts, repurpose, etc as per the needs of our design and the Commons overall<br />- The overall Commons content philosophy and distinction: You own your content on the Commons, different than on almost any other platform or social network. Explain what this means, how you can protect/export/etc.<br />- You can change the CC license of your Commons content at any time, on a space-by-space level.<br />- You can also choose no CC license at all, later or during space setup, and retain all rights with the exception of the ToS allowances mentioned above.<br />- A section on CC licensing and OER, which would be related to <a class="issue tracker-2 status-1 priority-4 priority-default child" title="Feature: OER tag and CC licensing notification system (New)" href="https://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/17101">#17101</a></p>
<p>This version of the universal footer would only show up on our "core" Commons pages, like the homepage and directories -- we will need to spell out what this core contains.</p>
<p>A separate version would appear for this footer on individual Commons site and group pages, which will have their own licensing decisions and display. This version could just omit the fourth link to CC information, to reduce possible confusion there.</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Feature #17101 (New): OER tag and CC licensing notification systemhttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/171012022-10-25T16:04:02ZColin McDonald
<p>We discussed in our last monthly meeting an idea to better link the OER tag during course site creation (or later editing such a site) with our Creative Commons licensing options.</p>
<p>It was proposed that if a user selects the OER tag, there would be an inline message if they have no CC license selected (either during the creation flow or on the site in Settings if the tag is being added later).</p>
<p>The message would say something like:</p>
<p>"We noticed that you have tagged your site as an OER but no CC license is present. Please CC license the open content, or the whole site in Settings>Writing. To learn more about open licensing visit our documentation [link TBD]."</p>
<p>Let's talk more about the mechanics of this, but I wanted to get the general idea down here.</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Feature #16795 (New): Updating default themes on new sites and templateshttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/167952022-09-14T15:22:02ZLaurie Hurson
<p>Hi All,</p>
<p>On several of the dev/community calls we have discussed updating the default theme on new sites and the templates offered during the creation flow.</p>
<p>Current template sites are below. For Academic, Conference, and Teaching sites, I believe these sites (below) are cloned when a user chooses one of these templates. Is that correct? If so, if I change the theme here, will this update the default theme for any new sites that select the template?</p>
<p>Any new site default theme is Twenty Twenty <a class="external" href="https://wordpress.org/themes/twentytwenty/">https://wordpress.org/themes/twentytwenty/</a></p>
<p>Academic Template: <a class="external" href="https://academic-portfolio-template.commons.gc.cuny.edu/">https://academic-portfolio-template.commons.gc.cuny.edu/</a></p>
<p>Conference Template: <a class="external" href="https://conftemplate.commons.gc.cuny.edu/">https://conftemplate.commons.gc.cuny.edu/</a></p>
<p>Teaching Template: <a class="external" href="https://teaching-template.commons.gc.cuny.edu/">https://teaching-template.commons.gc.cuny.edu/</a></p>
<p>Looking at the templates again, I don't know if we actually need to update the themes for the Academic or Conference templates. Thoughts?</p>
<p>I think new sites and teaching templates would benefit from a new default themes.</p>
<p>Perhaps we make the new default Twenty Twenty Two to be consistent with Wordpress? 2022 theme is more appealing than 2020. <a class="external" href="https://wordpress.org/themes/twentytwentytwo/">https://wordpress.org/themes/twentytwentytwo/</a></p>
<p>For the teaching template - Colin - are there any themes that have been really popular for BK faculty teaching courses? In my experience a lot of people like the Radiate theme, but we may want something new since a lot of other sites are already using this theme. I will also start a new ticket with suggestions for a few new themes to add to the network.</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Publicity #14475 (New): OER Showcase Pagehttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/144752021-05-19T15:59:39ZLaurie Hurson
<p>Hi All,</p>
<p>Beginnings of the OER Project Showcase page are here: <a class="external" href="https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/open-educational-resource-projects-on-the-commons/">https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/open-educational-resource-projects-on-the-commons/</a></p>
<p>Right now it is limited to projects that have been developed since CUNY began receiving OER funds from the state.</p>
<p>If we want to go further back (there are some open ed projects from 2011, 2015, etc) we can, but wanted to get feedback and discuss the aim of the page (e.g. are we trying to highlight grant funded projects or all open ed work on the commons?)</p>
<p>Thanks,<br />Laurie</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Support #12328 (New): Sign up Code for Non-CUNY Facultyhttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/123282020-01-27T16:23:58ZLaurie Hurson
<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>I am in touch with two faculty teaching a data viz course this spring. They would like to join the commons to set up their course but do not have cuny email addresses. Can I provide them with a sign up code to allow them to join? If so, how does the code get created?</p>
<p>Thanks,<br />Laurie</p> NYCDH Community Site - Feature #10624 (New): QMSS - Flyer and Cardshttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/106242018-10-29T17:36:33ZAlex IrklievskiAIrklievski@gc.cuny.eduCUNY Academic Commons - Publicity #5298 (New): Survey Pop-Up Texthttps://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/52982016-03-08T17:05:23ZSamantha Raddatz
<p>I think the pop-up asking people to take the survey should be short and sweet. How about this?</p>
<a name="Help-us-improve-the-CUNY-Academic-Commons"></a>
<h2 >Help us improve the CUNY Academic Commons...<a href="#Help-us-improve-the-CUNY-Academic-Commons" class="wiki-anchor">¶</a></h2>
<a name="Please-take-this-5-minute-survey-about-your-use-of-the-Commons-and-be-entered-to-win-a-brand-new-iPad"></a>
<h3 >Please take <a href="https://cunyacademiccommons.typeform.com/to/o3IPTa" class="external">this 5 minute survey</a> about your use of the Commons and be entered to win a <strong>brand new iPad</strong>!<a href="#Please-take-this-5-minute-survey-about-your-use-of-the-Commons-and-be-entered-to-win-a-brand-new-iPad" class="wiki-anchor">¶</a></h3>
<p>(Screenshot of the pop-up styling attached for reference)</p>