CUNY Academic Commons

Cool idea. Would it be okay to use the magazine template option on the Canvas theme, and make the stories sliders? And I was thinking what to call the page - is it too corny to call it "Buzz"? Something like that... Or - "In the News" or "Mentions." Any ideas?

Do whatever you think would work best. I like "Buzz" or "Commons Buzz."

Great work, Scott!!! For others watching this ticket, here is the page Scott created: http://news.commons.gc.cuny.edu/commons-buzz/

Scott --

Please add these items:

The CUNY Academic Commons: Building the Social University
http://clc.yale.edu/2011/03/02/the-cuny-academic-commons-building-the-social-university/
(coverage of the presentation Boone and I did at Yale recently)

The CUNY Academic Commons: fostering faculty use of the social web
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1074-8121&volume=19&issue=1&articleid=1906437&show=abstract
(a paper on the Commons that George and I published)

Never Mind the Edupunks; or, The Great Web 2.0 Swindle
http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Review/EDUCAUSEReviewMagazineVolume45/NeverMindtheEdupunksorTheGreat/209326
(article by Jim Groom and Brian Lamb; uses the Commons as a case study)
"...we offer a shout-out to the jaw-dropping CUNY Academic Commons (http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/), which seamlessly integrates the open-source WordPress, MediaWiki, and BuddyPress platforms into an appealing and highly sustainable environment. "

I agree, great work scott. A thought, is it possible to order these reverse chronological so the mist recent is at the top?

I agree that a reverse chronological order would be good. Thanks for your work on this, Scott!

Thanks for the feedback and I have reversed the order. I'll try to keep this updated, but let me know if you see stuff coming. Thanks!