Commons 2.7: Admin Bar, Group Library and Privacy Improvements
Credit: Jason Hickey on Flickr (cc) Happy Spring! We’re excited to roll out our 2.7 release today, with a variety of substantial upgrades that have been in the works for almost a year. The library enhancements are available in all groups, the redesigned admin bar appears across the Commons when logged in, and any user…
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Privacy Checkup
Credit: StartinSalford on Flickr (cc) This Spring, with input from the Commons community, the Commons team has developed a quick privacy checkup. These tips will help Commons members make sure they know how to protect their information and privacy when using the Commons. Commons members have control over the information they share and the content…
Spring 2026 Community Events, Workshops, and More!
Happy New Year, Commons community! As you’re planning for the spring semester, we hope you’ll consider joining one (or many!) of our events below to better understand and utilize the Commons.
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Commons 2.6: Email and Site Creation Upgrades (and December Meeting!)
We hope you’ve been having a terrific fall semester! Here at the Commons, we’re pleased to announce that our 2.6 release is live today, anchored by revamped email designs and re-engineered site creation (more on those below).
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Summer Roundup: Public Meetings, Wikipedia Article, Block Documentation
Welcome to the fall semester! The Commons team enjoyed the summer, but we’ve also been working hard to get ready for another busy school year. Here are just a few highlights!
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The Importance of Two-Factor Authentication
Our development team is spending the early part of 2025 making a series of under-the-hood improvements to our two-factor authentication (2FA) platform. We wanted to take the opportunity to summarize our 2FA features.
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Commons 2.5: Registration, Reimagined
Happy holidays, Commons community! After we closed out our major redesign project with the overhaul of Groups last spring, we turned our attention in the fall of 2024 to the registration process. Now that we’ve completed our hosting migration, we’re excited to release these changes to all of you. Though longtime users may not have…
Hosting Migration Complete!
We are very pleased to announce that the Commons has fully migrated to Reclaim Hosting. If you’re reading this, you’re enjoying the Commons in its new home!
Hosting Migration Downtime
The hosting migration that we announced last month will begin at 10:30am Eastern on Wednesday, January 15th. Because of the size and complexity of the data involved, please expect the Commons to be unavailable for 48-72 hours after the migration starts.
Scheduled Weekend Downtime
We wanted to let our users know that the Commons will be unavailable starting at 8am Eastern this Sunday, December 22nd and will be back online by 12pm, though it may be restored sooner.
Hosting Upgrade and First Commons Open Community Meeting
With the end of the year fast approaching, we’re pleased to announce the final stages of a project many months in the making – in mid-January 2025, the Commons will migrate to Reclaim Hosting.
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Commons 2.4: Groups, Our Redesign Finale
Just over two years ago, with our 2.0 release of an overhauled homepage, we began to steadily revamp the look of the Commons. As we launch a new Groups experience today, every major area of the site now utilizes the modern and streamlined design we introduced in spring 2022. The full suite of Groups features,…
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