In order to create a Blog Post you must complete the following steps…

1. Log in to you to your account.
2. Once you’ve logged into your account click on the “Sites” tab
3. After clicking the “Sites” tab you will click the “following” tab to see a list of the sites that you are currently following
4. Choose the site in which you want to create the blog post and click on the link (ex. When creating this blog post I followed steps 1-3 and then for step 4 I clicked on the “Fall 2018 Art 1010 at Brooklyn College” link since I wanted post the blog on this site.
5. Once you’ve selected the site in which you want to post a blog you will need to click on the tab label “+ New”
6. After clicking the “+ New” tab you can then begin to write and create the blog that you want to post on the website.
7. Once you have completed typing up the blog you can post it by clicking on the blue publish button that is located at the top right of the page.
8. The final step after publishing you’re blog post is to sit back and relax because after completing the 7 easy steps listed above you have successfully created your blog post.

How to make a blog post on your commons account:

1. Log on to your commons account using the following link commons.gc.cuny/edu.
2. Along the websites bookmark bar, click the link titled “sites”.
3. The page takes you to a list of different class sites, select the site corresponding to your class by clicking, “follow.” For our, Art class its, Fall 2018 Art 1010 at Brooklyn College
4. Then follow the link to the class page by clicking the class title (listed in point 3).
5. Run your cursor over, “+New” in the websites bookmark bar. Continue by clicking on the word “post” that will take you to another site.
6. Create a title about the blog post being discussed and check off the category being discussed.
7. Respond to the prompt in the text body and upload an optional photo.
8. Create a tag a for the post depending on the assignment.
9. Post!

With the way that the this site is organized, making a post on here may feel confusing at first glance.  But that’s what I am here to help with! Here are the steps to take in order to start making posts!

1. First off, if not the most important step of them all, sign-up/ login to CUNY Academic Commons website.
2. Upon completion go and become apart of the course group you are trying to make the post in, this case being “Fall 2018 Art 1010 at Brooklyn College.” This can be found by searching for the “sites” option, clicking on it and searching the class course that you are trying to join as previously stated.
3. After that on the top left of your screen you should see a toolbar with various options to click on, the one to look for is the button that says “New.”
4. After pressing new there it should bring you the page showing the template for making a post.
5. Type in a heading for the post you will be publishing onto the group.
6. Fill in the body of part of the template with the information that you’re going to talk about in said post.  Don’t forget to utilize the various tools to organize your writing however you see fit, or is required of you.
7. Select the category, meaning the class course that you will be uploading the post too, check off all boxes necessary.
8. check for any spelling and grammatical errors and once you are ready to post, put in any pictures and make sure to add in any necessary tags for the post and then hit the blue “publish” button.

Hope this post helped!

Welcome to CUNY Academic Commons!

Note: You must create an account and activate it before beginning to post. Once you have activated your account you can edit your profile and manage your subscriptions!

Now in order to successfully make a Post you must follow this steps:

Step 1- Log in your account.

Step 2- Click on the “Sites” section and select Fall 2018 Art 1010 at Brooklyn College. (Unless you have a specific Site, you can scroll down the options or search)

Step 3-  From there you can go to the site where you can add yourself to the site or request to subscribe to it.

Step 4- Once you have been accepted or have added yourself to the site, you will be able to Blog in that site.

Step 5- Click on +New on the top, choose a title, and begin writing your blog.

Step 6- When done writing your first blog ever! Before posting it you can select a category, add a tag or add any attachments.

Step 7- If everything is correct now you can post it by clicking on “Publish”.

Step 8- There is no step seven because you have finally posted your first Blog Ever! back on step 7!

There you have it! Now you can read any comment that is added to your posts, edit your Posts and manage your account at any time.

Blog on!

Hello! Today, we are going to learn how to create a blog post for someone who has never been on this site.

Step 1: Sign in or make an account at https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/

Step 2: Among the navigation tabs, find your group under “GROUPS” then “My Groups (1)”

Step 3: Along the vertical navigation bar on your left, you should find “Site” which would lead you to our blog that you’re currently reading this on!

Step 4: You will come across a third navigation bar at the top of the page that looks like this!  where you will click “+ New”

Step 5: Start typing away! Don’t forget to include your tags at your bottom right so that your post can be easily found and PUBLISH!

Easy peasy lemon squeezy! Post away 🙂

1.Go to https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/
2.login
3.On the top right side (your icon) under my sites
There should be Fall 2018 Art 1010 at Brooklyn College, click it
4.On the top dashboard under + New click post
5.Add your title and text
6.if necessary save draft is on the right
7.when finished scroll down to categories
locate your time and then publish

1. Go to the CUNY Academic Commons site (https://commons.gc.cuny.edu)

2. Log into your account

3. Click on the “Groups” tag, search “Art 1010 Fall 2018 9:30AM” (or use the link sent by Profesor Shaw)

4. Click on the “9:30AM Class MW” tab on the left side corner. At the top of the page,there will be a  “+ New” tab.

5. Click on the “+ New” tab. There will be 2 options: “Post” or “Media.”

6. Click on “Post”.

7. Create your title, and write your post in the big empty white space provided.

8. If you want to add a photo to your post, click the “Add Media” button at the top.

9. On the right side of the page, you can click “Save Draft” if you want to edit your post later.

10. When finished, scroll down on the right side, you will see “categories” check the box “9:30AM class”.

11.  Underneath you will see “Tags”, just input the assigned tag for the post.

12. Smash that “Publish” button.

Anddd you’re done! Kthanksbye