Category: Commons Showcase

• Channel Yourself in a Personal Site

  The TL;DR A personal website or portfolio can be a great way to begin recording your learning journey as a student. You can keep track of your accomplishments, share your thoughts with the world, and practice writing about your work. This also makes it a valuable resource to show to a future employer, who can […]

• Develop Your Digital Presence

  The TL;DR Represent your projects & interests. Whether you’re an independent scholar looking to increase your activity in online communities or a graduate student starting to establish a scholarly presence, it can often be overwhelming to begin building a full picture of your work online. Maybe you have a limited amount of time to create […]

• Publish Your Journal

  The TL;DR Publishing open access benefits everyone. Imagine a small group of scholars who see the need for an open-access journal within their discipline. They’ve started on their own with a small WordPress site and a handful of issues. They realize that hosting a website on their own can be expensive, even with a small […]

• Replace Your Listserv

  The TL;DR Stay connected with your colleagues. An organization has run a listserv since 1999, serving around 350 people. The listserv has become clunky and the user who has run it at their institution is retiring, leaving it without a host. They want to move to a host that allows for more collaborative work on […]

• Promote Your Project

  The TL;DR Share what you’re working on. Imagine you’re: For all of these projects, Humanities Commons sites are an ideal place to get started. With a variety of themes available, it’s easy to find one that fits with the visual style of the project. Once you choose a theme, you can quickly add content, images, […]