We use the 4 Girl/Boy icons for three reasons on the Learning Commons: Interesting or noteworthy piece of information (example). For headers to organize content (example). To ask questions or communicate directly to the reader (example). To use the icons, simply paste the following HTML code into the editor box when creating or editing a […]

Do you have a learning or research commons project that you want to highlight on our resource site for students: UBC’s Learning Commons? If so, here are the steps to follow to get it done. Create your page in the Learning Commons namespace. See Learning Commons:Namespace Orientation. This will your index page for your content. […]

Thank you for contributing your content to the Learning Commons! The Learning Commons website’s mission is to be a resource-hub for students, written in a student voice, with a student perspective in mind. In past focus groups, students consistently said that they valued the site’s student-centered tone, and preferred it over a more formal, administrative […]

What to Include First, you’ll want to set up your page in the Learning Commons namespace. To do that, follow this workflow. Once you have your page (index page) set up, you’ll want to create the following subpages. Do this by adding a slash after your index page and the following titles: /Description. A brief […]

Posts are only used to post Features on the Learning Commons homepage. 1) Write Post Title. 2) Write Post Content: including pictures, etc. 3) Categorize the Post under ‘Features.’ 4) Add a Feature Image: located on the right-hand side. (more on how to create the image) 5) Write Post Excerpt: the post excerpt is the […]