Welcome to eduCommons

What is eduCommons?

eduCommons is a content management system designed specifically to support OpenCourseWare projects like Notre Dame OCW and OCW Universidad de Cantabria. eduCommons will help you develop and manage an open access collection of course materials. It is built around a workflow process that guides content developers through the process of publishing materials in an openly accessible format. Try eduCommons for yourself on our demo site, or visit our eduCommons Adopters page for dozens of examples of OCW sites powered by eduCommons.

eduCommons 3.2.1-final Released!

We are pleased to announce the release of eduCommons 3.2.1-final, now available for download. The full release announcement is available. You can also learn about the new eduCommons by watching a recent webinar (17 minutes). The eduCommons 3.2.1 presentation from the Vancouver OpenEd '09 conference is now online as well.

eduCommons Speaks Your Language

The eduCommons 3.2.1-final release is currently available in English, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Turkish, Hindi, and traditional and simplified Chinese. We are always looking for more volunteers to help with additional translations which will be released in a language update in our next update. If you are interested in translating eduCommons into your language, please visit our localization page and email us .

Support for eduCommons

There are several options for getting support with eduCommons. A good place to ask questions and search existing responses is the eduCommons forums page. The community is friendly and responsive. Many OpenCourseWare Consortium members use eduCommons and are willing to help newcomers. For-fee consulting, hosting, and custom development is also available via enPraxis and over 300 Plone consultants worldwide.

How do I get involved?

There are many ways to participate in the eduCommons community. Developers and testers are welcome to check out our getting started page and join the development email list. We also have an IRC channel at #educommons. For those interested in translating eduCommons we encourage you to join the localization email list. Please email us if you have any questions, or if you would like to report a bug or make a feature request.