Collaboration
Why is it important to be able to collaborate online?
How can we use Social Media to Collaborate?
What features would you like to see in an online Collaboration tool?
Online Collaboration Tools
Online collaboration tools can be split into categories, much like social media. I like to think of them as:- Whiteboard
- Mind Mapping
- File sharing/Document sharing
- Concept design
- Project Management/Team Collaboration
- Presentations
Of course there are also tools that have multiple functions.
Pretty much all of the tools that I have included have a reasonable FREE option as well as upgrade/Pro packages.
Whiteboards
This is exactly what it sounds like - a large whiteboard that you can share and collaborate with other people online. They are usually reasonably free-form so you can just start adding your information and/or drawing your ideas out. Team members are invited to join and share.A Web Whiteboard
https://awwapp.com/
Class Exercise
As this is one of the easiest tools to get started with, we will have a class collaboration exercise
Follow link to join in! (link will go on Facebook)
Topic: Advantages of communicating and collaborating online
Realtime Board
https://realtimeboard.com/Watch the video to see how this works
Ziteboard
https://app.ziteboard.com/
Twiddla
http://www.twiddla.com/
Mind Mapping
Bubble.us
https://bubbl.us/
MindMup
https://www.mindmup.com
Mind 42
http://mind42.com/
File sharing/Document Sharing
Otherwise known as Cloud Storage, the most popular of these would be- Dropbox
- Google Drive
- OneDrive - Microsoft - integrates with Office Applications
- ZOHO
All of these applications allow you to store your files in the cloud and share and collaborate with others.
I use Dropbox and GoogleDrive, with Dropbox being my first choice in cloud storage. What I love about Dropbox is that it behaves like any normal folder on your computer and so is accessible from any application seamlessly.
Here are a few:
How to use Google Drive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HU9Z5gtQVk
Concept Design
Trello
https://trello.com/
Invision
http://www.invisionapp.com/
Presentation / Slide sharing
Powtoon
https://www.powtoon.com
Watch the video to get an idea of how this application works.
Prezi
https://prezi.com
Project Management/Team Collaboration
There are heaps of Project management tools out there that allow you to collaborate on a project, schedule and allocate tasks and create To Do lists.https://slack.com/
https://www.twoodo.com/
https://www.agreedo.com/index.html
https://www.wrike.com
https://www.hipchat.com
More tools and Information
Great articles on collaboration toolshttp://www.creativebloq.com/design/online-collaboration-tools-912855
http://trendblog.net/6-easy-to-use-online-collaboration-tools-make-teamwork-simple/
Class Activity
Can you find any that I missed? Hint: Yes there are heaps!Find a free collaboration tool and share details with the class:
- Features
- Plans
- How to sign up/Join
Are there any that allow you to collaborate across devices (i.e. computer, tablet, phone or other mobile device)
Graded Blog Activity
This is the last of your graded Blog Activities for this class. Get a group together and try 2 collaboration tools. In your blog your should indicate:- What tools you used
- How easy they were to use
- What you get for free
- Would you continue to use or use again if you needed to collaborate.
Project/Presentation Order
So - who wants to go first? Time to sort out the order.
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