Web-Based Document Collaboration


Definition

  • The ability to create, edit, share, and allow others to edit a document through a website.

Tools Discussed During Learning Strand

Discussion Summary From During Learning Strand

  • Great way to coordinate with other teachers (meeting agenda, open houses etc).
  • Could be a great way to work with students (classroom projects...students help create a presentation based on book they've read, cross-classroom sharing).
  • Could be good for student to student work.
  • Could be good for event or training planning.
  • Resumes or online portfolios for students.
  • Document storage...would be nice to not worry about flash drives.
  • Google Docs offers full editing tools for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and forms but requires that all users have a gmail account. Despite gmail requirement though it is easy to invite others to collaborate. You can export in Microsoft formats.
  • Writeboard offers a quick easy way to share a word processing document. You create a Writeboard and invite collaborators via email. The email includes the link and the password. Exporting only allows for text file, which means formatting is lost. It includes a comment feature, which is nice if you want to just verify that someone has viewed the document.
  • Google Docs and Writeboard track versions.
  • Zoho was mentioned as another option but it was not explored.
  • All of the above tools are free.

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