Hi blog,
Well here I am with the time to have finished test drive 2A and start 2B! a very rare window of time indeed....
PERSONAL
Commoncraft loves this free software "Google docs rock" I can immediately see great potential for the sort of scenario described - where collaboration is necessary - a bit like a wiki. To get people to join in is initially quite an awareness raising and nagging task - as I found out when I created my first wiki for a social group and started persuading techniques to get everyone to participate.
PROFESSIONAL
Issue: security
This is a non issue - only invited participants have access
Summary:
Documents that need collaboration in teamwork are sent for editing to the internet. This replaces the need for many email attacments with the various versians cluttering up an editors inbox.
Instead of attaching a document to an email, the email address is attached to a document. As the document and its versions will be online they can be accessed anywhere, on any computer.
Procedure for Google docs
Easy steps. An account is created on the Google docs homepage. The document is uploaded and created into an online versian. Writers are invited to edit the latest draft by clicking SHARE to get a list of email addresses - Google docs emails these 'COLLABORATORS' who get a link to open the doc and start editing. The last stage is where the editor completes the last draft. All versians are also available.
Not just documents
Spreadsheets and presentations can also be uploaded to Google docs for easy collaboration. Sharing presentations using SLIDESHARE can be done publicly and privately -
PROS
For teamwork in document and presentations this online capacity has provided a perfect opportuniyt for efficient collaboration.
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