Collaborating with Presented by Darin Chiu Barbara Howrey

Poll: Do you currently use any collaboration tool at work/school? Yes No

Poll: If you use a collaboration tool, which tool do you use? IBM Collaboration Solutions Sharepoint GoToMeeting WebEx Adobe Connect Live Meeting Groove Network in Office 2007 Other

Welcome to Collaborating with Welcome Introductions

Overview of Google Docs Communication Tool Collaboration File Sharing

Poll: How familiar are you with Google docs? Never heard of Google Docs Have heard of it Slightly familiar Have used it Use it all the time

Description of Google Docs Environment File Types

Creating new files You can create new files in Google Docs Demonstration

Upload Existing Files Documents Word Docs, OpenOffice, RTF, HTML, text Spreadsheets.xls,.csv,.txt,.ods formatted data Presentations.ppt and.pps Demonstration

Sharing Google Docs Three types of users Owners Collaborators Viewers

Collaborators and Viewers How to share Demonstration

Now it’s your turn... You will be able to collaborate on a document Switch from Adobe Connect to Google docs We will allow 5 minutes for you to complete your assignment. We will return to Adobe Connect

Assignment You have all been given access to a document we created called: ILT 5660 Class Roster. This document has two columns. Column one has everyone's name listed. Column two is blank.

Assignment, con’t First, you will log into Google Docs Second, you are to find your name in the first column and then type your name beside it in the second column. Finally, click the Save button. Do not click Save and Close. After you edit the document, there will be a delay of about seconds and then you will be able to see that others are editing the document as well.

Wrap Up Questions???

Formative Evaluation Thank you for attending