Collaboration

=LIS 5260 - Collaboration Tools=

[|www.scribblar.com]
Scribblar is a free online whiteboard and collaboration tool. You can upload/download images, text chat with users attending your session, listen to live audio, with no user or session limits. The tool is completely online with nothing to install to your computer, either. You can even access Skype from within the tool to talk to someone and get a video feed inside the whiteboard session. For a monthly fee you can upgrade to Scribblar Pro which offers the ability to integrate the Scribblar tool directly to your website.

This tool would be useful for educators, students, businesses, or any groups that need to get together in spot and communicate efficiently.

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Sync.In is a free online tool for document collaboration. You create a note, invite others to join in working on the note. The authors are color coded so you can see who made what changes. The notes can be shared through all the major social networks. If you miss part of the session you can use a time slider bar to see how the document progressed. Upgrading to a Pro leve, for a fee, offers website integration, password protection, HTTPS security among other enhancements.

It is text document collaboration only, which I see as the only limiting factor.

[|http://www.zoho.com]
Zoho is a multi-application one-stop shop for collaboration, document management, project management, online meetings and team productivity. Seems more geared towards business, but could be used in an education setting. There is a free service for one on one collaboration, which is limiting. The fee based service offers increased functionality with multiple user capabilities.