© 2014 IBM Corporation What's New IBM Connections 5.0 Workshop IBM Ecosystem Development Duration: 30 minutes
Agenda External Collaboration Files Additional New Features
Create external community Community owners choose whether a community can allow external people Once this setting is made, it cannot be switched; you cannot change internal communities to external, or external communities to internal
Share file with external user Files can be marked as able to be shared with external users Registered external users show up in typeahead
The external user enters the community External users have all rights of community members, but they cannot be community owners
Agenda External Collaboration Files Additional New Features
Grid View Find the content you’re looking for Thumbnails allow for quick scanning of a document’s first page Users get an idea of file contents from first page preview and don't need to click and view file until needed Get more information, without leaving the page Easy thumbnail on hover to see additional information on each file Hidden when not necessary, but available when you want them Important information like Externally shared, public, private etc visible on the front of the thumbnail Quick access to file download from the thumbnail
File Preview Preview files before you download Users get a an idea of file contents from first page preview and don't need to click and view file until needed Navigate through content, in context Within a collection of files users can jump from one to the next; effortlessly browsing many files with detail Sift through many files to find the one you need
Files Gallery Showcase collections of files Choose folders you’ve curated to show on the community overview page Multiple folders can be added The familiar rich media view, for files Thumbnails, preview dialog, and details available for files you choose to showcase File Organization and management Use the structure and organization of the files app for the files that you choose to showcase on the community overview page
Migration and Requirements IBM File Viewer Available as a Catalog download; Required for generating previews/thumbnails File Conversion All new files have thumbnail previews Supported file types are office, openoffice, and images (jpg, png, bmp, gif) PDF support coming soon Admin must run a 'wsadmin' task to generate previews for existing content--> wsadmin>FilesThumbnailService.generateForAllFiles() Migrating from the Media Gallery In Community Files, add all files from the media gallery to a folder Add Gallery App to community overview page Choose designated folder Media Gallery Future The Media Gallery will no longer be able to be added to a community and replaced with the Gallery App Existing Media Galleries will continue to work
File Sync Sync to the native mobile app Synchronize files between your Connections files repository, your desktop file system, and your mobile devices — Available today Bandwidth can be tapered to WiFi only Desktop File sync Round trip editing with local changes updated automatically Save directly to Connections from any desktop app Access the latest version available at all times Sync work by pushing files to your desktop Mark files you want to access offline from the web UI
File Sync Requirements Works for Personal Files Available on Desktop, iOS, Android Requires Windows 7 or Windows 8 Updated plug-in will be available from catalog.lotus.com post-GA “IBM Connections Desktop Plug-ins”
Agenda External Collaboration Files Additional New Features
Attention Management See what's new since your last visit, respond in-line and move on to the next task View all of your notifications consolidated into one area from Files) Designs Subject to Change Without Notice Link previews summarize the content without visiting it using Facebook OpenGraph to help with adoption More relevant content in the activity stream More relevant content in the activity stream
Mobile Easy Acces to recent Collaboration Spaces Re-order Navigation any way you want Mark content as important for ‘1 tap access’ later
More! People Typeahead Search for expertise by keyword or name. Relevancy is determine by the user’s social graph. Activity Stream Search Search activity stream to find messages and content Custom Landing Pages Community Managers can customize what users see when they arrive in a community. Rich Text Editor (Ephox EditLive!) Additional install of Ephox EditLive! Copy and Paste of images to bring users into the conversation across applications
And more! Activity Stream Updates See conversation responses inline Use Hashtags inside status update comments See threaded comments from the Forum Embedded Experience Community Updates Join sub-community and parent in 1 click Multiple ideation blogs per community Ability to recover deleted communities View open questions inside a community Forum App Updates Wiki table of contents macro Copy/Paste of images and spellcheck in the Rich Text Editor Edit comments in Blogs Threaded comments in Blogs
From 4.5 CRs... Polls and Surveys Web-based survey/poll designer Notifications appear in Activity Stream Can be featured on the Community Overview Page Available from Greenhouse Catalog [ ] IBM File Viewer Allows for full document preview without downloading Available in the Greenhouse Catalog Updated Mobile Apps Mobile adoption features Two-factor authentication CCM review and approval Push notifications for File sync, Action and my notifications Community Folders Community managers or admins can create folders managed by the community
Integration Open Office 4.0 Integration Seamlessly include files you’ve created in OpenOffice right into your Connections instance Sametime 9 Integration Collaborate in Context with click to chat, click to call, click to meet Consistent identity, photo, and files across service Share from Connections Files into a meeting room or chat Embedding the Activity Stream Leverage the activity stream in any OpenSocial Container OOTB integration with WebSphere Portal and Notes 9.0 Social Edition IBM Docs Preview, present and print files without downloading Real time co-editing in a web based editor
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