1. Battle of the Collaborators Which collaboration tool is right for you? Sam Johnson, John Alexander, and Trisha Gordon explore many of the online collaborative tools and services in use at the University of Virginia 3/18/2010ACCS Spring 2010 Conference1

2. We will compare: skype v elluminate sakai v sharepoint v wordpress google docs v nowcomment community v committee (??) 3/18/20102ACCS Spring 2010 Conference

3. Round 1 Skype v Elluminate 3/18/20103ACCS Spring 2010 Conference

4. Skype A screen snap shot of us using Skype to collaborate about this presentation could go here. 3/18/20104ACCS Spring 2010 Conference

5. Skype is Nearly Ubiquitous There are millions of Skype users. There were 12,149,991 people using it when I made this slide. If you are going to collaborate with someone, chances are very good that they use Skype. 3/18/20105ACCS Spring 2010 Conference

6. Skype is Free You just down load it and you are good to go. You can also pay for extra features like calling a land line or cell phone if you so desire. 3/18/20106ACCS Spring 2010 Conference

7. Skype is Easy to Learn and Use Most actions are intuitive (like click on symbol of a phone to make a call) You may need to use Skype to communicate with your collaborators to help set up Elluminate 3/18/20107ACCS Spring 2010 Conference

8. Skype is Somewhat Robust You can Chat (i.e., instant messages), talk, have a video call or make a conference call. Two people can have a video call, but video is not available with more than two participants. 3/18/20108ACCS Spring 2010 Conference

9. Skype can Transfer Files You can easily transfer files and then edit files while talking on a conference OR video call. 3/18/20109ACCS Spring 2010 Conference

10. Skype is Always Improving The makers of Skype are continuously updating it. Some times these upgrades can be frustrating especially when un-requested. 3/18/201010ACCS Spring 2010 Conference

11. Skype some times messes up Sometimes Skype garbles or losses the sound. Sometimes the picture freezes. Often Skype will ask you for feedback regarding the quality of sound or picture. 3/18/201011ACCS Spring 2010 Conference

12. Elluminate Elluminate description could go here 3/18/201012ACCS Spring 2010 Conference

13. Online Collaboration Goals and Issues Share content Real-time and asynchronous discussion Collaborative editing tools Communication Authentication and authorization –Security and barriers to access –Public or private Ease of use 3/18/201013ACCS Spring 2010 Conference

14. Use Sakai’s Built-in Tools 3/18/2010ACCS Spring 2010 Conference14

15. Standalone or Integrated Sakai can take advantage of APIs to integrate other tools (and functionality) into the Sakai site toolset Handles user authentication and authorization from Sakai to external apps 3/18/201015ACCS Spring 2010 Conference

16. Integrated Link to External App: ELGG 3/18/2010ACCS Spring 2010 Conference16

17. Simple Link to External App: Google Docs 3/18/2010ACCS Spring 2010 Conference17

18. Create Elluminate Sessions 3/18/2010ACCS Spring 2010 Conference18

19. Join an Elluminate Session 3/18/2010ACCS Spring 2010 Conference19

20. Elluminate Live! 3/18/2010ACCS Spring 2010 Conference20

21. Part 2 SHANTI Community Tools SHANTI Pages: WordPress SHANTI Spaces: Confluence NowComment Zotero Coming Soon –Kaltura (for Audio/Video) –KnowledgeBase

22. SHANTI Community Tools SHANTI (Science, Humanities and Arts Network of Technological Initiatives) Faculty-led initiative Promotes and supports Web 2.0 digital tools Community-based support via the ‘Knowledge Base’

23. SHANTI Community Tools SHANTI Pages-WordPress –Free browser-based website/blog platform –Quick and easy websites –Style separate from content—makes changing look effortless –Extensible—anyone can write “themes” –Worldwide community of users means extensive knowledge base

24. SHANTI Community Tools SHANTI Spaces-Confluence –Powerful wiki environment –Collaborative creation of documents –Rich text and wiki editing modes –Storage and organization of uploaded media –Macros to display file organization –Wide community of users means extensive knowledge base

25. SHANTI Community Tools NowComment

26. SHANTI Community Tools Zotero

27. Part 3 SharePoint

28. When you start out

29. A different picture same topic

30. After Saving some files