Collaborating with

1. Collaborating with Presented by Darin Chiu Barbara Howrey

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

3. 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

4. Welcome to Collaborating with • Welcome • Introductions

5. Overview of Google Docs • Communication Tool • Collaboration • File Sharing

6. 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

7. Description of Google Docs Environment • File Types

8. Creating new files • You can create new files in Google Docs • Demonstration

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

10. Sharing Google Docs • Three types of users • Owners • Collaborators • Viewers

11. Collaborators and Viewers • How to share • Demonstration

12. 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

13. 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.

14. 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 6 - 10 seconds and then you will be able to see that others are editing the document as well.

15. Wrap Up • Questions???

16. Formative Evaluation • Thank you for attending