100 Web Tools to Enhance Collaboration (Part 2) by Ozge Karaoglu
Permanent link"The 21st century collaboration" moves us from its traditional definition towards a new one with the developing web technologies.
Here is the second part of my collaboration tools list for techie collaborators.
Voxopop is
a message board system which lets you create talk groups that you can
talk, discuss and collaborate using your own voice. Some of you may
remember Voxopop as Chinswing in the past. You can listen to public
discussions though you need to join to create yours.You can
easily send group invitations, keep your discussion private, open or
restricted.You can delete it whenever you want. You can explore public
talk groups on Education, Learning and Language here.
EtherPad is
a web based word processor that lets you work with others at the same
time. When multiple users work on the same documents , you can get
feedback immediately. You know who contributed to the text, also all
changes are saved on the server in case you need to undo.
Mindmeister is
an online collaborative mind mapping tool that you can brainstorm with
others real-time. You can create your own mind maps on an award winning
interface or share them with your friends or collaborate with others
to create a collaborative map.
Survs lets
you create your online surveys collaborating with others in multi user
accounts. You can collect responses and analyze the results in real
time with others.
I'm sure many of us are familiar with VoiceThread. It's
a tool to have conversation around different kinds of media. It's one
of the best ways to talk and share about your images,documents or
videos. You create your Voicethread and others can leave comments by
telephone, text, web cam, microphone or file upload. Learn more about
it by watching this Voicethread.
Tgether allows
you to communicate in small groups by emails. You can share files,
track conversation and manage your group. You can share codes or use
3rd party applications that Tgther provides.
StoryBirds are
short and simple stories that connect you with others. Two or more
people can create a Storybird story by writing their own texts and
inserting pictures by taking turns. You can create your story with the
person sitting next to you or someone who is far away from you.
WebCanvas is
a collaborative painting project. You can paint using different basic
tools, upload or post professionally drawn images or you can watch
others paint live. This is an interesting project for artists though we
can still give a try.
AwesomeHighlighter is
the easiest way to highlight texts on web pages. When you finish
highlighting, you get a link and share it with others. If you like
this, you should also try Markkit.
Protagonize is
a community that writes collaborative, interactive fiction. One person
starts the story, the others post chapters to your story that will lead
it to different directions. At the end, it becomes an evolving story
which everyone can participate.
Mixbook
is a site that lets you create picture books with others. You start
creating your own book with pictures, invite a few friends to build the
rest of the book together.
Thinkature places an instant message inside a visual workspace with voice chat. You can use it as a collaboration environment, a meeting room or a personal whiteboard.
TextFlow is
a way to review document versions instantly to produce a final draft.
It matches all the different versions of the text to show you all the
suggestion in one single view.
LucidChart
is another way to collaborate on a document simultaneously. Everyone
can see the changes that have been made on the document .The difference
between the other word processors is that it has an built-in group chat
that makes it easier for you to collaborate.
Wikispaces is the best way to create collaborative web pages that you can edit and share together. You can watch Wikis in Plain English by Common Craft or visit the world's largest collaborative online encyclopedia,Wikipedia! Wikispaces are my favourite wikis, you can have a look at my wikispace though I've been using it as an e-portfolio.
Senduit lets you upload your files and share them with private links with your team.
With Stintio,
you can create your own chat in seconds. You can invite people to join
by simply sending a link. You don't download or install anything. You
chat will be deleted if it is not active for a while.
Yuuguu is an instant screen sharing and video conferencing too that lets you work together quickly and easily.
Voxli
allows you to hold voice conferences online. You can have a voice chat
up to 200 people. You can invite your teammates by only sending a link,
and you don't have to upload anything. You can use push to talk to
control your speaking even you are out of your browser.
Wridea
is an online idea management service and a collection of brainstorming
tools. You store, manage,organize and share your ideas to improve them
with others. You use the web interface or you write an email to your
wridea address to keep your ideas organized. You have pages and
categories that lets you improve your ideas easily and collaboratively.
Enjoy collaboration!
If you like reading this, you may consider reading 100 Web Tools to Enhance Collaboration (Part 1).
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