Web 2.0 Tools for Collaboration

Web 2.0 Tools for Collaboration

Source: AH Teaching & Learning

 

 

RealtimeBoard Links to an external site.

Advanced real-time whiteboard

-Real-time whiteboard meets mind-mapping meets Pinterest

-Good for group brainstorming, research, or project collaboration

-Incredible amount of features: private boards, chat with collaborators, leave comments or post-its, draw, insert media, insert Google docs, connect objects to create mind maps

-Can embed (which makes it public but non-editable), make it into a presentation, or export it (image or PDF)

-Chrome extension allows you to clip Web page screenshots directly into your media library

-Can also be used to deliver content asynchronously, as it does in the example below

-Example/tutorial Links to an external site. (May take a moment to load; click and drag to move around the board, scroll to zoom in and out)

Padlet Links to an external site.

Real-time bulletin board

-Create a multimedia bulletin board, collaborate in real time

-Ideal for collecting group research

-By using the streams format (example Links to an external site.), you can make an informal discussion board or class blog

-Could also work great as very simple individual blog for students

-Allows for private sharing (or password protection) with read-only or write permissions

-Works across all devices

-Embeddable

-Examples Links to an external site.

-Supports LaTeX commands

-Padlet Guide Links to an external site.

Coggle Links to an external site.

Real-time mind maps

-Collaborate in real time on simple, text-based mind maps

-Must log in using a Google account

-Can view all history and changes

-Group chat

-Embeddable

-Export options

Google Drive/Docs Links to an external site.

Real-time file collaboration

-Easily share and collaborate on documents, presentations, or spreadsheets in real time

-Text, voice, or video chat while collaborating

-Requires a Google account

-Getting Started and Tutorials Links to an external site.