Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Week 8: Online Applications & Tools

I took a look at some online productivity tools.
I visited Google Docs, and decided to explore Zoho Writer.

It's great to be able to create and share your work online, and collaborate on presentations.

Zoho Writer is an online Word Processor. You can use this tool to write, share, collaborate, create documents, edit them your way, and share with anyone.
  • I had to create an account with Zoho
  • I created a document
  • I shared my new document with myself at my SDCL account in Outlook
  • I gave myself permission to read/write, because this will allow me to open the document from my SDCL account and edit it. It is good to know that you can change your mind anc cancel sharing.
  • I exported my document as a Word document and it immediately opend from my SDCL profile.

This means I can access my drive from any computer, from any part of the world. I think it functions in a similar way to Plone (from SJSU) where you can keep all your projects and papers in electronic format, organize them, and make them available across the Web for faculty, other students, and prospective employers.

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