Class: Virtual Collaboration Tools: Conferencing, Data Sharing and Beyond

Description

How important is the easy sharing of documents and data with your collaborators? Right, pretty important. Yet, don't you sometimes feel like teenagers are better connected to their pals than you are to your collaborators? Do you get the sense that you're not making full use of free/cheap tools that promote effective remote collaborations, whether from collaborators here at Stanford or back East?

This workshop will survey battle-tested gear that is robust, economical and proven to facilitate geographically dispersed research teams. Your collaborations are too important for you not to leverage these essential tools.

When/Where/Sign-Up

• Jul 31 class meets 10:00 - noon in CCSR #4205
• Sep 16 class meets 10:00 - noon via Webex Webcast - access here at start of class

Application	Tools
Web meeting tool/shared white board	WebEx, Acrobat Connect
Instant messaging, free video and voice calling	Skype, MS Live Messenger, Google Talk
Document sharing	Google Docs, MS Live Workspace, MS SkyDrive
Project repositories	Google Apps, SharePoint hosted services
Simplified (and economical) project management tools	BaseCamp
Bibliography database sharing functions	EndNote Web
Tools for process tracking and instant notification	twitter

Class materials, including from prior classes

July 2008  Slides
Nov 2007

•  Slides
•  Video

Instructors

Yannick Pouliot, PhD. and Christopher Stave

pafrench, September 18, 2009