Tip #2 Online Collaboration Software

So you have a group project and you want a place to meet digitally and see each others work or edit a document. Well there are 3 great places to look into for online meeting and project collaboration for work or school.

Google Docs has been around for a while is a quick and easy way for a group edit a document or compile a research paper or even just post notes and links. Google Docs does offer some basic text format tools in the workspace and the ability to place hyper links. The Docs is a very easy way to post and edit a group project and with a Gmail account, members can see if others are on and currently using the Google Docs. Google Docs does require a Gmail account.

Zoho.com has a wiki that is free online with a Zoho account. This allows the group to have a mini "webpage" that they can edit and post documents and collaborate on. Although it is not as easy as Google Docs to use (type and go factor), it does provide a very neat and clean alternative to the Docs that is makes a project workspace a little more organized.

Pbwiki.com is another wiki that is free and allows a group to put a "site" together and keep each other updated and post files and links to the site. There is a little more code involved in this one, but pbwiki.com is a great place to get a simple quick site up and going for your group to meet at and collaborate.