Friday, February 11, 2011

Thing 9: Document Sharing in the Cloud

·         How might you use Google Docs as an alternative to the standard document creation tools in Microsoft Office? As a group project; whenever I would like to create documents, spreadsheets and presentations in group. 
·         What drawbacks did you notice in Google Docs, if any? So far I haven't noticed any but I am curious about tracking the changes made.  I understand I will receive the document edited by my contributers but, will I see what they've changed?  Does it show as the Review track tool in Word documents?  Will I be able to accept the changes or they will change automatically?
·         Describe your experience of collaborating on a single document with multiple users. I haven't done this part yeat as I just shared the document.  Once I experience the collaboration phase I will be able to come back to my doubts mentioned on the previous question. 

3 comments:

  1. Solange,
    I will collaborate on your shared document so you can see how it works. I don't think Google Docs is very sophisticated - not like SharePoint, that's for sure.

    Karen

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  2. Solange,
    I just added something to your document and I notice that you can choose "see revision history" -- it will show you the changes people have made to your original document. Google Docs is more sophisticated than I thought!

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  3. Karen,
    Thanks for your prompt feedback. I hope you are feeling better.

    Yes, Google Docs is not bad at all. I will invite the Fulbright Alumni to add to the document - will try to do it tomorrow from work.

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