1. In the Zone: Tim Leonard, Assistant Librarian, Lancaster
University Library Tools for Collaborative Working 2.
Collaboration, n United labour, co-operation; esp. in literary,
artistic, or scientific work. Oxford English Dictionary, 2014,
http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/36197?p=emailAE8e0WH1O3hEk&d=36197
3. Collaboration Online Two models of online collaboration:
Synchronous Asynchronous In real time. eg. Instant messaging, video
chat With a time delay. eg. Email, shared online documents and
workspaces 4. File sharing & collaborative documents Online
document sharing is commonplace nowadays Share folder and documents
that sync between users Dropboxwww.dropbox.com Google Drive
www.google.com/drive Google Drive lets multiple authors contribute
to a document, presentation or spreadsheet 5. Make sure you use a
platform that is right for the whole team Dont assume people know
how to use a certain tool Set clear guidance as to how people
should contribute Collaborative documents 6. Other collaborative
tools Project management Planning visual projects Creating charts
or diagrams 7. Planning There probably isnt a Holy Grail Consider
using a mix of tools, as long as: they are easy to use not time
consuming to learn they do what you need them to do 8. Project
Management Tools can help you to: Set tasks Assign tasks to members
of the team Set deadlines Chart and monitor progress Project
Management 9. Free, web based platform Based on kanban, a
card-based organisational method Create multiple boards for
different projects Project Management https://trello.com/ Trello
10. Free, web based platform Use hashtags to sort notes Assign
notes to team members using @ Easy to see notes in different views
Project Management www.twoodo.com Twoodo 11. Project Management
Twoodo Demo: http://vimeo.com/69684247 12. Workflowy Project
Management https://workflowy.com/ Free (for a basic account - 500
list items a month) Very clean and simple Personal to-do list that
can be shared 13. Conceptboard Visual Projects
http://conceptboard.com/ Collaborative online working area for
visual projects Free for a basic account (limited space) Multiple
team members can create, edit and leave feedback on visual content
14. Visual Projects Conceptboard Demo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXNt1ffOoxE 15. Lucidchart:
http://youtu.be/pLF8LqbWoCs Charts/Graphs/Diagrams 16. Be very
clear about what you need to do and want to achieve Identify
specific needs (do you need to print your work/export it) Be
conscious of how much time it might take to learn to use new tools
Collaborative tools 17. Be conscious of security and privacy issues
Address these concerns as a team Collaborative tools 18. Make sure
the team is comfortable working this way Review your progress if
its not working another method might be better Learn from the
process document your lessons learned Collaborative tools 19.
Interesting in developing your team working skills? Search for
teamwork on OneSearch: Lots of reading available (both in the
Library and as eBooks) 20. Lifehacker Other good sources of info
http://lifehacker.com Technology (software/apps), productivity,
work, life tips Mashable http://mashable.com/ Technology, lots of
content, use the search 21. Thanks for listening! Questions?
