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Chito N. Angeles
Web Technologies Training
Also known as Groupware
The term used to describe a range of software applications designed to allow multiple users to collaborate on related tasks on either local or remote servers
Facilitates the sharing of knowledge and information between geographically dispersed groups of people, allowing them to work together towards the attainment of a single goal
Centralized Data Storage◦ Management of master copy
◦ Access to latest version of data
◦ Version control
Enables Communication◦ Shared message board
◦ Instant messaging service
◦ Web conferencing
◦ Group Calendars for task scheduling
◦ Workflow management (e.g., Document Tracking System)
Problem solving capabilities◦ Provision of identical data allowing enhanced
problem-solving capabilities
◦ Access to the most recent modification
Software development – version control
Project Management
Creation of collaborative media knowledge bases (e.g., wikis)
Communication systems (Video conferencing, Chat and Instant messaging)
File sharing and document management
Synchronous or “Realtime”◦ Users of the groupware are working together at the
same time
Asynchronous◦ Users of the groupware are working together at
different times
Asynchronous Groupware◦ Email
◦ Newsgroups and Mailing Lists
◦ Workflow systems (e.g., Document Tracking Systems)
◦ Hypertext Systems (e.g., Wikis)
◦ Group Calendars
◦ Collaborative writing systems (Web Office)
◦ Knowledge-based systems (Wikis, Blogs)
◦ File-sharing systems & Document mgt. systems
Synchronous Groupware◦ Shared whiteboards
◦ Video communication systems (video conferencing)
◦ Chat systems (Instant messaging)
◦ Multi-player games
File Sharing◦ Windows Live Sync (formerly FolderShare)
(www.foldershare.com)
Online Calendar ◦ Google Calendar (www.google.com/calendar)
◦ Yahoo! Calendar (calendar.yahoo.com)
Web Office◦ Google Docs (docs.google.com) – now Google Drive
(drive.google.com)
◦ Slideshare (www.slideshare.net)
Knowledge-based systems◦ Wikis (Wikipages, Wikepedia, Mediawiki, wikisource)
◦ Multi-user Blogs (mu.wordpress.org)
Document Management Systems◦ KnowledgeTree
◦ OpenKM
◦ Documentum by EMC
Groupware Suites◦ PhpGroupWare – calendar, address book, project
manager, Todo List, Email, File manager.
◦ Zoho- mail, word processor, spreadsheet, DMS, note taker, Wiki, Organizer, Chat, etc.
Groupware Suites◦ Tikiwiki – wiki, CMS, collaboration platform, bug
tracking, blogging, forum.
Group problem-solving using Groupware
Web application: Google Docs / Google Drive◦ http://docs.google.com or
◦ http://drive.google.com
Goals:◦ Create new Google docs spreadsheet by uploading
existing file.
◦ Share document with groupmate
◦ Solve the problem together
◦ Use the “Chat facility” to communicate with each other
◦ When done, export solution to PDF