[Air-L] Google Docs Access help needed

Sara J. Bocciardi Bassett sjbassett at gmail.com
Sat May 3 16:27:31 PDT 2008


Natalie-

You can't edit a google doc without a google account, but you can
create a google account without setting up a gmail account. I looked
into this a day or two ago, and it appeared as if you could create a
google account and tie it to any email address.  I didn't go through
the process myself, so I can't speak to how well it works or if it is
any different than using a gmail account.

-Sara

On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Charlie Balch <charlie at balch.org> wrote:
> Natalie,
>  I don't think users can edit w/o a Google account. They can look however.
>  http://documents.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=44677
>
>  Depending on the user sophistication, you might tell them to just create a
>  Google account then have it forward to their regular Email address.
>
> Charlie
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org
>
> [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Natalie Scher
>  Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 2:07 PM
>  To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
>
>
> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Google Docs Access help needed
>
>  Dear colleagues,
>
>  Help needed!!!!
>
>  I have created a Google Docs spreadsheet with  self-sign-up schedule
>  for our organization and sent it to the mailing list of members.
>  But now I realize that not all members have google accounts, and it
>  seems one cannot access a google doc without having one.
>
>  Is there any other options besides asking everyone to open a google account?
>
>  Thank you for your help,
>
>
>  Natalie
>
>
>  On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 8:19 AM, Charlie Balch <charlie at balch.org> wrote:
>  > Thanks Stu,
>  >  I neglected to mention that we found Google Docs very helpful for
>  division
>  >  planning. Historically faculty pass around a SS in various versions to
>  >  decide who is going to teach what or have lengthy meeting. We uploaded
>  the
>  >  SS to Google Docs which makes life much easier.
>  >  Charlie
>  >
>  >
>  >  -----Original Message-----
>  >  From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org
>  >  [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Stuart Shulman
>  >  Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 4:33 AM
>  >  To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
>  >
>  > Cc: apsa_itp at latte.harvard.edu
>  >  Subject: Re: [Air-L] Google Docs
>  >
>  >  We used Google Docs to great effect when organizing the 14th Ward of
>  >  Pittsburgh for Obama. While PA went 54-46 Hillary, the 14th Ward went
>  >  60-40 for Obama. We had over 700 members on our team, orchestrated
>  >  daily home cooked meals for Obama staff for 2 weeks, and turned out
>  >  140 volunteers on election day to get out our vote. The Form feature
>  >  of the spreadsheet was particularly nice, but so was sharing documents
>  >  to distribute the work over a larger organizing team.
>  >
>  >  My wife was so impressed, she blogged about it:
>  >
>  >  http://duckofminerva.blogspot.com/2008/04/history-lesson-pa-08.html
>  >
>  >  Stu
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >  On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 6:34 AM, Emma Duke-Williams
>  >  <emma.dukewilliams at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >  > On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 8:21 AM, Gordon Carlson
>  <gordycarlson at gmail.com>
>  >  wrote:
>  >  >
>  >  >  >  That is true, but they still have to use some email address to join
>  >  >  >  and use Google Docs.  And these addresses are available to people
>  >  >  >  sharing documents with one another.
>  >  >
>  >  >  I think you must have set Google Docs up differently from me. I've
>  >  >  just had a look at a Doc that someone has shared with me. I can see
>  >  >  the names of those it's shared with & can send an email to them, but I
>  >  >  can't see what their email address actually is.
>  >  >  I've had a look at one that I'm owner of, and I still can't see the
>  >  >  email addresses of those I've shared it with, though clearly I needed
>  >  >  to know them in the first place.
>  >  >
>  >  >  To get back to the original question, I've used them with other staff
>  >  >  to work on conference proposals etc., and a colleague has used it with
>  >  >  his students, so that he can have access to their drafts (if they ask
>  >  >  him to) before their final coursework submission.
>  >  >
>  >  >  That said, I prefer Zoho docs, as I think that you can do more with
>  >  >  them. However, I have just had a look at one (a wiki) that I've shared
>  >  >  with others, and that is showing their full email addresses.
>  >  >
>  >  >  Re. the 18 issue ... the students that I work with are 18+, so at
>  >  >  least we're over that hurdle!
>  >  >
>  >  >  --
>  >  >  Emma Duke-Williams:
>  >  >  School of Computing/ Faculty eLearning Co-ordinator.
>  >  >  Blog: http://userweb.port.ac.uk/~duke-wie/blog/
>  >  >
>  >  >
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>  >  Stuart Shulman
>  >  Neighborhood Team Leader
>  >  Squirrel Hill - Point Breeze, PA
>  >  Obama for America
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