[Air-L] looking for a collaborative real-time editor

Cristina Lopez clopez at umn.edu
Wed Jan 28 12:28:14 PST 2009


Nope, I believe you can see edits are they are being made. I remember 
seeing that while working on a document and my colleague happened to 
start work on it, too. Also, according to their help pages editing 
happens in real time and others logged in can see it.

Cris


Christian Nelson wrote:
> The original request was for a word processor which allows 
> collaborators to see edits as they are made. As I understand it, 
> Googledocs doesn't quite do this. I think you have to save an edit 
> before your collaborators can see it. Isn't this so? I thought I heard 
> of a processor that displays all edits precisely when they are being 
> made, but can't find it now.
> --Christian Nelson
>
> On Jan 28, 2009, at 3:07 PM, Cristina Lopez wrote:
>
>> Meryl: Googledocs is like a wiki in that you can use it to write 
>> collaboratively with others. But there are significant differences 
>> between Googledocs and wikis. In a wiki you can create a web of 
>> pages, while in Googledocs you can't. In Googledocs documents can be 
>> saved, published and printed in different formats, while material you 
>> create in a wiki is simply published right in the Web space. I think 
>> of Googledocs more as "MS Office plus"--same formats, similar ways of 
>> organizing, viewing and publishing documents, but with some added 
>> advantages, including the ability to share documents easily, access 
>> them from anywhere where you can get on the Web and chat with others 
>> who are viewing or editing the document.
>>
>> Dana: I was just going to ask about security. I'm glad you commented 
>> on that. Would you tell me more about Google's privacy policy?
>>
>> Cristina Lopez, Ph.D.
>> Senior Educational Technology Consultant
>> Office of Information Technology, Digital Media Center
>> University of Minnesota
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>>
>>
>>
>> Meryl Krieger wrote:
>>> so are you all saying you can use Googledocs as a kind of wiki tool?
>>>
>>> Thanks for the clarification,
>>>
>>> Meryl
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 2:34 PM, NANCY MCDONALD-KNWRTHY <
>>> mcdonald-knwrthy.1 at osu.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> google docs is a wonderful tool... I've taught M. Ed teachers to 
>>>> use it as
>>>> part of their tech class in teacher prep... it works.  I think 
>>>> you'd all
>>>> need to get a gmail account... I forget about that one... but to 
>>>> edit I
>>>> think you need one.
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: Jess <jess at jesslaccetti.co.uk>
>>>> Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 2:00 pm
>>>> Subject: Re: [Air-L] looking for a collaborative real-time editor
>>>> To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Kim,
>>>>>
>>>>> You might try etherpad.com (I think it's out of beta testing)
>>>>> and google docs?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Jess
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>  From: Kimberly Silk
>>>>>  To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
>>>>>  Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 6:56 PM
>>>>>  Subject: [Air-L] looking for a collaborative real-time editor
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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