Online Collaboration Tools - Sharepoint
Description:
Confederation College runs a Microsoft Sharepoint Server - ( CC-SHAREPOINT ). (BROKEN LINK) The Sharepoint server can be used by College Faculty or Staff to collaborate with groups of people. Sharepoint allows the Staff member to do the following:
Post lecture notes, PowerPoint presentations, Word documents or virtually any kind of file in a special library for your group to share.
Sharepoint can be used as a discussion forum for your group.
Sharepoint can keep a history of a document that your group is working on allowing you to look at older versions or make changes. The history includes who made the last changes as well as when the document was checked out / checked in to the library.
Sharepoint 2010 has social media integration that allows people in your group to easily share information about themselves.
Sharepoint 2010 allows you to embed videos into your team page providing a more dynamic team experience.
Who is it for:
Sharepoint is a service that is available to Faculty and Staff who would like to collaborate with groups of people within the College or outside the College.
How do I use it:
To start using Sharepoint, contact the Computer Services Helpdesk and request more information. A technician will contact you to ask a few questions about how you will be using the service. They will also be asking the names and contact information of the people in your group so that a Sharepoint Team page can be setup.
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