Copyright 4 Educators (ZA)

Online collaboration among group members is a key part of this course. You and your group members will need to collaborate to discuss the course readings and discussions, and to prepare the group response to each of the Case Scenarios.Your group may wish to “meet” online at agreed times to discuss the readings, Discussion Questions, and Case Scenario.  The following tools may prove useful to you in scheduling meetings, communicating online, and producing a collaborative document. This list of collaborative tools was compiled by the facilitators of our sister course: Copyright for Educators in the U.S.:

Scheduling:

• Doodle - http://www.doodle.com/

Collaborative Document Editing:

• Google Docs - http://docs.google.com/
• Writeboard - http://writeboard.com/
• P2PU Wiki - http://wiki.p2pu.org/

Text chat:

• One-to-one:
  • gTalk (Jabber) - http://www.gmail.com/
  • AIM - http://www.aim.com/
  • Skype - http://www.skype.com
• Many-user:
  • IRC - http://webchat.freenode.net/
  • Skype - http://www.skype.com(Public Chat function)
  • Brizzly/Picnics - http://brizzly.com/

Audio Chat:

• Many user, computer-based:
  • Skype - http://www.skype.com
  • Tokbox - http://www.tokbox.com
• Many-user, telephone-based:
  • Yuuguu - http://www.yuuguu.com
  • Free Conference Call - http://freeconferencecall.com.

Video Chat:

• One-to-one, computer-based:
  • Skype - http://www.skype.com
• Many-user, computer-based:
  • Tokbox - http://www.tokbox.com