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Unit 13: Collaborating via Social Networks and Groupware

If you’ve weighed the pros and cons of creating your own group on your website and have Notes
decided to go for it, here are some platforms to get you started in creating your group.

Some good alternatives are there for creating a group on your own website.
You use Groupware software to determine that progress.
Some of the most popular online groupware applications are also discussed in this unit.
13.4 Keywords

AirSet: It is a privately held web services company based in Walnut Creek, California, United
States, their service allows you to manage multiple groups in one place.

ContactOffice: It is a web application accessible with a web browser, developed by ContactOffice
Group.
Google Sites: It is an online application that makes creating a team website as easy as editing a
document.
Huddle: The Huddle software platform provides cloud-based file sharing, file storage, content
management, collaboration, task management, meeting organization, discussion boards, custom
branding, security and authorization control, as well as an API.
Nexo: It allows you to develop a free personalized group Website.

OpenTeams: It is an innovative initiative development solution where employees collaboratively
seed and mature new ideas for additional revenue, productivity, and cost-savings
ProjectSpaces: Simple, secure and powerful online workspace and extranet to help your project
teams, workgroups, committees, partners, and others connect, share and collaborate.
TeamSpace: It is a web-based collaborative workspace system for managing shared work
processes and maintaining shared artifacts in a project typically spanning months or years.
13.5 Review Questions

1. Discuss how to create groups on social networks.
2. Explain how to evaluate online groupware.
3. Enumerate the advantages of creating a group.

4. List the disadvantages of creating a group.
5. What are the steps to be taken for creating a successful group?
6. List the platforms for your on-site group.
7. Explain the great alternatives to creating your own group.

8. Describe the concept of groupware.
9. Enumerate the applications of groupware.

Answers: Self Assessment

1. False 2. True
3. True 4. True
5. True 6. True

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