Agenda October 19, 2011 Google Account Organization – RSS – iGoogle homepage Communication –...

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CommunicationGmail AccountChatVideo ChatDocument Sharing

CollaborationDocument creationShare documents with othersEdit in real time

OrganizationNo more multiple versionsAccess through InternetArchive documents

Google Apps and UU

AgendaOctober 19, 2011

• Google Account• Organization– RSS– iGoogle homepage

• Communication– Gmail– Calendar

• Collaboration– Google Docs Presenters:

Gayla S. KeeseeJessica King

Create a Google Account

http://tinyurl.com/3l8bcea

RSS

“Really simply syndication”System for delivering regularly changing web content

Automatically receive updates– Save time– Stay easily informed– Updates

Resources

• UU Tech Tips: http://uutechtips.blogspot.com/

• UU Church of Augusta: http://uuaugusta.org/

• Southeast District: http://www.tjdistrict.org/

• UUpdates: News Aggregator for UU syndicated sites (including wikis, blogs, websites...)

• UUBlogSearch: Read what Unitarian Universalists are writing by searching over 70 blogs written by self-proclaimed Unitarian Universalists, as well as the Unitarian Universalist Association and UUWorld web sites.

Themes

Gadgets

Google Calendar

Google Apps

Google Documents

Create and share online documents, spreadsheets and presentations

1) Add collaborators to document and Google will send them a link to access the Doc online

• No need to send e-mail attachments back and forth

2) Maintains a history of changes

• Can view, compare, revert back to previous versions

• No need to keep up with different versions

3) Decide who can view and/or edit each document

• Only you, some people, or everyone

Access

–From any computer with an Internet connect

Compatibility

–Microsoft Office–Across Platforms

Privacy

• Who can view• Who can edit

– You– Some– Everyone

Sharing

–Multiple collaborators

–Edit at same time

History of Revisions

Brainstorm Session

What are ways that you can think of that we might use Google Apps

in the church?

Wikis and UU Workshop

• Check out the information and videos on this web page BEFORE the workshop http://ckth.is/rpzz

• Wiki Prototypes

• UU Augusta http://uuaugusta.pbworks.com/

• UUCA Social Justice Council http://uuaugustasj.pbworks.com/

• Sandbox Wiki http://uusandbox.pbworks.com/

• Need to request access

• Live Streaming Wikis and UU: http://meet55194828.adobeconnect.com/wikis_uu/