Online Collaboration WorkspacesJamie Dalferes

Why virtual offices?Who uses them?

Do they have a place in education?

The future of the workplace: no office?

Features Meetsee Ubidesk Wiggio3-D Virtual office setting X

Meetings offered in many formats

X X

File Sharing X X X

Instant Messaging X X

Advanced features available X X

Ability to belong to more than one group

X X X

Quick and Easy to setup and navigate

X

Monthly service fees X X

Online tutorials available X X X

Pros Cons

3-D Virtual office spaces are setup like a real office

User can get caught up in the design aspect of the application

Meetings are virtual and allow for web cam access and presentations to be shown

There is not a calendar available

Easy set-up and use Updating status and availability takes a lot of steps

Easy file sharing Monthly rates apply to use all of the available features

Office can be customized to fit personalityPerson can belong to many groups with varying security settings

Meetsee

Pros Cons

A project timeline is available Boring interface

Discussion Board Difficult to setup and navigate

Email notifications to smart phone

Cannot host a virtual meeting

Edit office documents within the application

Instant messaging isn’t an option

Workspace data is backed up daily

Service fee to have access to all available services

Ubidesk

Pros Cons

Person can belong to many groups with varying security

Can’t personalize the site

Groups are organized and easy to navigate through

Pictures of members are not available

Application is free There is not an option to show a presentation while in a meeting

There is a forum available on the home page

Everyone has to join the meeting using the same format

There is a calendar available Project timeline not available

Many different meeting formatsEasy to setup and manage groupsAbility to poll members of the group

Wiggio

Service Fees

Wiggio Ubidesk Meetsee0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

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Recommendations

Based on provided information I recommend that the school district adopts Wiggio for the supported online Workspace.

Wiggio doesn’t have a monthly service fee

Teachers and students can use it to collaborate with one another

Students can have workgroups with other students to complete group projects

Teachers can collaborate with one another across district at their convenienceAdministrators can began to work as a team even though they run different campuses

The application is easy to use, setup, maintain, and secure

Web based allows access from any computer with internet access

Training will be provided by web based tutorials that are already in place

Faculty can began using the product immediately