Barry Dahl-Work in the Cloud

ITC eLearning 2011 "Operate in the Cloud--A Dozen Great Tools with a Single Login"

HANDOUT will be barrydahl.com
Resources tab

Zoho

Note to Kari: Mark Workman-presentation (might want to get handouts)

Can do so much more than google docs

Best online word processor, spreadsheet, Web form creator and databse, poll creator, wiki, live Webinar space, calendar, mobile devices and more



Zoho.com (one account)

Collaboration apps, business apps, productivity Apps,

Zoho documents

Can do private, group, or public share (documents do not have to be on web)
If you want it on the web--"Webify it!"

No doc or docx

http://m.zoho.com/ access your docs on your mobile devices

Even offline when you have no connection MS Office plug-in

Zohowriter (published document)
Zoho Sheet (embedded spreadsheet
Zoho Creator (published webform)
Notebook (published

Desire2Blog (Barry's blog) he uses alot of zoho features in his blog

Tweet This! Social Networking in Higher Education (look for this presentation or get from Audrey)

Excellence in Education (Barry's new business)

Mail tool

Can log in with facebook account, twitter account, google, or follow their news

Dashboard tool

Can go from ap to ap -- one click access to many things

Zoho calendar can sync with others (like google calendar)
can color code separate calendars or see them separately

Zohodocs
One click access to all type of document

Zohotasks
To do list (like remember the milk)

PLE (personal learning environment on Barry's blog) Many downloads are also available on his blog

Zohowriter
similar to google docs, or word, but "a whole lot better"
Can share

If you save documents live on the web then you save steps when you change something because you're not changing it and re-uploading, etc.

Spreadsheet in excel is still very good

Zohospread
macros available
pivot table

Zoho Show (a bit "wanky")

Slideshare is his recommendation

Project Management (can do one at a time, more than that and you pay)

Zoho Creator
drag and drop
Form generator

Zoho Notebook
Can add audio and video (can upload or record right in program)
Great for homepage "presence"
Maximum is probably 5 minutes

JING or Camptasia (screen capture)

Mingleverse (can join a private room by sending out the link on twitter)