Learning Unit 9 has allowed me to become familiar with the following program applications: Facebook’s MyOffice, Google Calendar, Yugma, & Zoho Project.
Facebook’s MyOffice:
The MyOffice application found on Facebook is very useful and efficient when it comes to organization for oneself or collabortive teamwork. Several individuals are able to join the same application group and work together on projects and tasks using the discussion board or whiteboard. Additionally, text documents and other files are able to be attached to the group’s MyOffice and specifically be able to delegate tasks to each individual in the group. This is helpful to split up projects through delegation and everyone is able to see who has what responsibilites. This is a great advancement beyond just a calendar with event reminders as it permits discussions and delegation of tasks.
Google Calendar:
Google has come out with an application, Google Calendar, to help individuals organize personal event dates and appointments while being able to share it with others. This application is very user friendly and allows the user to plan their schedule not only daily, but hourly. Just like Facebook’s MyOffice, both of these applications are free to the user, but Google Calendar permitts more time specific scheduling versus being able to upload and manage documents with my fellow group memebrs.
Yugma:
I really like the Yugma application because it is very organized when it comes to scheduling and conducting meetings with other group members through instant messaging in addition to being able to share calendars. This is used as a virtul meeting application where recording and sharing of videos and meeting sessions takes place as well as being able to rotate “presenters” of the meeting. Yugma allows users to invite others to the chat session through the use of session identification numbers. These are easy to share because it is very direct and specific which is conducive to holding national or international meetings. Even though this application only permits a 14 day free trial period because there is a charge to use this service, this application is very beneficial for business meetings. Often business needs to be conducted between engineers and other collegues who are not located in the same area, and through Yugma, these professionals can join together and conduct a meeting which in the long run will save money on flight travel, transportation, and lodging. The disadvantage of this application is that it is difficult to download as well as it makes the computer processing very slow. Good connectivity is required to launch this application successfully.
Zoho Project :
Zoho Project is an application that permits the management and team collaboration of projects such as the Learning Unit 9. What I found interesting in this application is that it can be executed in 12 different languages which allows popularity internationally when it comes to manangement. This is also very user friendly, but it has many more organizational options than Google Calendar. The downside is that Zoho users may be charged a fee depending on how many projects need to be managed.
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Google Calendar Link: http://www.freewebs.com/hadichammas/hadicalendar.html
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Picassa website: http://picasaweb.google.com/hadichammas/HadiSPictures
My logo svg file on Facebook: http://apps.facebook.com/freedrive/file/273933
My Personal Web Page: http://www.freewebs.com/hadichammas
My Blog Web Page: http://hadichammas.wordpress.com/
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