Collaboration is a critical element of successful research. Increasingly, all stages of the research process can be assisted by online tools. Here are some that may help you collaborate more effectively and productively.
EVO
EVO videoconferencing software is an advanced videoconferencing tool that allows researchers to conduct online meetings with up to 25 (twenty-five) participants.
ARCS Data Fabric
The ARCS Data Fabric is a service that allows researchers to store their data. The ARCS Data Fabric can also provide features useful for data collaboration, replication, and transfer and for building into other eResearch services as required.
Access GRID Facility
The AccessGrid Facility at QUT is a state-of-the-art multimedia & VISAC facility that is well suited to high-quality video conferencing, large-scale distributed meetings, collaborative teamwork sessions, seminars, lectures, tutorials, and training. The idea is to provide a compelling and productive user work environment for large-scale and/or geographically dispersed scientific and technical collaborations involving multiple teams working together.
Microsoft Office Communicator and Live Meeting
An advanced real-time collaboration tool with presence awareness, Instant Messaging, multi-party audio and video conferencing, desktop and file sharing and integration with Microsoft Office applications to support all staff.
QUT Wiki
QUT Wiki is a collaborative space that is quick and easy to edit and update. Use QUT Wiki for information that multiple staff can contribute to or information that is time-sensitive and likely to change.
You can set access to a QUT Wiki space so that it is kept secure or so that different groups within QUT or even external users can view or edit the information. Do not use a QUT Wiki space to duplicate information that is available on a QUT Website or intranet site. More information about QUT Wiki is available via the Web Services site. To request a QUT Wiki Space, visit the QUT Wiki governance site. For examples of who is using QUT Wiki see the list of existing Wiki Spaces and their administrators.
Google Groups and Google Docs
Google Groups is a free service which helps groups of people to communicate effectively using email and the Web. Every group has a home page hosted by Google where members can start new discussions or reply to older topics.
Google Docs allows you to create and share your presentations, spreadsheets, documents, drawings and forms online.
Microsoft QUT eResearch Centre
The strategy of the Microsoft QUT eResearch Centre is to leverage Microsoft business tools as a basis for a smart tools virtual laboratory and advance QUT's real-world research in data visualisation, machine learning, collaborative systems and programming languages. This will translate to advances in the health and well-being for the entire community.
Social Bookmarking, Tagging and Bibliographic Management
Guide to social bookmarking and tagging. Using Connotea, Mendeley, Zotero and CiteULike can enhance academic collaboration by sharing annotations, storing academic papers and tagging useful websites.