Collaboration tools

Within the Active8 Planet project, collaboration and engagement between the different 7+1 Teams, Planeteers, Students.

Collaboration Tools allow effective collaboration and might be very useful for the individual 7+1 teams, however they need to be facilitated and accompanied by networking activities, workshops - demonstrating the value add and purpose of collaboration.

Selected collaboration tools

Microsoft 365

Share and edit documents, incl. messaging and video calls
+Familiar software
+Collaborative editing
+Teams provides UC
+Cost-effective bundling
+many universities already use it
-not very engaging
-notifications don´t work properly if people are involved in several projects
-only works well, if people know each other properly - no user profiles

Slack

A collaboration tool which needs no introduction
+Excellent interface
+Impressive free version
-Some might want more depth in security
-not really working for networking

Miro

+free for educational organisations
+great tool to visualize and collaborate
+white board, chat and commenting
+many universities use it already
+great integrations

Trello

An app for organising all your projects
+Clean, easy-to-use interface
+Free version
-Not many comms features
-not really working for networking

Podio

A mobile-friendly collaboration tool
+Easy-to-use interface
+Quality mobile apps
+Wide range of integrations
-not really working for networking

Flock

A communication-focused Slack alternative
+Easy to use interface
+Neat productivity tools
+Free to use
+messaging, video calls, file sharing (costs)
-not really working for networking