Collaboration and Social Media Yale Collaboration Services Document Sharing and Team Sites Service Basecamp Overview Adriene Nazaretian Radcliffe Collaboration and Social Media Evangelist Office of the CIO September 2014 a_radcliffe Adriene Radcliffe Document Sharing & Team Sites
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Yale ITS Collaborative Services and Basecamp Overview
This is a high level overview of Yale's Collaboration Services and how Basecamp fits into the Document Sharing and Team Sites Service.
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Collaboration and Social Media
Yale Collaboration ServicesDocument Sharing and Team Sites ServiceBasecamp Overview
Adriene Nazaretian RadcliffeCollaboration and Social Media EvangelistOffice of the CIOSeptember 2014 a_radcliffe Adriene Radcliffe
Lync Free chat and video within Yale Includes desktop screen sharing Presence enabled with YaleConnect
Adobe Connect Participants can be anywhere Free with use of “public rooms” via shared number of seats $150 one time charge for a dedicated license to setup rooms!
Room Based Video Conferencing Dedicated locations include self-service Rates apply
e-Mail Includes YaleConnect for Administrators, department accounts and those with
HIPAA requirements Eli Accounts for faculty and students Personal calendaring is included
Email Lists Predefined self-administered email lists Great for smaller groups and departments
University Messaging Service Bulk e-Mail messages to University Hands on assistance sending targeted messages Also open to official student organizations
Unified Messaging with YaleConnect Free, works with YaleConnect accounts Access and manage your voicemail, email or calendar from your email inbox,
YaleConnect Webmail or your mobile phone. Read or listen to your voicemail messages from your email.
• Brief Overview of Collaboration Services• Basecamp• Service Features• Where to get Help• Demo
Basecamp Sites
• Cloud-hosted collaboration site• Web-based so it works great across all platforms• Login with an email address and password• Basecamp sites for Yale departments are free• Departments manage their own sites• A site contains multiple “projects” or
collaboration areas• Track activities across all projects in a site• Calendar view across all projects in a site
Basecamp Sites
Basecamp Projects
• You only see projects in which you are a member• You invite members via eMail• Each project is pre-configured for– Text File Creating– File Upload– To-Do List– Discussion Area– Events on a calendar (support recurring meetings)
• Team members see everything• You can add a member called “The Client”, who doesn’t
see the discussion area but sees other content
Basecamp Projects
New Site Creation
Topics Covered Today
• Brief Overview of Collaboration Services• Basecamp• Service Features• Where to get Help• Demo
Service Features – Welcome and Training
• Welcome message includes links to help and online training
Service Features – Discussion Board
• The Discussion section allows you to post and reply about topics important to the projects, including options to notify others.
Service Features – To Do Lists
• You can create multiple To-Do Lists, assign the items to a participant and set a due date.
• When tasks are complete, you check them off
Service Features – Text Documents
• Simple text document creation allows you to see the content without opening the document.
• Works well for agendas and short lists
Service Features – Project Calendar
• Creating events allows you to see both a list view or calendar view
Service Features
• Upcoming project events are also visible on the main project page, and send the group email notifications
Service Features – Store Project Files
• You can also upload files to store with your project. File size limit is 2G
Service Features – Sort Project Files
• Files view can gallery or list• Views can be sorted
Service Features
• The Catch up feature allows you to see all the activity on a project since your last login
Service Features
• Participants can track a project through RSS• Participants can add content via eMail – Discussions– Creating Documents– Uploading Files
Service Features
• Projects can be deleted• Projects can be archived
Topics Covered Today
• Brief Overview of Collaboration Services• Basecamp• Service Features• Where to get Help• Demo
Where to Get Help
• Yale service page available at http://its.yale.edu/services/collaboration-and-file-sharing/basecamp
• Extensive online help is available at basecamp.com• Lynda.com has some training available