Google Docs for Staff Collaboration

(Using Google Docs for Staff Collaboration)

Google Docs is an online suite of office programs.  The Docs suite contains MS Office-like document, spreadsheet, and presentation programs.  It also contains survey and drawing programs.


The benefits of the suite being online is that they can all be accessed from any computer, anywhere in the world that has Internet access, AND they can be shared to enable collaboration.

Forms
Forms are Google survey tool.  They are quick and easy to create and allow you all types of information.  

1. From your Google Docs homepage, click "Create New" and choose "Form"

2. Type your questions

3. Link to the form's web address from your web site, embed it into your web site, or send it in an email.  The address can be found at the bottom of the "Edit Form" page.
4. Answers are submitted to a Google spreadsheet, which is in your Docs list.

Here is an example.

Presentations
Google presentation is just like PowerPoint, just online.  Here is an example of today's PowerPoint embedded.


Documents
Google document application functions like MS Word, just online.  Because it is online you can share it with one person or the whole world!

Check out this example and contribute your thoughts!

http://goo.gl/hU3YO