I have never used Google Documents before. This sort of peer review process was very different for me in that respect. However, some things were still the same. People commented on what I wrote and left me suggestions for change, like normal; only the method had changed.
Using Google Documents is definitely a time saver. Last Wednesday I suggested using Google Documents to my group in PLSC 314. We all were having a difficult time synchronizing our schedules so that we could work on a project. The flexibility of using this process was very encouraging. It was like using Microsoft tracking, but everyone has access to it. Since I am familiar with tracking, once I started editing with Google Documents the process was a piece of cake!
I cannot really think of anything that did not work for me, but I wish I would have understood sooner how to actually view the documents. I didn't really get why a link to the document had to be emailed. I thought we had a class group that was setup to view each others' documents. So I was a little lost there. The advice I would give is just to remember to use Gmail addresses and not to go through the emich accounts. This makes finding the documents a lot easier because users can choose whom will be able to view documents by clicking share.
Final Verdict: Google Docs Rocks!
Using Google Documents is definitely a time saver. Last Wednesday I suggested using Google Documents to my group in PLSC 314. We all were having a difficult time synchronizing our schedules so that we could work on a project. The flexibility of using this process was very encouraging. It was like using Microsoft tracking, but everyone has access to it. Since I am familiar with tracking, once I started editing with Google Documents the process was a piece of cake!
I cannot really think of anything that did not work for me, but I wish I would have understood sooner how to actually view the documents. I didn't really get why a link to the document had to be emailed. I thought we had a class group that was setup to view each others' documents. So I was a little lost there. The advice I would give is just to remember to use Gmail addresses and not to go through the emich accounts. This makes finding the documents a lot easier because users can choose whom will be able to view documents by clicking share.
Final Verdict: Google Docs Rocks!
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