Real-time collaboration has become an essential
component of working and learning online, since these tasks are never complete
without collaboration.
There are many times, when collaborating online in
real-time becomes a necessity to keep people involved, make them work together
and to keep teams focused to accomplish business goals. With real-time collaboration
you get the opportunity to work with people located in different parts of the
world at the same time on the same document and see the changes in an instant.
There are numerous tools available for the purpose.
I have shortlisted 20 options for real-time
collaboration tools for you to select from, they are as follows:
Neat Chat: It is
one of the easiest and fastest ways to have online conversations with a group
of friends or colleagues. It provides a clean, fast and robust chat room where
you can share files, send private messages and even access conversations that
happened in your absence.
Today’s Meet: Allows
you to have quick conversations in private online chat rooms. It has a back
channel which gives you the ability to adjust your audience’s needs and
emotions. In your chat room you can use live stream to make comments, ask
questions and use that feedback to tailor your presentations to address your
audience’s needs
Zoho
Writer: Is a powerful rich text-editor for Android devices, which allows you to
create documents seamlessly with a rich feature-set. You can either save these
docs in local devices or cloud devices like Zoho Docs. Zoho Docs workspace is a
collaboration tool, which allows you to share work on the same doc with other
people in real-time.
Scriblink: Is a
free digital whiteboard that users can share online in real-time. It can be
used by up to 5 users at the same time. It can be used just for fun or for more
practical things like layout planning, concept diagramming, or tutoring a
friend.
Stinto: Is for creating free chats and inviting others to
join just by sending a simple link. It allows you to share photos and images
with others. You can upload photos, sketches, diagrams, etc. to your chat for
others to view.
Mind42: Allows
collaborative online mind-mapping and brainstorming. It runs in your browser
and allows you to manage your ideas alone or while working in a group. It
allows you to quickly create, manage and edit the data structure required for
mind maps.
Scribblar: Offers
you an online whiteboard, real-time audio, document upload, text-chat and more.
It is a perfect online-tutoring platform. You can use it to revise artwork and
images; create brainstorming, product demos, interviews and tests.
CoSketch: Is a
multi-user online whiteboard designed to give you the ability to quickly
visualize and share your ideas as images. Anything you paint is shared in
real-time and can be saved and embedded on forums, blogs, etc.
Twiddla: Is a
real-time online collaboration tool, which allows text and audio chat in
real-time. It also allows you to review websites within the application.
Etherpad: Is an
open source online editor providing collaborative editing in real-time. You can
write articles, press releases, to-do lists and more along with your friends or
colleagues all working on the same doc at the same time.
Tinychat: It lets
you create a private chat room in an instant, the URL of which can be emailed
to others to participate in real-time. It is very easy to use and also has
features to support video capability.
FlashMeeting: Is an
easy-to-use online meeting application. A meeting is pre-booked by a registered
user and a URL, containing a unique password for the meeting, is returned by
the FlashMeeting server, which is passed on to the people who want to
participate.
BigMarker: It
combines messaging, file sharing and video calls into one place. BigMarker
communities have features for conferencing for up to 100 people, presenting
PowerPoints and other docs, sharing your screen, recording, storing, exporting
sessions and more.
Meetin.gs: Is a web and mobile meeting organizer which
brings the benefits of online collaboration to both online and offline
meetings. It provides a dedicated online meeting space for scheduling, material
sharing and agenda setting.
Conceptboard: It
provides instant whiteboards to create a platform for you to communicate with
your team. Feedback on visual content is easy and there is support for tasks,
reports and more. It simplifies and improves collaboration on visual content
and accelerates collaboration processes within your team.
Speek: Allows
you to simply organize conference calls. Speek uses a personal or business link
instead of a phone number and PIN for conference calls. Participants can join
or start a call from their phone, web or mobile browser. You can see who’s
joined, who’s talking, share files, use call controls and more.
Draw It Live: Is a
free application that allows you to work together with other people to draw in
real-time. You can create a whiteboard and share its URL with other people to
let them join.
LiveMinutes: Is
a free Real-time Collaboration
Platform. You will enjoy its interactive notetaking, voice conferencing, file
sharing, and Evernote syncing features to collaborate in real-time and boost
the productivity of your group.
FlockDraw: Is an
online whiteboard based painting and drawing tool. It makes it easy to draw
online free with multiple people participation. There can be unlimited people
in a room with drawing updates in real-time.
VIDquik: Is a
video-conferencing platform where you can connect and talk with anyone you
want. You just need to enter the Email of the person you want to call, they
click on the link and the two of you are in a web-based video call.
Are you already using real-time collaboration?
Share with us how you use it and the tools you use for the purpose. The Comment
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