24 Oct, 2007
Groove 2007: No-Fuss Collaboration at EDUCAUSE2007
Posted by: Jeff VanDrimmelen In: EDUCAUSE2007| Student Tools| Teacher Tools| Tech Stuff
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So I have seen this little icon called Microsoft Groove running in my system tray for months now. I tried to figure it out once, but didn’t get to far. When I saw this session I decided I would figure out exactly what was going on!
What is Groove? Groove allows you to share files and conduct meetings (together even) in an interface that doesn’t require accounts… changes saved remotely and locally…
Share Point is a lot like this… but Groove allows you to share in sharepoint without getting an account. You don’t need to contact IT to set up a workspace…
Creating a Workspace - Research, Projects, Development, Calendars, Departmental Stuff, Lunch Time.
Workspace is a collections of files, tools and members…
You can share all sorts of tools by yourself without a sever, but you can install it to a server as well to manage settings for all sorts of things…
Unfortunately we had a bunch of computers in this session and we spent the majority of the session getting people into Groove on their machines instead of exploring functions and things you can do with it… 
What I got out of this session:
- I need to get with our server guys and figure out how to test this out… apparently there is an active directory component that you can link into.
- We also need to try out a sharepoint server… apparently all you need to do is enable it on a server.
- I will post what I find out in the future…
By the end of the session I was able to replicate my account on my computer in North Carolina remotely. That is pretty cool. It can keep all my documents in sync. I can see how this would be useful. I was also able to send an invite via e-mail for anyone. That really could be pretty awesome.
There really wasn’t enough time here, but at least it got my feet wet… you can invite colleagues at other universities, other students in a class… anyone and any infinite about of spaces to share with anyone… more to come in the future….