ICT Collaborative Development

COLLABORATE – This means to work with another person or group in order to achieve or do something.

WEB PORTAL

 it is a website that contains information from different sources and places then in one location in a
uniform way.
 This is considered as the “Gateway of information”.
 Web Portals are large in multi-service websites designed to be comprehensive one-stop destinations for
users.
o an example of a web portal is Yahoo! (www.yahoo.com) stands for “Yet another Hierarchical
Office Oracle!”
o Yahoo.com is the largest and most comprehensive information portal on the Web and it offers
a web portal where news, emails, weather etc. are found in one page.

ONLINE COLLABORATIVE TOOLS

There are plenty of online collaborative tools.

1. You can use Facebook groups to create a group page that will allow people in your group to
communicate with your ideas
2. WordPress also allows you to multiple contributors for a single blog.
3. Google Drive and Microsoft Office Online allow multiple people to work on different office files and even
have their own group’s cloud storage.
4. Sites like Trello offer an online to-do checklist for your entire team.

GOOGLE SLIDES

 Google Slides is an online presentation app that lets you create and format presentations and work with
other people.
 Can build presentations right in your web-browser – no special software is required.
 Multiple people can work on slides at the same time, you can see people’s changes as they make them
and every change is automatically saved.

STEPS ON HOW TO ACCESS GOOGLE SLIDES

ACCESS GOOGLE SLIDES

NOTE: the app launcher can be customized in terms of icon location, so the location of your Slides icon may be
different spot in the list.
if you are using Slides for the first time, you may need to click the More link at the bottom of the app launcher
window.

GOOGLE SLIDES HOME PAGE

CREATE A NEW PRESENTATION

From the Slides homepage you can click once to create a blank presentation, create a presentation from a
template, or open recent presentations. To create a new presentation simply click the Blank template icon. You will
see the following.

NAME THE PRESENTATION

Click the area that says Untitled presentation on the upper left to name the presentation (or click File and choose
Rename).

CHOOSE A THEME

When you first create a presentation, the themes pane will appear on the right side of the screen. Click a theme to
give all your slides the same background and text styles for a consistent look and feel.

 Click the X on the upper right of the themes pane to close it.
 Click the Themes button in the tool bar to reopen it.

ADD AND EDIT CONTENT

 Add text: Click the text place holder areas on each slide to start typing in your text. You can also create
your own text areas by adding a text box.
- Click Insert and choose Text Box, then click inside the text boxes to type in them. You can also move,
delete, or re-size text boxes.
 Add images, videos, and more: Use Insert in the tool bar to add more to your presentation. Inserted
items can be moved, deleted, and re-sized. Inserted items include.
- images
 - links
- videos
- word art
- shapes
- tables
- slide numbers
 Add notes: use speaker notes to keep track of your talking points for each slide. In the presentation
editor, notes appear beneath the current slide. When you present your slides. Your speaker notes show
in a separate window.

COSTUMIZE YOUR SLIDES

Use the tools and menu options along the top to format and customize the presentation.

CREATE AND ARRANGE SLIDES

1. New slide - click the + button in the toolbar. You can choose a layout the new slide by clicking the drop down
arrow.
2. Move slide - Dragging of slides
3. Duplicate slide – Right-click the slide you want to duplicate in the sidebar and select Duplicate slide.
4. Delete slide - right-click the slide you want to delete in the sidebar and select Delete slide

COLLABORATE

REAL TIME EDITS

When a presentation is shared using the steps in the Google Drive handout(pages3-4). Anyone with Can edit
permissions can edit the presentation. Multiple people can edit a presentation and the edits can be seen by
everyone in real time.
When a collaborator makes an edit to a presentation, other collaborators can see their name on connected to a
little color coded icon connected to the text.

ADD COMMENTS

If you can’t collaborate in real time, you can leave feedback and questions on the side for collaborators to look at
when they open the presentation.

 Select a section of the slide

PRESENT

When you’re ready to present your slides, click Present button at the top of the page. Click the down arrow to see
more options. To see your speaker notes, choose Presenter view.