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Whiteboard And Collaboration Tools

The internet provides many free online whiteboard and conferencing tools. These tools are in various states of maturity. Some offer good support; others are 'as-is'.

A 'vendor-independent' portal ranking both commerical and free online collaboration tools canbe found at Survey of Online meeting Tools.

Whiteboard and Online Collaboration

Name and Description	More Information
Brio is a web meeting service designed for small collaborative meetings for individual professionals and small businesses.	Built on Adobe's Flash platform, Brio operates inside most popular web browsers. Works well with Windoz. Linux based browser can view other's shared screen,but cannot share its own screenWorks well from a Windoz VMware image.
Bluehouse: "Bluehouse" is the place where businesses come to get work done. Whether you need to prepare for tomorrow's meeting, are ready to host one today or want to collect feedback from yesterday's call.	IBM offering. Low end edition includes several free and useful options.
Campfire: A web-based group chat tool that lets you set up password-protected chat rooms in just seconds. Invite a client, colleague, or vendor to chat, collaborate, and make decisions. Link to a room on your intranet for internal communications.	Low end allows 4 free users. A nice fully featured chat tool.
Dabbleboard : A whiteboard application that 'smoothes' out shapes drarn using a mouse. Handy, simple to use.	Features annotation by typing anywhere, a freehand drawing mode to let you avoid the cleaning up, and the ability to insert images.
Dimdim is a free web conferencing service where you can share your desktop, show slides, collaborate, chat, talk and broadcast via webcam with absolutely no download required for attendees.	ReadDimdim Open Source is a bright-bright solution for Web conferencing DimDim and Zimbra look to be merging. See related article
Elluminate vRoom: Real-time collaboration with up to three participants using interactive features. Whiteboard, chat. Excpetional virtual classroom. Java based so it runs 'anywhere'	Very full featured virtual classroom. vRoom is the free low end. Several levels of commercial prodcut is available. This is a polished and well though out productr.
GoogleVoice: Voice and video chat for Gmail	With a Webcam and a Web browser plug-in, users can start video chats with other Gmail users,
IBM Sametime Unyte: The IBM Lotus Sametime Unyte services add a visual element to any instant message, chat or voice call. Conferencing has never been easier or more accessible for users of all skill levels. Invite friends or colleagues to share your desk top or view documents online together - anytime, anywhere. The Lotus Sametime Unyte services are quick to install, easy-to-use and won't break your budget.	Free and low cost versions of collaborative tools. No vioce, but otherwise a free 1 to 1 workspace requiring nothing but a browser.
Scriblink : A free digital whiteboard that users can share online in real-time. Includes drawing tools.	Features, Limitations and Links
ShowDocument: Free File Sharing and Net Meeting Service	A free Flash-based web app that provides a robust, no-hassle way to get near-instant feedback or collaboration on a document, with no signup or downloads required.
Stixy :A limited funtction, free online whiteboard collaboration tool. Offers users the ability to share content in real time.	Features, Limitations and Links
TalkAndWrite Simulates the interaction of up 10 users,working side by side on any common document. Done by Mathematician for on-line Math tutoring. Skype Certified	See how to use (First use video) Voice via Skype Nice tool, but free version allows only 10 minute sessions.
vYew : Excellent online collaboration and web conferencing service.Host live conferences and work collaboratively on content asynchronously over time, anytime	Features, Limitations and Links
Ustream.TV is the live interactive video broadcast platform that enables anyone with a camera and an Internet connection to quickly and easily broadcast to a global audience of unlimited size.	Anyone can become a broadcaster by creating their own channel on Ustream or by broadcasting through their own site, empowering them to engage with their audience and further build their brand. Ustream's one-to-many live interactive video encourages broadcast-to-viewer and viewer-to-viewer interaction, empowering a much more engaging experience for everyone involved.
Wiggio: A free, online toolkit that makes it easy to work in groups. You can use wiggio's functionalities to manage all your groups and projects from this one website.	Includes calendar, polls, messaging, etc. A great tool for group coordination.
Wiziq: Online Virtual Classroom on WiZiQ is a free alternative to expensive conferencing tools selling as online teaching/learning software. No screen sharing, but includes math sybols and a full function whiteboard.	Demo video of virtual classroom feature Requires no download or installation. Requires Windoz operating system. I have had little success making wiziq do all the things I see other folks make it do.
Yugma is an easy-to-use web conferencing service that allows users to host or attend online meetings on Windows, Mac and Linux (future direction) computers.	Yugma is quick to download. Go from initial download to hosting a session within a matter of minutes. Yugma is a lightweight application that starts up quickly, and takes up almost no system resources on your computer.
Yuuguu: Application screen sharing or Web Share, share control of your screen and work together in real time over the web. YuuGuu has been integrated with Skype	Windows, Mac and Linux systems, we made the Yuuguu application work with older system versions for maximum availability. Screen sharing, instant messaging and the ability to work on the same document together in real time is free. A low cost audio conferencing feature is available. This is an exceptional tool!

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