Last updated on 3 May 2020
Update January 2018 - The site no longer exists
Unishared is an online tool that will revolutionize the way you or your students will take notes in a course, conference or seminar.
Unishared makes it possible to take notes collaboratively on a single shared Google Doc document. That's quite a good idea. Several people can take notes together on a single document during a course or after. They can also add comments on margins and chat via an integrated chat system.
But that is not all. The real good idea of Unishared is the Possibility to share your courses with the whole world. This tool shatters the walls of the class or amphi by connecting them with the outside. By making their notes public, everyone will be able to benefit the whole earth from the knowledge transmitted in a course. And if you want, you can also allow people on the other side of the world to comment on or complete your notes.
One could thus dream of a world university of knowledge freely shared through the notes of students or teachers. Using the service is very simple. After a quick registration, you can either view notes created by other users or create your first note.
When creating a course, you can choose 3 levels of confidentiality:
• modification: other users can act on the document
• comment: other users cannot edit the document, but they can annotate it
• consultation: no modification or comment, the document is simply accessible for reading
You can also invite people to collaborate directly by email. The Unishared project is free and has a well-deserved rapid development.
Using Google Docs technology, you have access to the classic functions of automatic backup of the document and the possibility of to display revisions and previous versions of the same document.
On the side of flaws, since we have to find some, I do not like this new mode that is spreading on the web 2 and which consists of registering for a service via its Facebook credentials. Rather annoying especially when the designers give you no other choice to sign up. Facebook or nothing, sometimes you want to answer: nothing.
In the classroom.
Unishared is a good TICE tool for Introduce the concept of collaborative work in and out of the classroom. In addition to taking notes in progress, the tool is also particularly useful for allowing students to work together on a homework assignment or presentation. On the teacher’s side, you will be able to explore the construction of a course collaboratively with other colleagues or even with your own students.
Unishared will also allow you to connect with other knowledge and enjoy what is happening in an amphitheatre thousands of kilometres away from you. You have understood this. I liked this site. I hope you will appreciate it too. If you take a leap, I'll be curious to know what you think.
Link: Unishared.
English
Hello,
I see no interest in this service that is not already offered by google docs …
Is it easier to use? no
Is it easier to access? No, you also have to create an … account via more …’s facebook, so why not via google?
Does it bring any novelties compared to google docs? non…
So, I prefer to continue with google docs and open (not at all, partially or completely) my google docs
The real novelty would have been not having to create an … account.
Good evening Gatien and thank you for this reaction. Google Docs technology is used here in a spirit of sharing and making notes available. Unishared offers to consult or even participate in real time in thousands of documents created in classes and conferences around the world. A library that does not exist on Google. The idea of sharing the underlying knowledge is quite exciting …, but I can understand that we do not share this view, which seems to be your case.
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