Last updated on 30 May 2013
Co-Ment is an online CTBT tool that allows discuss, annotate and of course write texts online in collaborative mode.
Co-Ment offers an interface and features that are easy to understand and take in hand. There are three main functions: Annotate, discuss, write or rewrite. This opens up many possible uses in education.
The service allows you to initiate a text online, but you can also import a document. Co-Ment Offer a very complete import module accepting the most commonly used text formats. Once imported, the sharing is done by email or online via a unique URL provided by the site. You can also insert a text into a web page on a website or blog and thus offer online readers the opportunity to use all the functions of drafting a joint text.
One of Co-Ment's strengths lies in its managing the various comments and versions of the same document. You will be able to juggle between different versions of the same text and see changes between two versions of the same document. As administrator, you will decide whether to include proposals or reject them. You will also be able to respond to comments and annotations left online to explain your choices or initiate a conversation.
The management of the rights given to each user is fine enough for professional use. You can assign an observer, commentator, moderator, editor or administrator role.
To close this short overview of Co-ment, I liked the alert system proposed in the form of an RSS feed or by sending an email This will notify you of any further changes to a text subject to input.
Co-ment offers a free version for simple use and a much more powerful pro version that offers, among other things, a complete and very convenient dashboard to track all your documents and workgroups.
Link: Co-ment
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