Google+ Hangoutsfor collaborationSarah HorriganLearning Technologies Manager, CiCSUniversity of Sheffield

Let's start with Google+

(... what is it?)

http://plus.google.com

It's a social space...

... to connect and share with others

And it can be public... or as private as you want

Posts are shared with different levels of privacy... ... you

choose

But... circles... are a little bit mysterious

3 thingsto knowabout circles...

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Google+ is more than that though...

There are hangouts too...

(... what's a hangout??)

Hang-out (n): Informal A place where one lives or frequently haunts

Not quite

Think of them as a place to gather

There are several ways to get there...

In fact... you can hang out from lots of different places

And once you're hanging out...

... there's more stuff

... for you to explore

Chat face to face...

Edit documents together

Present ideas...

Watch a video together...

Draw a diagram together...

Or sketch out an idea...

Let's take a look...

Any more info?http://www.shef.ac.uk/cics/googleplus