Collabrative Editing

The article 7 Things You Should Know About Collaborative Editing from the Educause website reminded me of Sharepoint.  Except Sharepoint keeps track of the last version edited and maintains a copy of the original document.  Collabrative Editing allows everyone to edit the document but doesn't keep track of the original document, so you don't know what was changed.  As a paralegal working with attorneys being able to track the original copy is a must, and the option to download the original document prior to making a change defeats the purpose because everyone would be downloading a copy of the document every time there was a change to it.  I think being able for students to collaborate on a document would be a good idea, but again, I find that not knowing what the previous document content could have everyone going back and forth.

7 Things You Should Know About Collaborative Editing
http://www.educause.edu/library/resources/7-things-you-should-know-about-collaborative-editing