Consider adding the JCE editor to Joomla!

When you create or edit an article in Joomla! you are using TinyMCE, the default editor included with Joomla! While this editor gets the job done it has its limitations. JCE is an extension to Joomla which allows you to use a more powerful editor. (More shortly...)

Beyond email... setting up your own forum on Go Daddy.

You have already used Go Daddy's (mostly) automated Joomla! installer to set up Joomla! on your website. Go Daddy also has installers for many popular forums.

The most widely used is a forum called phpBB. Another popular choice is simple machines forum (SMF).

If you choose to install a forum on your website you can give your forum its own url. You can make it so only your team can log in to post and view the posts. You can set up "sub-forums" for various topics (Marketing, OM, FE, IS) and "sub-sub-forums" if you wish (a forum for each workshop or part of the plan?). Or you can keep things simple at first and add structure as you go. If your team decides to use this, you can set up email notification, so team members get an email whenever something is posted.

My recommendation: go down this path only if your team is very clear that a forum is how you want to organize your thinking. Otherwise, first consider some other options.

Beyond email...

As we have discussed in class, when it comes to the communication element of collaboration many groups prefer email: its familiar, flexible, and there is no new system to learn and no new inbox to check. There are, however, advantages to having some capability for capturing conversations with a bit more structure.

Stay tuned for some thoughts about options you might consider.

Blog for IS323

Since one major focus this semester is the use of web technologies for collaboration and communication, it seems appropriate to try using a blog as part of our classroom conversation. I see this blog as a place to post comments and observations that are not "required" or "urgent" and therefore don't belong as announcements. So... reading this blog is recommended but entirely optional. All essential communications will be done via email and announcements in SMGtools, and all material for the exams will be covered in class. That said, hopefully some of what gets posted here will help you to understand the material and to get more from class.