A Good Google Drive Tool for Real-time Collaborative Diagramming

August 27, 2015
Cacoo is a web application that allows you to create and collaborate on diagrams. It offers some powerful drawing tools to use for drawing all kinds of diagrams including site maps, wire frames, flowcharts, network charts and many more. The great thing about Cacoo is that it supports real-time collaboration allowing you to work on the same diagram with various collaborators simultaneously. Multiple collaborators can edit a diagram in  real-time. There is also a chat functionality integrated into Cacoo editor that enables users to get direct feedback from their team.

Creating diagrams in Cacoo is only a matter of drag and drop from the stencil panel to the canvas. You can also use flexible connectors to connect objects together to create  mind maps and flowcharts. Once your diagrams are ready, you can choose from the various sharing options: use an HTML code to embed your diagram in a blog or a website or export your diagram in various vector forms such as PNG, SVG, PDF or as presentation slides.

Cacoo is also integrated with Google Drive meaning that you can design and save your diagrams right into your Drive and access them across different devices. ‘You can use Cacoo with no charge in the Free Plan. For $4.95 a month, you get additional functionality that makes Cacoo more useful.’

Watch the video below to learn more about Cacoo

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Teachers Tool for Creating Great Looking Diagrams and Charts

May 17, 2015
Gliffy is a great Chrome app for creating diagrams and flow charts. And although it has some slight shortcomings such as the absence of vector-based output format and that the app still does not support direct printing, Gliffy remains one of the best diagram making option for teachers. It has an intuitive interface and a very good editor that can work with no Internet connection.

Using Gliffy, you will be able to create a wide variety of shapes that include: flowcharts, org charts, UML, network diagrams and many more. Users can also save their diagrams into PNG or JEPG formats and use them in Google Docs, presentations, or even embed them in a wiki or A webpage. To print a diagram, you will have to convert the file into a different format such as Word doc.

You can use diagrams for a variety of purposes that include ”Illustrate the flow of data; Improve communication; Clarify a new process; Document an existing process; Show key relationships within an org; Expose potential process bottlenecks”. Watch the video below to learn more about Gliffy.

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