Real-time collaboration tools for digital ink

  • Authors:
  • Steven Lindell

  • Affiliations:
  • Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

The importance and use of digital ink in formulas and diagrams is well recognized, and currently utilized by scientific and technical users of penenabled computers. Similarly, there is a growing recognition as to the utility of collaborative tools that allow multiple users to edit a document, either simultaneously or asynchronously. Finally, more people are using real-time communication tools to enhance problem-solving teamwork and productivity in commercial and educational environments. But the ability to perform all of these tasks simultaneously is poorly supported by current software solutions. In this paper, we explain how real-time collaboration tools for digital ink should provide the potential for increased technical productivity, along with the results of functional software testing that was performed by several students and a teacher in efforts to identify those features most necessary for their effective use.