The C3@GWU hosted a Better Collaboration via Better Tools panel presentation and discussion on Monday, January 22, 2018 in Himmelfarb Library. Presenters included Rachel Breslin from The Lab@DC, Dacian Reece-Stremtan from GW IT, and Garrett Fields from SMHS IT. The presenters shared information about multiple collaborative tools including Open Science Framework, TeamViewer, Jira, WebEx, Box, Jabber and Google Docs. The session concluded with a demonstration of the steps in creating an Open Science Framework project instance, by Megan Potterbusch from Gelman Library. There were robust conversations throughout the morning regarding best practices for leveraging these tools for collaborative work, GW policies regarding types of data permissible in different supported platforms, and tips to avoid inadvertent public disclosure of data that should remain private.
