As I've noted before, my daughter is home-schooled. But we are part of 2 school communities that help fill in the gap for instruction and social interaction. One of those schools has asked if anyone could help identify a site/software that would allow for online collaboration/coordination of activities, discussion, calendar, etc.
They have used Big Tent in the past, but found it just didn't work for them. They are looking at Google Groups and Microsoft Teams, I believe, but they don't think they're going to work for them either. We use Sharepoint at work, but that would be cost prohibitive. So a freeware site or low cost site would have to be the solution. They've considered using a private group page on Facebook too, but a lot of our folks are not big on supporting sites like Facebook.
Just curious if any of you IT/techie folks know of a good option to consider. Some key items that are of primary importance:
* Ease of use
* Free or low cost - there is really no budget for this
* Discussion/forum - they want to be able to have discussion 'topics' and have folks be able to communicate in an environment similar to what we do here on NWFA
* Calendar - ability to post a calendar up to a year in advance
* Group notices/emails - ability to push out a group notice via email, say for something like a school closure
If any of you can recommend a site/software that could help meet these needs, it would be appreciated. Thank you!
They have used Big Tent in the past, but found it just didn't work for them. They are looking at Google Groups and Microsoft Teams, I believe, but they don't think they're going to work for them either. We use Sharepoint at work, but that would be cost prohibitive. So a freeware site or low cost site would have to be the solution. They've considered using a private group page on Facebook too, but a lot of our folks are not big on supporting sites like Facebook.
Just curious if any of you IT/techie folks know of a good option to consider. Some key items that are of primary importance:
* Ease of use
* Free or low cost - there is really no budget for this
* Discussion/forum - they want to be able to have discussion 'topics' and have folks be able to communicate in an environment similar to what we do here on NWFA
* Calendar - ability to post a calendar up to a year in advance
* Group notices/emails - ability to push out a group notice via email, say for something like a school closure
If any of you can recommend a site/software that could help meet these needs, it would be appreciated. Thank you!