Zoho Web 2.0 Applications

Zoho has an impressive array of online tools -- many of them great for collaboration with peers or groups of students. I've tested about half of these and am pretty impressed so far.

• Zoho Writer: Networked word processing program with a nice WYSIWYG interface. You can import and opt to share documents in the online environment, or you can"export" the documents to your own computer in a number of formats, including .doc and PDF formats.
• Zoho Planner: Another online "to do" list program, though much easier to use than some similar applications
• Zoho Challenge: Online tests (primarily designed for testing job candidates)
• Zoho Chat: Chat program (with archive)
• Zoho Sheet: Spreadsheets
• Zoho Creator: Create your own customized, networked web application either based on one of their existing templates or from your own data
• Zoho CRM: A range of related Customer Relations Management tools that also includes a world clock and calculator in the main interface.
• Zoho Virtual Office: Networked groupware for collaboration

The free online registration for these couldn't be easier. Most are also 100% free to use, but the CRM and Virtual Office applications have a limit on users for the free version.

(link via Designed to Inspire)