I was thinking that Scapple could be a wonderful in-class or out-of-class pedagogical tool. It would be really great if students and I could work on the same Scapple doc, as one can work on a single Google Doc. This would entail everyone in the seminar buying a Scapple license, but at $15, it can be done. Are there any ways to do this except a shared Dropbox doc?
It’s not possible for multiple users to work in the same Scapple document simultaneously, the way I imagine you’re thinking with the Google Docs reference. Rather, to share the file, one person would edit it and close it, then the next person could open the file, edit it, close it, then the third, etc. So you could share the file in any way you like, the same way you’d share a Word document. Dropbox or similar sync service would be an easy method, or if you have a shared school network all your students can access, you could save it there. You could email the file to one another, etc. The key point is working out a schedule so that you don’t end up with multiple conflicting copies of the file because three people edited tried to work in it at the same time.
Thanks, that’s too bad. It would be neat if could work on it simultaneously. Yes, I know about the syncing snafus with Dropbox! Emailing would be too onerous, I think.