Communication Tools

Here are some things to consider when choosing the communication tool for your next project:

Public/Private - Do you need the system to require password authentication, or can it be accessed by anyone on the internet?
Members/Admins - Does the system need to support multiple contributors and content managers? Does it need to have support for membership or non-administrator users?
Document Handling - Do you need to upload and/or store files to the system?
Sustainability - Do you have a short or long-term project?

In order of most frequently requested information.

Communication Tool	Document Handling	Sustainability	Technical Contact
Site Builder Web site building application used by county offices and hosting more than 400 other sites. Supports multipage layouts, an automated events calendar, newsletters, and ties into many of our other tools. Site Builder sites are public, and available to everyone	Large file library	Long term projects	Dave Krause Web Developer ANR Communication Services Phone: (530) 754-3935 Email: djkrause@ucdavis.edu
Surveys Allow the user to setup a list of questions, tailored to their target audience. Surveys can be simple questions to your audience, or more detailed registration forms. You can also accept credit card payments with this system. Surveys can either be private or open to the public.	No file library	Short to long term projects	Alex Zangeneh Azam Web Designer ANR Communication Services Phone: (530) 754-3926 Email: zangeneh@ucdavis.edu
Collaborative Tools Discussion tool used primarily for internal projects and collaborative efforts with non-ANR users. Features discussion management tools, email alerts and roster list creation tools. Collaborative Tools is private, restricted to members only.	Small to medium file library	Short to long projects	Dave Krause Web Developer ANR Communication Services Phone: (530) 754-3935 Email: djkrause@ucdavis.edu
Blogs Allow you to keep an interactive online journal, either allowing public commentary or accessible for posts by author only. Useful for news items, personal stories, reports on daily life, personal hobbies or interests, or even as simple as listing directions for anything of interest. Blogs are open to the public.	Limited to Posts	Long-term reporting	Bryon Noel Web Developer ANR Communication Services Phone: (530) 754-3937 Email: bjnoel@ucdavis.edu
File Vault Use the File Vault to transfer large files to other people, regardless of ANR affiliation. Files are stored on the ANR Web server for a period of time designated by you and then removed. Non-ANR people can send files as long as a recipient of the file is in the ANR directory.	Medium to Massive Files	Short-term transfer of files	Dave Krause Web Developer ANR Communication Services Phone: (530) 754-3935 Email: djkrause@ucdavis.edu
Adobe Connect Pro is a desktop videoconferencing solution. Anyone with a computer, browser and Internet connect can participate. One fee paid by the division. No additional costs to host online meetings.	Share any application or window or specific files including PPT, JPEGs, Audio, Flash Video	Online meeting rooms and their content can be maintained long or short-term	Mike Poe Adobe Connect Admin. ANR Communication Services Phone: (530) 754-3905 Email: mlpoe@ucdavis.edu
Videoconferencing Room-based videoconferencing. Go to a specially equiped conference room to participate. Fees may incur, depending on locations used.	Limited	Short-term	James Bai Videoconferencing Support ANR Communication Services Phone: (530) 754-3915 Email: jbai@ucdavis.edu
Repository The repository is a statewide document storage system designed to collect all and any documents you may have that would be useful to others in the division. Photographs, articles, videos and other documents can all be stored in the repository, tagged for easy searching and made accessible either internally only or to any internet user.	One document per record	Long-term, searchable file storage	Karl Krist Web Developer ANR Communication Services Phone: (530) 754-3939 Email: kakrist@ucdavis.edu
Mailing Lists ANR's internal mailing list system allows you to create lists quickly by searching through the ANR directory. You can share list management privileges, making this a good replacement for listserv and listproc. The mailing list is available to internal users only.	Limited	Short to long-term list managment	Dave Krause Web Developer ANR Communication Services Phone: (530) 754-3935 Email: djkrause@ucdavis.edu
FAQs ANR's FAQ System allows you to create standardized questions and answers that will be displayed in a list when deployed in Site Builder. The FAQ System can handle files and collections of FAQs can be assembled in a variety of ways.	Limited to single FAQ	Long-term	Dave Krause Web Developer ANR Communication Services Phone: (530) 754-3935 Email: djkrause@ucdavis.edu