We used an online FileMaker database for our last self-study. Essentially
you get the same ability to group edit a document that a wiki provides plus
you can customize the format however you want. When you are done you hit
print to PDF and send the resulting document off to the visiting committee.
Fred
On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Seth Battis <seth@battis.net> wrote:
> Folks --
>
> We're gearing up for our accreditation process, and starting to think about
> how to put together our self-study. A wiki (or Google Docs) leap to mind as
> an obvious way of creating such an extensive collaborative document.
>
> But, we're the cautious sort, and wonder what the unanticipated "gotchas"
> are in using an online tool for generating a document like this. Has anyone
> else done this recently (on either end of the accreditation process) and
> have words of wisdom to share?
>
> We're looking particularly at two questions:
>
> 1. Longevity? What if we need to access these documents... say, ten years
> down the road for another self-study.
> 2. Presentation? Just pass the accreditation committee a link and shrug?
> Download and laboriously reformat (thereby losing some efficiency that we
> might have gained...)?
>
> Thanks for your insights and reflections.
>
> -- S
>
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Fred Bartels
Dir. of Info. Tech.
Rye Country Day School
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