Welcome to bConnected! We believe in collaboration. We provide online services to help you easily collaborate and share information across campus and around the world. The bConnected suite of services includes Google Workspace for Education (bMail, bCal, bDrive, bConnected Lists), Box, CalShare, bCourses Project Sites. Whether you are a student, faculty, or staff member, we can help you choose a service to meet your needs. See available collaboration options below:
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Collaboration Services Comparison Matrix |
Google Apps
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Box
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CalShare
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Project Sites
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Best Uses |
Collaboratively create, edit and share documents, spreadsheets, presentations, forms and more. | Collaboratively share individual, group, or departmental files. Easily retain departmental ownership of files with CalNet Special Purpose Accounts. | Used for complex sites and large, long-term project management. Includes the dashboard and tools. | Primarily for faculty and students already familiar with bCourses for instruction or training projects. |
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Key Features |
General Collaboration: |
Specialized Collaboration: |
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| announcements | no | no | yes | yes |
| blog | no | no | yes | no |
| calendar | yes | no | yes | yes |
| collaboration | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| data storage | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| documentation | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| file storage/sharing | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| publish a website | yes | no | yes | no |
| secure data | UC P3 (formerly UCB PL1) | UC P3 (formerly UCB PL1) | UC P4 (formerly UCB PL2) | UC P3 (formerly UCB PL1) |
| wiki/discussion | no | no | yes | yes |
| workflow/assign tasks | no workflow/yes assign tasks | yes | yes | no |
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Cost |
No direct costs for faculty, staff, students - covered by IT Productivity Assessment Fee | No direct costs for faculty, staff, students - covered by IT Productivity Assessment Fee | $53/month | Free for faculty, staff, students |
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Storage Limits |
New: Unlimited storage will be phased out. For more details, see: https://bconnected.berkeley.edu/projects/box-service-changes |
New: Unlimited storage is being phased out. For more details, see: https://bconnected.berkeley.edu/projects/box-service-changes |
Unlimited | 2GB |
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Off-Campus Collaboration |
Easy collaboration with anyone who has a Google account | Easy collaboration with anyone who has a Box account | Anonymous access, CalNet Guest accounts, Federation with other entities via ADFS. | Requires CalNet Guest account |
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Security |
Hosted off campus, approved for MSSEI UC P3 (formerly UCB PL1) data only, data is encrypted in transit and at rest. | Hosted off campus, approved for MSSEI UC P3 (formerly UCB PL1) data only, data is encrypted in transit and at rest. | Hosted off campus, approved for MSSEI UC P4 (formerly UCB PL2), data is encrypted in transit. | Hosted off campus, approved for MSSEI UC P3 (formerly UCB PL1) data only, data is encrypted in transit and at rest. |
