Difference between revisions of "GCTools/GCcollab vs GCconnex"

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GCcollab and GCconnex: What's the difference?

GCcollab

Gccollab and GCconnex are both collaboration platforms for working with others, online, in real-time. GCcollab lets you invite and work with partners outside of the Federal Government, while GCconnex is only available to Federal Public Servants.

Sign-up and Invite Partners to Collab

GCconnex

GCconnex is an older collaboration platform, and is only accessible to federal public servants. GCconnex is now in maintenance mode and is not being furthered developed.

Product Comparison

If you're looking to use one of our tools, we recommend registering for GCcollab. GCcollab allows you to work with people outside of government, and also gives you access to a suite of other tools using the same account and login information. One account gives you access to GCcollab, GCmessage, and GCwiki. However, GCconnex only gives you access to GCconnex and GCpedia, both of which are only available to Federal Public Servants, and are no longer being upgraded or updated. See the table below for more differences between GCcollab and GCconnex.


Features	GCcollab	GCconnex
Accessible by the public and non-government organizations	Yes	No
Updates and software fixes performed regularly	Yes	No
Mobile app available on iOS and Android	Yes	No
New/future apps and tools coming using the same login	Yes	No

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 ===GCcollab===
-Gccollab is a collaboration platform for public servants and Canadians place to work with others, online, in real-time. If you're looking to use one of our tools, we recommend GCcollab. It's a tool that lets you easily:
+Gccollab and GCconnex are both collaboration platforms for working with others, online, in real-time. GCcollab lets you invite and work with partners outside of the Federal Government, while GCconnex is only available to Federal Public Servants.
-*share information,
-*host discussions,
-*find your partners
-*work in groups,
-*build documents and projects together, and
-*connect and work with others from across Canada and beyond, all in a secure environment
 [https://account.gccollab.ca/login/?next=/openid/authorize%3Fresponse_type%3Dcode%26redirect_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fgccollab.ca%252Flogin%26client_id%3D972115%26nonce%3De23b7dc6304c1687c8858bd420907be2%26state%3D8b5004490748f28831abe41e978d1697%26scope%3Dopenid%2Bprofile%2Bemail Sign-up and Invite Partners to Collab]