Advanced Google Drive
Exploring Google Drive Add-Ons
So, I know the basics of Google Drive--Now What Can I Do?
Learning to organize folders and copy documents is just the skim of the surface when it comes to Google Drive. Once you have mastered the basics, then you are ready to start exploring some of the add-ons for Google Drive. This station will go over a few of our favorites--we encourage you to try them out :)
Autocrat
What is it?
"Mail merge" for Google docs. This incredibly powerful add-on lets you send personalized emails, create personalized documents, send submitted forms to staff based on criteria, and all around makes your life easier! You use <<Your own tags>> to build a template in a Google Doc or Spreadsheet, then let autoCrat mass-generate (and share) these docs, with tags populated from data in your Sheet!
Why would I use it?
- Personalized teacher newsletter for every student
- Weekly progress reports
- Send personalized feedback to students
- Online rubric scoring with customized feedback
How do I use it?
- Try it! Take this Personalized PD Inventory
The New autoCrat: Document Merge in Google Drive
Flubaroo
What is it?
"Flubaroo helps you quickly grade and analyze online assignments and assessments, as well as email scores to students!
TEACHERS - Transform your grading process!!Why would I use it?
- Flubaroo is a FREE add-on to Google Forms/Sheets which lets you quickly grade and analyze student performance on multiple choice and fill-in assignments. Within a minute you'll be able to: * Get scores for each student, and identify students in need of extra help. * View average score, and a histogram of scores. * Quickly identify questions which a majority of the students missed. * Share scores with students via email or Google Drive, along with optional notes to the class and/or to each student. * Assign your own score to open-ended questions.
Google Form & Flubaroo Tutorial