top 10 google apps scripts for education
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Google Apps Scripts are an invaluable tool that enable educators to extend and
automate functionality inside of Google Apps for Education. We will explain
how the top 10 Google Apps Scripts for Education can enhance teacher
workflow and student learning experience.
1. Doctopus
2. Flubaroo
3. autoCrat
4. gClassFolders
5. gClassHub
6. formMule
7. formEmailer
8. formRanger
9. formLimiter
10. docAppender
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1) Doctopus
● It is a document management script
for student projects in Google Docs.
● Written by an educator for
educators.
● The free Doctopus script gives
educators the ability to auto-
generate, pre-share, and manage
grading and feedback on templated
Docs for group and individual
projects.
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2) Flubaroo ● By Dave Abouav is a free script that helps
you quickly grade multiple-choice or fill-in-
blank assignments automatically using
Google Forms.
● This script was also written by an educator
for other educators and in addition to
automatically grading,
● Flubaroo also computes average assignment
score, computes average score per question,
and flags low-scoring questions.
● It can show you a grade distribution graph
and gives you the option to email each
student their grade, and an answer key.
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3) autoCrat
● It’s a script that was written to be a multi-
purpose document merge tool that allows
you to take any personalized, row-based
spreadsheet data and create, save, attach
to email, and share templated documents.
● No scripting ability required to use. It can
be used in the classroom to automatically
create individualized feedback for
students.
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4) gClassFolders
● By Bjorn Behrendt is a free, Google-Spreadsheet-based add-on for Google Apps for Education.
● It creates class folders for students and educators to simplify and streamline their experience of
using Google's world class productivity and collaboration tools in the classroom.
● It has the ability to run in "Single Teacher Mode" or "School Mode" - school mode anticipates use
over multiple semesters and at the scale of many classrooms.
● It also has the ability to add students and classes over time without recreating all folders, and
features an internationalized interface that runs in over 70 languages.
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5) gClassHub
● It’s a gallery of scripts that allows any teacher running gClassFolders to instantly launch spreadsheets
containing useful scripts like Doctopus and autoCrat.
● When installed via gClassHub, the scripts are pre-populated with student roster and student
assignment folder IDs!
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6) formMule
● It’s a script that is useful for automating
lookups, emails and calendar events
created dynamically from Google Forms.
● Using formMule educators can automate
targeted emails and calendar
appointments to loop in the right people
around regular occurrences such as
behavior incidents, absences at
attendance and at after-school tutoring.
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7) formEmailer
● By Henrique Abreu allows you to easily set up
flexible e-mail merge in your spreadsheets
and automatic emailing to your forms.
● The best part is that you need NO javascript
knowledge, and everything is set up in a
simple interface.
● Educators can use this script to automatically
personalize emails to all the students in their
classes.
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8) formRanger
● It’s a script that allows you to automatically
populate the options in any multiple-choice,
checkbox, or listbox style question in a Google
Form from any column in the attached
spreadsheet.
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9) formLimiter
● It’s a script that easily allows you to restrict the number of responses, set a time limit, or evaluate a cell value to
automatically stop accepting responses on a Google Form.
● For educators who are teaching students through Google Forms, this tool can be great for setting deadlines on quizzes
and tests.
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10) docAppender
● It is a script that allows to take data submitted through a
Google Form to add content to the end of a user-selected
Google Document.
● This is especially useful for logging meeting takeaways or
keeping running records on faculty or student files.
● Very mobile friendly, as all usage involves URLs that can be
loaded in a smartphone or tablet.
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