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FREE!! Make a Pile of Google Slides for Students and Update Them

by admin | Jul 24, 2020 | Advanced, Apps Script, Drive, Google, Slides

When teaching remotely, or just when teaching with digital tools, using Google Slides is a giant help! Students can create muti-media representations of their work and since Google Slides are collaborative you can see their work in real time. Now you want to be able...

MAGICALLY go Remote with Automagical Forms

by admin | Jul 23, 2020 | Advanced, Drive, Forms, Google

Many schools are starting remotely in the Fall and this is going to necessitate getting some materials into Google Forms. Google Forms is an amazing way to have students submit their work digitally. You do not have to open up individual PDF’s and hope that the...

Opening a CSV File in Google Drive

by admin | Jun 26, 2020 | Drive, Google

Personally, I find myself needing to read a CSV file a lot. What is a CSV file? Basically it’s a spreadsheet that is not a spreadsheet. WHAT??? When you download your roster from your gradebook there is a good chance it downloads as a CSV file. So what do you do...

Google Drive: Create a Table of Contents for a Folder

by admin | May 5, 2020 | Apps Script, Coding, Drive, Google, Sheets

List the Files in a Google Drive Folder I’ve been on a coding binge 🙂 I saw that an AP Biology group were sharing lesson plans and resources in a Google Drive folder with a lot of subfolders to organize by topics. I thought it might be helpful to share the...

Automagically PDF Worksheet to Google Form

by admin | Apr 6, 2020 | Advanced, Drive, Forms, Google

Upgrade your PDF by making it a Google Form. Former math teacher John McGowan, the creator of g(Math), EquatIO, Form Creator and more has developed a Drive Add-on Automagical Forms on to take your PDF and turn it into a Google Form!! THIS WILL SAVE YOU HOURS!! Install...

Copy a Folder in Google Drive

by admin | Jan 20, 2020 | Advanced, Apps Script, Drive, Google

Copy Files from One Account to Another If you want to copy your Google Drive files from one account to another the trick is to put the files in account A into a folder. Share the folder with account B. In account B go to “Shared with Me” and start copying...