Color Code my Google Calendar!
Chances are if you’ve managed to get your teaching schedule on Google Calendar it might look something like this. This works for some, but others may prefer to further group …
Let me get that QR Code for you!
QR Codes are amazing little bridges that connect our physical world to our digital one. It’s so much more practical scanning a QR Code, than typing in a full url …
Google Calendar and Webcal Feeds
UPDATED: 08/27/2021 I’ve updated the public app to handle larger jobs now. Approximately 3 years ago I wrote a post on using Apps Script to copy events from a calendar …
Generating Unique PIN numbers in Google Sheets
Sometimes a need arises for creating, multiple random unique ids. When I created our Google Forms-based dismissal workflow, I needed to generate unique PIN numbers for every student. Here was …
Bulk Delete Specific Google Calendar Events
For many of us, we rely on Google Calendar to help us structure our work days. It does a lot of things really well, but one limitation is the ability …
Google Classroom List View
If you’ve recently been added as a co-teacher to several classes you may be wondering “How am I going to find anything?”. Until Google Classroom develops its own list view, …
Centrally Manage your Google Classrooms from a Google Sheet
Update 08/02/2021: I’ve updated this approach in an all new workshop video. Please check out the video below for links to the latest templates. This workflow replaces the one described …
Reimagining Dismissal Workflows with Google Workspace
Many schools are likely reviewing their dismissal plans for next year ensuring they comply with social distancing guidelines. I’ve been thinking a lot about how our existing communication tools can …
Approval Workflow Add-ons for Everything
Think of all the paper forms you still use in your school or organization that require an approval process. Does it really need to be a paper based system? Think …
Google Forms and Repeating Event Requests
Google Calendar is an incredibly robust and useful planning tool, but it has limitations related to scheduling approved event requests. Many people use Google Forms to collect information about an …