In this final part of a 3-part post (see part 1 and part 2), we’re going to look at how we get the parents form submissions, send them a confirmation email with the appointment details, and record the appointment on the appointment list for the teacher. The main steps are: Get the form responses. Get… Continue reading Parents Evening Appointment System – Part 3
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Parents Evening Appointment System – Part 2
This is part 2 of a 3-part post on setting up a parents evening appointment system. Part 1 looked at setting up the documents and in particular the pre-filled form links. Here, we’re going to look at the code which will create the forms for each class and which will create appointment list sheets for… Continue reading Parents Evening Appointment System – Part 2
Parents Evening Appointment System – Part 1
This is the first of a three-part post, where we’re going to look at how you can create an appointment system using Google Forms and Sheets and with the use of Apps Script, how you it will update the available times on the forms and how it will send automate confirmation emails to those making the appointments.… Continue reading Parents Evening Appointment System – Part 1
Google Sheets – Controlling Rows & Columns (Part 1)
In this post, let’s look at various ways you can modify the rows and columns on your sheet. Part 1 (this post) Changing the row size of rows and columns (to fit data / manually / enter size) Selecting a whole row or column Inserting and deleting a row or column Inserting and deleting specific cells… Continue reading Google Sheets – Controlling Rows & Columns (Part 1)
Google Sheets – Formatting your data
Once you’ve added your data onto a sheet, you’ll probably want to format it in some way. In this post, we’ll look at formatting data in Sheets. By default, numbers entered are considered just that, normal numbers, but sometimes you want specific types of numbers, e.g. percentages, currency, dates, times, scientific, numbers to certain decimal points.… Continue reading Google Sheets – Formatting your data
Google Sheets – Cell formatting
The fundamental building blocks of any spreadsheet are the cells. So clearly, it’s important to understand how to use them well. In this post, I will focus on the various ways you can format cells, so that the cells display the information you want, visually look professional and most importantly, will help you understand your… Continue reading Google Sheets – Cell formatting
Make & Send Kids Reports
In this post, we’re going to look how we can create kids reports from a Google Sheet and convert them into individual PDFs made from Google Docs, then email them to the parents. This could of course be adapted to send any types of reports. The teachers will fill in the spreadsheet and as its a… Continue reading Make & Send Kids Reports
Questionnaires – Automatically send feedback to individuals
It’s common to use questionnaires at the end of a course to get feedback on the course and teacher. When you have a lot of teachers, it can be hard work analysing that feedback and splitting into the different teachers. Here we’re going to look at how we can automatically send the individual feedback to… Continue reading Questionnaires – Automatically send feedback to individuals
Create a Placement Test with Google Forms & Sheets
Students who want to study a language at a language academy, have to do a placement test, which confirms their current level in that language and then tells the tester in which level they should be placed. Here we’re going to see how a combination of Google Forms and Sheets, the functions VLOOKUP and ARRAYFORMULA and conditional formatting,… Continue reading Create a Placement Test with Google Forms & Sheets
Apps Script – Clocking in & out system
In this post, we’ll look at setting up a simple clocking in and out system using Google Forms and Sheets. This idea originally came from a real life situation where we had to implement a clocking in and out system to meet a change in Spanish law. With our teachers working both on-site and off-site,… Continue reading Apps Script – Clocking in & out system