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Apps Script Basics – Arrays, Execution log

In this post, we’re going to look at another key area in JavaScript and Apps Script and indeed in many coding languages, that of arrays, which are just special variables which allow you to store multiple elements in a single variable. I’ll also introduce you to the Execution log, where you can see what’s happening… Continue reading Apps Script Basics – Arrays, Execution log

Apps Script – Issues reporting form, log & email

In this post, we’ll look at a way to create a quick and simple system to report maintenance and IT issues in the classroom. The teacher fills out a Google Form on their phone, this gets logged on a Google Sheet, and as we work in a multilingual environment, it uses Google Translate to automatically… Continue reading Apps Script – Issues reporting form, log & email

Apps Script Basics – Variables and getting & setting values

In this post, we’re going look at how variables are set up and how they can store various pieces of information. We’re also going to look at reading and writing data from a spreadsheet, which is one of the most common tasks when working with one. I’m going to use a simple example, where we have… Continue reading Apps Script Basics – Variables and getting & setting values

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

Apps Script Basics (2) – First Docs and Forms Scripts

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Apps Script – Creating & sharing Class folders in Drive

Teachers using Drive often need to set up folders for their class and for their individual students. Doing it in Drive is not the most exciting job to do. So, to make your life easier, here’s a script, which will set up your folders for you. I’ve made it so there is a little bit… Continue reading Apps Script – Creating & sharing Class folders in Drive

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