Google Apps Script projects can be published as web apps when you’re done with them. This is helpful if you’re building a tool with a simple UI (using HTMLService), but they can also be used as webhooks to do work within a user account. Google provides the option of service accounts, so why use webhooks?… Read More »
Starting off with this project, I knew it would need a strong admin interface. One of the problems I mentioned initially is that all of the PD troubleshooting and administration went through me. That became a big burden, especially when presenters needed something done. The new platform includes a SuperAdmin area which can be used… Read More »
sWe’ve had a look at how users work in the new PD site, so let’s take a look at another major player: presenters. The word “presenter” is really loose in this system. This can be a person who is leading a one-off workshop. It can also be someone who can answer questions about a program.… Read More »
This spring and summer, I’ve taken on a full-blown re-write of our PD registration and management system. Our current system is a collection of centralized Google Apps Script projects which create, share, and manage all event folders, documents, and records. It’s worked well over the last two years but there’s been a single point of… Read More »
Several years ago, my wife took a short beekeeping course with her mom. They tried a hive in their backyard a few times, but the colonies never survived. The hive sat unused for at least a year until last May when a swarm decided to move in. I decided that I wanted to try my… Read More »
One of my favorite things about Google Apps Script is that I can get information from an API and write it directly to a shared document or spreadsheet. Information is collected automatically and immediately available to a group of people working on that same doc. It’s not uncommon for these requests to come back in… Read More »
We’re in a situation where staff are overwhelmed. Teachers are feeling under water all the time, trying to make materials to support online learning. I’m in the position to provide those supports, but we’re looking for two different things. Money solves problems, but we can’t buy a thing to get out of this. There is… Read More »
In 2013, I wrote up how to record Google Hangouts in high quality for podcasting or whatever. This post is how to essentially do the same, but for piping audio into Google Meet from any source on your computer. Just like before, this article is written for Mac OS because that’s what I have. If… Read More »
We’re getting ready to launch a digital teaching and learning course for staff that is based on the TPACK framework. A few years ago, we started our 1:1 training by coaching teachers through using SAMR to design lessons which really use the technology in new ways. This time, we’re having teachers do more metacognitive reflection… Read More »
This is a revisit to a post I wrote four years ago in which we used a spreadsheet and Google’s nifty little hidden JSON data endpoint to serve data to a Chrome extension. Without going too deep, the extension needed to be updated. I took this chance to refactor using modern Javascript rather tha jQuery… Read More »
