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Lemonade Factory

The LMS isn't perfect, but it's what we have. We've gone through a sea change over the last four years. It started with opening Google Apps for all... Read more

Unit Testing in GAS Part 5: Testing Objects and Arrays

If you're brand new to unit testing, start with the first post in this series to get caught up. Part 1: QUnit Setup Part 2: Simple Tests Part 3: Ad... Read more

Mutify - A Simple Ad Blocker

We've started using Spotify more around the house with the kids. We only have the free account, which means we hear ads every three or four songs. ... Read more

Two

This little one turns two today. Read more

Unit Testing in GAS Part 4: Error Handling

If you're brand new to unit testing, start with the first post in this series to get caught up. Part 1: QUnit Setup Part 2: Simple Tests Part 3: Ad... Read more

Unit Testing GAS Part 3: Adding and Testing Functions

If you're brand new to unit testing, start with the first post in this series to get caught up. Part 1: QUnit Setup Part 2: Simple Tests Part 3: Ad... Read more

Unit Testing GAS Part 2: Simple Tests

If you're brand new to unit testing, start with the first post in this series to get caught up. Part 1: QUnit Setup Part 2: Simple Tests Part 3: Ad... Read more

Unit Testing GAS Part 1: QUnit Setup

I'm not good at writing testable code. I'm more of a 'figure it out when it breaks' kind of hobby programmer. The problem with this is that I am co... Read more

Four

Our second daughter turns four today. Read more

Re-writing DocuTube

tl;dr I have a Google Apps Script project getting a major overhaul. If you want to look at the code and contribute, it's on GitHub. A couple years ... Read more

Auto-select form checkbox with querystrings

I maintain a website at school where teachers can register for professional development. They can see all offerings and save sessions to their prof... Read more

The Bennett Family Sing Along

A few times a week, we sing hymns with the kids before bed. I get the guitar out and we practice their favorites. The lyrics are Bible-based truth ... Read more

Mask Text in Keynote on the iPad

Keynote has image masking built in. Masking allows you to more or less shape a picture in a frame. A simple example would be showing a portion of a... Read more

Change Document Ownership with Apps Script

My Google account is managing a lot of document creation at school. I set up a lot of autoCrat projects to create docs alongside several utility sc... Read more

The Great YouTube Migration

It's begun. This summer, YouTube deactivated brand accounts for GSuite Education domains. A brand account is essentially a shared account for teams... Read more

DocuTube Dev Update

Some quick notes of my progress on updating DocuTube in the Docs Addon store: Search by Default Search videos in the addon popup window Video, chan... Read more

The Boot Loop Returneth

I have an aging Macbook Pro. It's older than my children and starting to show it's age. Before I remove Mac OS and replace it with Linux, I'm tryin... Read more

Automating Things Worth Reading

The more I use Tiny Tiny RSS (TTRSS) for keeping up with blogs, the more I find it can do. For instance, I can publish specific feeds of curated it... Read more

Spit and Tape to Get Some Data

We're using Canvas LMS in our district. There are some things I appreciate and things I appreciate...less. One of which is when a main feature does... Read more

A Quick Grading Case Study

I ran the following example with a small group of teachers evaluating standards-based grading in their PLC. The teachers are on board (and all are ... Read more

Setting Custom Search Engines

This post is specifically for browsers that use the Chromium engine (Chrome [duh], but also anything on this list) but most browsers have a similar... Read more

Creating a New User Onboard in WordPress

I'm finishing up a website for a private project which allows for people to register and create posts as members. The client wanted to have a speci... Read more

Canvas LMS is Missing a Big Opportunity with Outcomes

Every year, I'm building more support for standards based grading within our district. Though Canvas isn't really set up for SBG, there is a way to... Read more

No, Retakes Are Not a Bad Idea

There's an Edutopia article cycling around which argues against allowing retakes on assessments. The author builds a case focused on motivation, me... Read more

On Being a Parent of Four

We had our fourth child, a boy, on June 28th. Since then, life has sped up in some ways and slowed down in others. I'm fortunate to have the entire... Read more

Brute Force Bike Lock

Two years ago, we took our kids to the north shore of Michigan for a camping trip. Part of that included a day on Mackinac Islad with the girls and... Read more

What is a Grade?

I had the pleasure of working with about 15 people yesterday on moving to standards-based grading next year. We started off with a long discussion ... Read more

Change Course Role in Canvas via the API

Continuing my Canvas excursions... We recently made a change where teachers could not manually add students to their courses. The change was made b... Read more

Creating a Curated RSS Feed with TinyTiny RSS

I've been using Tiny Tiny RSS (TTRSS) for several months now and I'm finally getting into some of the more advanced uses. It's more than just an RS... Read more

Lightning Fast Spotify Playlists

Update After posting this and tagging WDBM on Twitter, they sent the following: Hey Brian! We upload our playlists on Impact89fm’s Spotify every we... Read more

Methods of Calculating Grades in SBG

I'm prepping a full-day workshop on standards based grading for about 20 teachers in a couple weeks. One major part of the day will be centered on ... Read more

Adding Assignment Statuses to the Canvas SpeedGrader

Here's another little script I hammered out for Canvas today. With the new gradebook, you can set assignment statuses like "late" and "missing." Th... Read more

Managing Standards Based Grades in Canvas LMS

I'm trying to make standards-based grading more approachable for my teachers. When I was teaching full time, I held to Frank Noschese's Keep It Sim... Read more

10 Years

Today is my 10th anniversary. Read more

Making RSS Feeds for Instagram

tl;dr: I have a hacky proof-of-concept method for getting an Instagram account as an RSS feed. It uses Python and you can grab the source files her... Read more

Get in touch

Comments are always open. You can get in touch by sending me an email at brian@ohheybrian.com

Lemonade Factory

Unit Testing in GAS Part 5: Testing Objects and Arrays

Mutify - A Simple Ad Blocker

Two

Unit Testing in GAS Part 4: Error Handling

Unit Testing GAS Part 3: Adding and Testing Functions

Unit Testing GAS Part 2: Simple Tests

Unit Testing GAS Part 1: QUnit Setup

Four

Re-writing DocuTube

Auto-select form checkbox with querystrings

The Bennett Family Sing Along

Mask Text in Keynote on the iPad

Change Document Ownership with Apps Script

The Great YouTube Migration

DocuTube Dev Update

The Boot Loop Returneth

Automating Things Worth Reading

Spit and Tape to Get Some Data

A Quick Grading Case Study

Setting Custom Search Engines

Creating a New User Onboard in WordPress

Canvas LMS is Missing a Big Opportunity with Outcomes

No, Retakes Are Not a Bad Idea

On Being a Parent of Four

Brute Force Bike Lock

What is a Grade?

Change Course Role in Canvas via the API

Creating a Curated RSS Feed with TinyTiny RSS

Lightning Fast Spotify Playlists

Methods of Calculating Grades in SBG

Adding Assignment Statuses to the Canvas SpeedGrader

Managing Standards Based Grades in Canvas LMS

10 Years

Making RSS Feeds for Instagram

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