Google Apps & Add-ons

 This week I was exploring some Templates and Add-ons in Google Drive Files.  There are some really great time saving and additional features that have been made by other Google users and shared with the world.  

The first are Add-ons.  I have used some Add-ons before, but in Google Forms, you can make lots of different customization features.  You can limit the responses, get notifications and lots of other cool things.  Here are some of the cool apps that I discovered.

• formLimiter - allows you to limit the date range, values, and number of entries
• Choice Eliminator - allows you to create sign ups and not have too many people sign up for one item or time
• Form Notifications - get notified by e-mail when someone uses your form
• Survey Monkey - export your data to Survey Monkey for their analytics

• Fudok - creates a PDF of every form submission

To get to see them, open up a Form and click on Add-ons on the toolbar.

 

The next thing that is my favorite new thing are the templates available.  These are docs, spreadsheets, forms, and presentations that Google users have updated that allow you to copy and edit them to make them yours.  These are very similar to the templates available on Microsoft Office Products, except there are many more.  You can find templates for calculators, labels, finance tracking, certificates and so much more.  To get to them, click File > New and click on templates on the bottom.

Check it out to see all the things you can do!