Top 9 Chrome Extensions

1. Checkmark (Gray)

CheckMark by EdTechTeam makes the process of providing feedback on student writing in Google Docs faster and more efficient.

2. Draft Back (Hart)

Draftback lets you play back the revision history of any Google Doc you can edit. Efficiently lets you see what your students copy and pasted into their essays.

3. Dualless (Garcia)

Dualless is a multi-tasking solution for Chromebooks (and PC's too!). It splits the browser window into two with just 2 clicks. Research and writing become more productive when you can view the screens side by side. The ratio can be adjusted according to your needs.

4. Google Docs Quick Create (Handel)

Add a simple menu to your browser bar to quickly create new Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Forms, and Drawings for Google Drive.

5. Google Keep (Carman)

Found a webpage, image, or quote that you want to save for later? With the Google Keep Chrome Extension, easily save the things you care about to Keep and have them synced across all of the platforms that you use — including web, Android, iOS, and Wear. Take notes for additional detail and add labels to quickly categorize your note for later retrieval.

6. Internet Abridge (Garcia)

A revolutionary way that will change the way you surf the web. Using advanced natural language processing based summarization technology, Internet Abridged can summarize the entire website you are currently on by clicking the icon in your toolbar.

7. Media Bias Fact Check (Hart)

This extension will display a color-coded icon denoting the bias of the page you are currently viewing, according to Media Bias/Fact Check.

8. Open Dyslexic (Handel)

An open sourced font created to increase readability for readers with dyslexia.This extension overrides all fonts on webpages with the OpenDyslexic font, and formats pages to be more easily readable.

9. Share to [Google] Classroom (Carman)

Save time and create a more interactive class with the Share to Classroom extension. The extension allows you to push webpages to any of your Classroom classes, so they open instantly on your students' computers. With this extension, you can get your students on the right page, quickly and reliably every time. You can also post announcements, create assignments, or save webpages to post to Classroom directly from your google doc or webpage...Share to Classroom will create the link for you!

10. JoeZoo Teacher Document Feedback and Engagement Tracker

JoeZoo Express is a Google Docs add-on that lets you add voice and text comments to your students' Google Docs. JoeZoo includes the option to use more than 90 pre-made comments as well your own canned comments. And you can record your voice to use in comments. But what makes JoeZoo Express special is a built-in student engagement tracker.

JoeZoo's engagement tracker will show you which text comments your students read, which voice comments they listened to, and how long they spent interacting with your comments. When it is time for students to look at the feedback you have given to them, JoeZoo has a couple of helpful features not found in other free commenting systems. First, all comments are color coded according to comment type. That can make it easier for students to quickly identify all comments related to a particular skill. Second, there is an accessibility feature not found in other commenting systems. That feature is text-to-speech. Not only can students listen to voice comments that you have added to their documents, they can have any of your written comments read aloud too.