Add-Ons, Extensions, & Apps

Add-ons

Google Add-ons are features that run inside Google Sheets, Docs, and Forms that allow you to expand the functionality and add new tools to these three products.

You can find add-ons within your doc, sheet, or form, and I’ll be demo-ing using Google Docs.

Extensions & Apps

Accessible via the Chrome web store, Extensions allow you to add functionality to the browser itself. Google Apps are different then extensions, apps are applications you can run inside your browser with a dedicated user interface and, typically, rich user interaction. Examples include games, photo editors, and video players; all of these categories are viable as tightly focused apps running inside the browser.

Here are just a couple that I recommend checking out for Google Docs:

g(Math) for Math Teachers - With the graph creator, you can type in functions and inequalities and it will create the graph associated with the functions and inequalities. You can also plot points in the same graph, find the line of best fit of those points, and specify a viewing window.

Thesaurus - Allows you to add a Thesaurus tool to Google Docs

EasyBib - You can insert citations directly into Google Documents directly within the Document using EasyBib. MLA, APA and Chicago Style are available.

MindMeister - Mindmeister lets you take bulleted lists and convert it into a mindmap for a graphical depiction

Table of Contents - This add-on allows you to put a Table of Contents in the sidebar where it is could be useful.

Here are a few Extensions that I recommend checking out:

Save to Google Drive - Allows you to save any web content or screen capture directly to your google drive.

Read & Write for Google - Allows you to hear words, passages, or whole documents read aloud with easy-to-follow dual color highlighting.

Evernote Web Clipper - Allows you to save web content, bookmarks, articles directly to your Evernote Account.

Evernote Clearly - With one click, Clearly makes blog posts and articles clean and easy to read. Clearly eliminates all distractions from your online reading experience, and even allows you to browse multi-page articles in one, seamless view.

goo.gl URL Shortner - goo.gl url shortener is an extension which allows you to shorten the current website URL with the Google URL Shortener service http://goo.gl/

Magic Actions for YouTube - Customize your use of Youtube, including volume control using the mouse wheel, auto HD capabilities, and even a cool backlight feature that boasts over 40 different color presets, and hide in-video ads.

StayFocused - StayFocused increases your productivity by limiting the amount of time that you can spend on time-wasting websites.

Boomerang for Gmail - Allows you to schedule messages to be sent or returned at a later date.

Screencastify (Screen Video Recorder) - Screencastify is a simple video screen capture software for Chrome.