Add-ons

Add-ons for Google Docs and Sheets (spreadsheets) are new tools available in the menu that allow you to add all kinds of functionality to your documents, including signing faxes, creating bibliographies, creating labels and flowcharts, and more.

To browse through add-ons for Docs and Sheets, select Get add-ons in the Add-ons menu of any open document or spreadsheet. (Add-ons for spreadsheets are only available in the new Google Sheets).

Once you install an add-on it will become available across all of your documents or spreadsheets and you can start using it right away.

Here are just a few of the best Add-ons for you to use in the classroom:

For Google Docs

• Avery Label Merge - Easily merge Google spreadsheet data into Avery address labels and name badges
• EasyBib Bibliography Creator - The easiest automatic bibliography and citation generator is now on Google Docs. Format in MLA, APA, and Chicago style.
• Lucidchart - Quickly create and insert flowchart, UML, wireframe, mind map, and more diagrams directly into a Google document.
• MindMeister - MindMeister lets you turn any bullet-point list into a visually appealing mind map and insert it into your Google Document.
• Translate - Use Google Translate to translate text in your document!
• Maps for Docs - This add-on will insert a Google Map in your open doc.
• Template Gallery - Save time by using professionally designed documents and spreadsheet templates created by Vertex42.com.
• Open Clip Art - Now you can choose from more than 50,000 clip art images provided by Open Clip Art.
• Hello Fax - The easiest way to send and receive faxes online.
• Hello Sign - Making signatures easy. Hello Sign's secure electronic signatures are business-caliber, easy-to-use, and legally binding.

For Google Sheets (Spreadsheets)

• Flubaroo - Quickly grade and analyze online assignments and assessments, as well as email scores to students!
• Superquiz - Provide personalized feedback to quiz results
• Doctopus - An octopus for docs! Teacher-built tool for scaffolding, managing, organizing, and assessing student projects in Google Drive.
• autoCrat - Flexible, easy to use document merge tool that creates PDF or Shared Documents from spreadsheet data.
• Mapping Sheets - Plot your own data onto a Google Map directly from Google Sheets.
• Template Gallery - Save time by using professionally designed documents and spreadsheet templates created by Vertex42.com.
• 15 Best Add-ons by Vicki Davis