Google Classroom, Doctopus and Goobric
The Ultimate Workflow!
Accompanying video guide (8 mins)
Oli Trussell, Google Certified Teacher, Google Education Trainer
Contents
Google Classroom
Set up a class
Set an assignment
Students complete assignment
Doctopus
Create a new spreadsheet
Get the Doctopus Add-on
Select a Roster (Ingest from Google Classroom)
Goobric
Create a marking rubric in Drive.
Click ‘Attach Goobric’
Open an assignment and open Goobric
Filling out the Goobric
New web app!
Track your Goobrics
Summary
Google Classroom
Set up a class
Setting up a class is easy. Got to classroom.google.com and add a new class. You can invite students by sending them an email, or giving them a sign up code (provided for you).
Set an assignment
Set your class an assignment. You could give them a templated doc from your drive to work on or let students create their own doc. If selecting a file from your Drive, make sure you select ‘Make a copy for each student’.
Students complete assignment
Students access the assignment on Google Classroom. You can view all of their work from Google Classroom, and it is also stored in a folder in your Google Drive called ‘Classroom.
Doctopus
Create a new spreadsheet
In your Google Drive, create a new spreadsheet that will house all of your students grades and marking rubric scores. Give it an appropriate title (e.g. Year 10 Writing Assignment).
Get the Doctopus Add-on
Click ‘Add-ons’ > ‘Get add-ons...’ and search for Doctopus. You only have to do this once. On any new spreadsheets you can just launch Doctopus directly from the Add-on menu.
Select a Roster (Ingest from Google Classroom)
- In the sidebar you will need to choose ‘Ingest Google CR assigment’.
- This pulls in all the information and links from your assignment onto this handy spreadsheet.
- Follow the instructions to choose your class and then the assignment then press the ‘Ingest Assignment’ button.
You should now have a spreadsheet filled with all of your students and their assignment links. You can add grades and written feedback here to email students, or take it one stage further with……… Goobric!
Goobric
Goobric allows you to use marking rubrics incredibly easily with Google Docs. It’s easier than ever with the new web app which displays the rubric at the top of the screen and allows you to flick between different student’s assignments at the touch of a button.
Create a marking rubric in Drive.
Create a new Spreadsheet in your Google Drive. Either copy and paste a marking rubric or create your own.
●Score values go in row 1 (Can be numeric or non-numeric)
●Skills/categories go in column 1
●Cell A1 must be blank
Click here for an example of a writing levels marking rubric that you are welcome to copy and use.
Click ‘Attach Goobric’
In your Doctopus spreadsheet, click ‘Attach Goobric’ in the sidebar.
If it’s your first time using Goobric you will have to click the links in Step 1 and 2 to install Goobric in Chrome and to authorise the web app. Again, this is a one-time only step.
Select the Goobric you designed earlier then press the ‘Attach Goobric to Assignment’ button.
Open an assignment and open Goobric
Click on one of the links to go to one of your student’s assignments. You’ll notice in the address bar there is a new icon. Click on it to open Goobric.
Filling out the Goobric
You can click on the appropriate score for each category and then press ‘Submit’. This will append a timestamped rubric at the end of the Google Doc. You can come back and fill out the rubric again and submit as many as you need. Each time a new rubric will be pasted at the bottom - a great way to track progress. You also have the option to email the student. (See screenshots below).
New web app!
At the bottom of the Goobric screen there is a link to the new web app. This has a much cleaner feel and is easier to navigate. You can easily include comments and switch between students from one window. (Screenshot below). UPDATE! You can now also include voice comments!
Track your Goobrics
One of the best features is that each time you fill out a rubric the information is automatically passed back to your Doctopus spreadsheet. You can find each submission in a new sheet called ‘rubricScores’. No more paper filing and a great overview of your class and their progress through each individual category.
Summary
By combining the ease of distributing assignments that you get from Google Classroom, with the simple way to grade and feedback using Doctopus and Goobric, you get an incredibly powerful paperless workflow. You can update Goobrics as many times as you want which makes it a really powerful formative tool.
Here is an accompanying video guide that I made:
I’d love to hear how you get on if you implement this workflow. Get in touch via the links below!
Oli Trussell @olivertrussell +OTrussell mrtrussell.blogspot.co.uk