Tracking Revisions

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Permalink Reply by Miss Eddy on March 30, 2010 at 2:18pm

Try "File" then "See revision history." That may help.

Permalink Reply by Allison Hart on April 5, 2010 at 9:38am

you've got to compare versions - check one near the beginning, then the final draft and "compare checked". I find many people forget this step and just look at the previous versions one by one! this shows changes and contributions color coded.

Permalink Reply by RIchard John McLaughlin on May 16, 2010 at 6:05am

I am newby to this process, but under google documents you can...
- Click on the button called Creat New
- Select Spreadsheet
- Then from the menu bar on the Spreadsheet select Form

What this does is it creates a simple form that when you mail it to someone and they fill it out and hits submit it shows up on your spreadsheet on your computer!
THere are a lot of options about what "Theme" you pick.
What kind of questions you want...
What the scale means etc,
Hope this helps.

Richard

Permalink Reply by Janine on May 18, 2010 at 12:11pm

Google docs saves files consecutively as changes are made. If you need to see if changes were made, a new document forms while the old one stays. Date and time are there for you to see when the changes were make.

ALSO, in Word, Go to the TOOLS menu, choose TRACK CHANGES before you make any, and the document will show the editing that is done. I tried to upload a picture to show you. ???

Permalink Reply by RIchard John McLaughlin on May 19, 2010 at 11:50am

That is too cool. I have found something on Google that is really a great way to do a search for students with organizational problems. If you search something, look to the left and you will see a pull down menu "More Search Tools."
Scroll down until you see Wonder Wheel.
This way is far more easier for students with organizational problems to come up with topics they want to write about in their paper.

Permalink Reply by RIchard John McLaughlin on May 19, 2010 at 11:59am

Okay, so I have been playing with Google Documents.

You can make up your own spreadsheet and then turn it into a form on google documents.

Just go to Youtube and type in "How can I make a Form on Google," and you'll get multiple hits. I taught myself in just a few hours. Now I am able to track all of my revisions and student behaviors on one spreadsheet with inputs from all concerned.
I am not sure if this link will work, but here it goes any way. After you fill out the information you hit submit. Then it goes directly to my google spreadsheet.


http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGdRZUh1VGx6bGxKUVN...

Once you get this it will make your paper work for tracking revisions, dare I say, easy.

Permalink Reply by Naini Singh on June 2, 2010 at 10:19am

Hi Richard, I ttried to embed the page using the more action tab...but didnt work :(

Permalink Reply by RIchard John McLaughlin on June 2, 2010 at 10:48am

Yes I have troubles too. I am wondering if you use google often. The idea is that by making a form you can get a number of different people's feedback that ends up on your spreadsheet at your google documents. So, if you can open in then you can simply see how the final product looks.
To make a document like that you go to your google documents
Open up a new spreadsheet
then hit the tab at the top that says form.
Select "Create Form:
The second tab over says Theme: Plain click on that and you will see all the different themes. Great stuff and it the list of options continues to grow.

Permalink Reply by Paul Goldacre on May 23, 2010 at 8:55pm

EtherPad is the a web-based word processor that allows people to work together in real-time. This application has an interesting timeline feature to analyse the development of the document, like a movie of the revisions. An example can be found here. http://ietherpad.com/ep/pad/view/hq9OlnXwpE/rev.776 Try scrolling the timeline at the top. Shows exactly who did what.

Permalink Reply by RIchard John McLaughlin on June 2, 2010 at 10:50am

I still can't figure out how to copy a spreadsheet and then save it as a different file.

Permalink Reply by Allison Hart on June 2, 2010 at 10:27pm

File > Make a copy

Permalink Reply by RIchard John McLaughlin on June 3, 2010 at 6:16am

OMG That looks so simple. Let me give it a try right now. Hold on.....
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Thank you, so here was my problem. I was trying to copy a downloaded document. That was not working. Great help.