FTT - Google Classroom III: Goobric

Doctopus and Goobric are Google Add Ons that can
significantly improve the grading process in Classroom

Grading In Google Classroom Using Doctopus and Goobric

@joe_edtech

This is the third in a series of 3 Free Tech Tools Tuesday posts on Google Classroom.

I'm actually writing this on Star Wars Day, and I'm trying to use the Force to see what the future holds for Google Classroom. Difficult to see, it is. But, I am pretty sure that we will continue to see rapid improvements. For instance, I assume there will be seamless integration with Google Calendar soon. And, I also assume that there will be sophisticated grading options that include annotation, inking, and the easy integration of rubrics. 

Classroom is still in its infancy, and much of the good stuff is still in the future. But Classroom is still a Google Apps for Education tool, which means there is enough flexibility built into the suite to give us plenty of options. While Classroom may not have integrated rubrics yet, but, with a little effort, we can trick Classroom into being a platform that supports rubrics. Prior to Classroom, many of us got used to using Doctopus and Goobric to grade assignments inside Google Drive. Written by Andrew Stillman and the geniuses at New Visions Cloud Lab, Doctopus is a Drive Add-On that helps organize digital assignments into an easily manageable spreadsheet, and Goobric is a Chrome Extension that lets you attach a rudimentary rubric to any Google Doc.

While you can use the Doctopus and Goobric tools on their own, they have actually become more effective when used in conjunction with Google Classroom. Here's a short - ish - video to show you how:

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Is it worth the effort? Would you use Doctopus and Goobric in conjunction with your Classroom Assignments, or are you going to wait for Classroom to integrate some of these functions as a part of the LMS?