Google Meet Attendance

v1.4.1 has been posted to the Chrome web store to fix a CSS glitch that I missed. And, it appears that in the time it took me to type this message, the store has already been updated. If you still have v1.4.0, it likely will be hard to read your students names if your class list is very long (more than 30 or so students). Unfortunately, my classes are not that large so I did not see the issue while testing. If you click on the puzzle piece icon in the top right corner of y...our browser window then choose 'Manage extensions' at the bottom of the drop down menu. Then click the 'Update' button. I know it is disconcerting but the attendance will be tracked correctly. Sorry! If you are still getting the issue 1. type ++'I' (letter eye) to open the JavaScript console 2. click on the Console tab and then past the code below into the console and press the enter key let sb=document.querySelectorAll('.student-button') for (let b of sb){ b.style.minHeight='19px' } I cannot wait to see my inbox in the morning. What a way to kick-off a new quadmester. Please be kind

I often get asked about saving the reports to Google Drive and I've always ducked the issue by saying that it would require more advanced `permissions` in the extension and I've deliberately kept them to the bare minimum to prevent privacy issues. However, that said, after only 9 months of working on the extension, I just realized that if you have a Chromebook, you can open your Chrome settings, click Advanced and then click Downloads and you'll see that you are able to chang...e the download location to Google Drive... I tried it on my Chromebook and it worked!!! Son of a gun... But, be forewarned that this means that anything and everything that you download will go to that location... This does not work for PC or Apple users though... just Chromebooks Al

I'm about to push v1.4.0 to the Chrome web store... In addition to adding the `ghosting` visual - i.e., a kid who joins the meet and then leaves - I've also tweaked the bars behind the students' names to give a quick in-meet visualization of when the kids joined an how long they stayed. For example, in the screenshot below `Very Late` arrived several minutes after the Meet started and then left (as indicated by 1. the ghost icon after their name and 2. the shortened dark gree...n bar). NB - I have not figured out a simple way to show non-contiguous bars for kids who arrived, left and then rejoined (e.g., Test2 below)... So, for the foreseeable future, they'll just get a shorter bar (but the HTML reports will show the break). I've also tweaked the visuals for the filters above the students names and added a pause button. I still need time to think about how best to address breakout rooms. I suspect that I'll be using them more next quadmester so I will be more motivated to fix that problem. Take care, Al

Here's a sneak preview of what I'm playing with for v1.4.0: If a student joins the Meet, they're marked present (as before). If they're no longer showing on your screen (presumably because they've left), a ghost icon will be displayed after their name. ... And there's a new filter in the menu bar of the dialog to show just the students who are MIA (missing in action). I need a few more days for testing but hope to get this out on the weekend.

It's been a while since my last humble-brag... When I posted my extension to the Chrome web store back in April, I had *no* clue that so many people would find, and then keep using, it. There's been more than 1.4M downloads and as of today, there are now more than 900K weekly users! Wow! ... Just wow! Thanks to everyone for their input and feedback and in particular to Eric Findlay for his continuing support with support! Take care and stay safe