Revision History

Built for teachers - show students' history of edits in a Google Doc

What is Revision History?

Revision History is a Chrome extension designed for teachers to monitor students' writing process in Google Docs, including edits, time spent writing, copy/pasting, and a video replay feature. It aims to guide students through revisions and prevent plagiarism from AI and other sources.

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By: https://revisionhistory.com

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Users: 100,000+

Rating: 3.46 (41) ▼ 0.06

Version: 1.3.5 (Last updated: 2024-09-22)

Creation date: 2023-08-09

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage
identity

Size: 1.58M

Email: in*****@revisionhistory.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Ranking

# 2553 ▼ 13

Other rankings

#30 in Education

#7 in history keyword 26

#31 in document keyword 30 ▲ 1

#39 in google docs keyword 51

#71 in student keyword 47

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Other platforms

Not available on Firefox

Revision History (v1.1.1)

5.00

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Extension summary

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Revision History helps teachers see students' process when they write essays in Google Docs. It is meant to help teachers guide their students through revisions as well as to ensure that students are not just copy/pasting text from AI/LLMs/ChatGPT or other sources.

With Revision History, you can see:

How many edits students made to their essays
How long they spent writing
What snippets they copy/pasted
Watch a video replaying the document being written

It also works with documents submitted to Google Classroom (as long as they were drafted in Google Docs).

User reviews

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Pros

User-friendly and easy to use.
Helps teachers with grading by providing clear revision histories.
Video replay function is beneficial for visualizing writing processes.
Discourages plagiarism and aids in understanding students' work.

Cons

Revisions may show incorrect characters or ghost edits.
Can feel invasive to both students and teachers.
Limited functionality, only works on Google Docs, not on Google Slides.
Some advanced users find ways to bypass the extension's tracking capabilities.

Most mentioned

Desire for functionality on Google Slides.
Concerns about privacy and feeling monitored.
Issues with accuracy of revision histories.

Recent reviews

this extension does not pass the vibe check

HyperBuilder333, 2024-11-21

This clearly an open source keylogger! Major security concerns are displayed in this extension. I agree that this is a powerful and extremely useful tool for teachers that could help them with ensuring a student's work is truly theirs, but I am extremely concerned by the functions and intentions of this extension. The playback function clearly demonstrates the use of a keylogger and may even encourage others to extract the source code of the program and use it for illegal purposes. As the user below 'ropz florr' has said, this extension does not pass the vibe check.