Revision History

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

Revision History Chrome Extension for Teachers

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

Users: 100,000+

Rating: 3.42

(50)

0.03

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

Creation date: 2023-08-09

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage
identity

Size: 1.58M

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

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Ranking

# 2,526 ▲ 3

Other rankings

#26 in Education ▲ 3

#6 in history keyword 37

#31 in document keyword 95 ▲ 2

#41 in google docs keyword 99 ▲ 4

#146 in google sheets keyword 95 ▲ 2

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Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Revision History (v1.1.1)

5.00

(2) 528

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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

Useful for tracking student edits and time spent on assignments
Helps teachers with grading and understanding the writing process
Provides a clearer view of student work compared to Google Docs revision history
Easy to use and intuitive interface
The playback function for revision history is appreciated by many users

Cons

Raises significant privacy and security concerns
Some technical issues with incorrect characters appearing in playback
Students can find ways to bypass the tracking features
Feelings of guilt or discomfort associated with being monitored
Limited functionality as it currently works only with Google Docs

Most mentioned

Privacy concerns and implications for student monitoring
Technical glitches affecting functionality
Desire for functionality to extend beyond Google Docs to Google Slides
Concerns about students circumventing the tool's purpose

User reviews

Game changer. I used to use a plugin called Trackback but this is SOOO much more powerful. Thank you so much for creating this!

Joel Donna, 2024-12-19

I found a problem that is potentially dangerous and could get me accused of being a hacker. The drafting process replay sometimes shows things I deleted at the end. (this extension showed 230 deletions, but there were more) This usually happens when I'm writing in a document that my teacher posted, but I haven't tested it in a blank document. As you can see, one of the comments says "but some advanced coding students have found a way to get around it. I can tell that they are using some kind of software app because the writing playback shows added characters and letters that don't appear in the final product, and there is absolutely NO editing of the words." and I'm worried my teacher might say the same thing as this ignorant person(My teacher is very nice, but I still have concerns) because I also have this problem when watching my own replays. This chrome extension is crazy. As a student, I'm surprised at how widely applicable this product is (but I support student rights, so I give it one star) I don't have anything else to say because I always do my own work.