AuthorViz

Color coding authors' contributions in a Google Doc

What is AuthorViz?

AuthorViz is an innovative Chrome extension developed by Hana Research Lab. It allows users to visualize and gauge each author's contribution to a Google Doc by applying color codes. The extension enhances the existing Revision-History feature by reflecting the complete history of the document, rather than just one revision. This provides a comprehensive view of authors' involvement in the document's final revision. Creators Trung Nguyen and Kenny Pham draw on accurate data from Google Docs to make this visualization possible.

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By: Dakuo Wang

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Users: 1,000+

Rating: 5.00 (2)

Version: 1.40 (Last updated: 2020-07-16)

Creation date: 2017-03-08

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

activeTab
*://docs.google.com/*

Size: 122.88K

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 28095 ▼ 79

Other rankings

#24881 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 110 #64 in google docs keyword 50 ▲ 11 #131 in document keyword 42 ▼ 9

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Summary

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AuthorViz is developed by Hana Research Lab at the University of California, Irvine. It visualizes authors' contribution in a co-authored document on Google Docs. It color codes who wrote what within your final revision of the document. Extending the existing Revision-History feature within Google Docs, AuthorViz takes the entire history into account rather than one-revision-at-a-time view.

Trung Nguyen is the original developer and Kenny Pham takes it over. We also thank James Somers for his advice on getting the accurate data from Google Docs without using the Google API.

You can contact Dakuo Wang ([email protected]) for further questions. If you like it, you may also want to check out DocuViz project at http://docuviz.ics.uci.edu.

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Risk impact

AuthorViz may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.