I have to give credit to Leah Grady at QHS for turning me on to the Google Add-Ons that have just recently been added to Google Docs and Sheets. I had not noticed them until she showed them to me, and I am glad she did!
They are pretty awesome! The Add-on allows you to connect a number of web based tools directly into your Google Doc. By clicking on the Add-ons menu you can open a tool palette to a number of useful tools like EasyBib, LucidChart, and many more. There are tools that can give you pre-made templates to use, help you with making labels or a mail merge, and even add an official digital signature to documents you make and share online.
Now it is very easy to access things you make in another tool and directly add it to your document. For instance if you created a cool diagram or organizer in Lucidchart, you can open the Add-on and easily add it to your document. There is even an icon to click to take you right to the editing mode of Lucidchart if you want to make changes to your organizer before adding it.
The EasyBib Add-on is also really cool. It can allow you to search for your resurces, choose the citation format and have it add the citation right into your documnet. Here is Richard Byrne on his FreeTech4Teachers Blog as we demonstrates how to create a bibliography in a Google Doc using the EasyBib Add-On.
There is a quick video below from Google outlining the new Add-on tool.
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