Process Feedback for Google Docs

📌 What is the Process Feedback extension?
The Process Feedback extension is for teachers and students. It pulls the edit history of a Google Docs document and turns that history into a writing process report. This report displays the writing process as several charts. In the process report, we can explore copy-paste events, the frequency and timing of breaks taken, typing fluency, time spent on each paragraph, time allocated to revision compared to initial drafting, and total typing time.
➛ Support for multiple tabs (NEW)
➛ Shows user contributions

🛠 How do I use the extension?
➛ Step 1: Add this extension to your browser.
➛ Step 2: Open your Google document.
➛ Step 3: Find the “View Process Report” button near the menu bar and click on it.

❌ Unable to install the extension?
➛ To install any Chrome extension, you need to log in to Chrome.
➛ Please reload the Google Docs page after installing the extension.
➛ Your institution’s IT department may need to approve installing any new Chrome extension.

🔗 How to share the writing process report?
➛ Share Link: Copy the URL of the report link and share it.
➛ Share PDF: In the sidebar, click “Download Process Report” to download a PDF of the process report.

👤 Who is it for
The extension is primarily designed for students to self-reflect on their writing process or the use of AI.

⚙️ How does it work?
The extension pulls the entire edit history of your Google Doc, which is already maintained by Google, and turns the writing journey into an interactive process report.

📚 How can teachers integrate it into a course?
Please visit www.processfeedback.org/gdocs for step-by-step instructions on how to integrate the extension into your course.

✨ How is it different from other extensions?
Unlike extensions like Draftback, this extension provides many rich features. Students can also download a PDF report or simply share a link to their process report. In a way, it is a free alternative to extensions like Draftback, Originality.ai, Revision History, and Grammarly Authorship, but with many more features.

⚠️ Limitations
The extension is not well-tested with large documents with 100K+ changes or 100K+ characters. Its text styling is also not perfect yet. If you run into issues using the extension, please email us at contact@processfeedback.org.

📜 Terms and conditions
By installing the extension, you agree to and acknowledge the terms and conditions at https://processfeedback.org/te rms/.

🔒 Privacy policy
➛ By default, the Process Feedback extension collects the edit history of the Google Document so the process report can be shared as a link. Collected data is stored only so that users can view reports with the process report link.
➛ For co-edited documents, always obtain permission from all co-authors before viewing or sharing process reports.
➛ If your document contains sensitive information and you do not need a public link, please use the “Download Process Data” option to explore your writing process 100% locally.

📖 Reference/citation
If you are using Process Feedback for a research project, please cite the following peer-reviewed research article:
Adhikari, Badri; “Thinking Beyond Chatbots’ Threat to Education: Visualizations to Elucidate the Writing or Coding Process”; Education Sciences; 2023.