One of the main reasons educators love Google is the ease in which they can manage students' work. Version History is a tool that many teachers use in several of the Google Apps to help them monitor student progress. Version History allows editors of a file to revert to previous versions of a file, restore information that has been deleted, and view who has made changes (and what the changes were) to the file. I have used Version History in various capacities over the years. I once sorted a data spreadsheet wrong and all my data was lined up incorrectly. I didn't realize it until I left and came back to Google Sheets, so undo was not an option. Version History allowed me to go back and find the version of the file before I messed up. Crisis averted!
I used it often in the classroom as well. For collaborative activities, it's nice to be able to see who contributed what so you can provide individualized feedback. Also, students sometimes accidentally delete things they didn't mean to, and Version History lets you get it back. The most memorable time I used it was when I was doing a writing reteach one day. A student, who admittedly did not want to be working on his essay, called me over and told me he didn't know what happened, but his whole essay just up and disappeared. I went to the Version History, and said, "Hmmmm...it looks like you *accidentally* deleted it 3 minutes ago!" I restored the essay and he was able to keep working, much to his dismay. The new version of Google Sites has been sans Version History since it came out, but in 2020, this feature will begin rolling out! According to Google, by March 2020 all newly created sites will have the feature, and by the end of 2020, most existing sites should have it as well. I know educators use Sites quite a bit for group projects, so having this feature will be very handy in helping to determine who did what. For more information on Version History, click on the buttons below!
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