Draftback
is a Chrome Extension that can be used on a laptop to view a “video” of a
Google Doc being created - sped up of course. You will need to be the owner or
an editor of the doc to do this (it does not work with view only access). Yes,
Google has a revision history that can be found under File -> Version
history —> See version history, but this method is more visual and allows
you to see the document being created over time. Also, there is the option to
see an informative timeline-like chart of the revisions made with the total
editing time listed at the top. At the bottom is a list of who made edits to
the doc and when.
This
is helpful if you are trying to figure out the time spent working on a document
or who contributed to it and when. If there were to be a copyright issue, the
“video” playback would clearly show larger amounts of text being pasted in.
Directions:
Open
Chrome.
Install
the Draftback extension.
Open
a Google doc that you have edit access to.
Near
the Share button, there will now be a Draftback button - click it.
A
little loading bar will start. Click View when it stops.
Watch
the “video” document creation process.
On
this screen, click the upper right link to “document graphs and statistics.”
