This new folder will hold everything you are about to create as well as the generated certificates.

You can copy one of these certificates:

• Public Certificate Template (Open for public use) 
• HSU Certificate Template (This link will only work if you sign-in with HSU credentials.)

In Google Docs, edit your certificate to fit your needs. Use the <<tag>> format for areas that will be auto-completed.

These tags will tell the autoCrat addon where to place the form information in the certificate.

Changes are automatically saved in Google Docs, so click the three bars in the top left corner to return to your Documents.

Return to the Google Drive folder you created and create a new Google Form.

1) Select New

2) Select the More option from the drop down menu.

3) Select Google Forms

Give your form a meaningful name and description then use the interface to add questions.

You will most likely use the short answer question type.

1. Click on SEND in the upper right corner.
2. Then check Automatically collect respondent's Humboldt State University email address.
3. Click X to close.

1.    Click on the Responses tab.

2.    Then click on the green button to 'Create spreadsheet'.

3.   Select the Create a new spreadsheet option.

4.   Edit the name if you'd like, then click Create.

The newly created sheet should have automatically opened in a new tab. If not, open it from the Google Drive folder that we created at the beginning of the tutorial.

1. Click on Add-ons.

2. Click Get add-ons...

In the search bar, type autoCrat and hit the Enter key, then click on the + FREE button.

1. If necessary, log in with your HSU Google account.

2. Click Allow to grant autoCrat necessary privileges.

After installing autoCrat, the following window should be displayed. Click New Job to create a new merge job.

1. Name your new job - perhaps with the name of the form or course.

2. Click Next.

3. Click on From Drive to select the certificate template you created earlier.

4. Choose your certificate template.

5. Click Select.

6. Now click Next to continue with the selected template.

You will now match the tags in your certificate to columns in your spreadsheet.

Use the dropdown windows to select the proper column for each tag, then click Next.

1. Decide how you would like to name the files (certificates) that are generated by this merge job.

Click on the blue bar with an arrow on the left to see a list of available tags, and right-click them to copy them.

You can paste these tags in the File Name textbox to create individualized certificate names.

e.g. " <<Full Name>> Certificate - <<Course Name>> "

2. Then in the Type dropdown, select PDF.

3. For the Output as field, select Multiple output mode so each person gets their own document, rather than a single document with many pages that only you get.

4. Finally, click Next to continue.

1. Select your folder.

2. Click Next.

No action is required on the next two screens (Steps 6 and 7) so simply click Next twice.

You will now decide how the certificates will be sent to recepients.

The following settings are recommended:

• Share doc? - Yes
• Share doc as - PDF
• Allow collaborators to re-share - No
• Send from generic no-reply address - No

• To: Use the blue bar again to copy the email tag and paste it here
• Cc: None
• Bcc: None
• Reply To: Your email (or alternate desired email) address
• Type in Subject: You can use tags here if you would like to include individualized information in the email subject line
• Type a message: You can use tags here if you would like to include individualized information in the email body

When you are finished, click Next.

1. Select Yes for Run on form trigger if you would like certificates to be generated automatically on form submission.

2. Select Yes for Run on time trigger if you would like certificates to be generated every:

            one hour, two hours, three hours, four hours, six hours, twelve hours, or twenty-four hours

In either case you will be asked to enable triggers, click YES to confirm these changes.

3. Then click SAVE to finish creating your merge job.

At this point, you have finished setting up the automation process and just need to add your Google Form to a Canvas page.

First, let's get the embed link for your Form.

Go back to your folder and open your Form.

1.  Click SEND.

2. Click on the embed tab denoted by the '< >' symbol.

3. Click COPY to copy the embed link to your clipboard.

4. Click X.

Now, let's embed this form in Canvas.

Navigate to your Canvas course page and decide where you would like students to access this form.

For example, you could add a certificate at the end of each module or at the end of the course.

In any case, you will be embedding the Google Form in a Canvas content page.

1. Inside the page edit screen, click on HTML Editor.

2. Paste the embed link you copied before.

3. Then Save or Save and publish your page.

Your Form should now be embedded in your page!

You can fill out the form and submit it to test your automation process.

Immediately after submitting the form, you should see a new row in the Responses spreadsheet.

You should receive an email containing a PDF certificate shortly after submitting the form.