Online Community | Vicki Harrington | Activity https://members.learningarchitects.com/members/officeelmwood-school-nz/activity/ Activity feed for Vicki Harrington. Thu, 12 Mar 2026 09:36:07 +1200 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-NZ 30 hourly 2 31bd4976cc91b661698b6c0dc3cd221c Vicki Harrington replied to the topic Novopay - Tracking current/In progress/Completed jobs in the forum General Discussion https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/novopay-tracking-current-in-progress-completed-jobs/#post-25886 Wed, 29 Jul 2020 01:05:48 +1200 Hi Dae-Maree,

Congratulations on your new role at your school.

The way I keep a track of the Novopay forms and ticket numbers is by setting up in my gmail a label for each staff member under an HR tab.  I name the label HR/Staff name and MOE number.   Then when a ticket number comes back from Novopay, I label it with the staff members HR la…Read more

]]> f86602bbb4212b7baa70b74f55c22c2a Vicki Harrington replied to the topic Add ons with Google forms in the forum Google Sheets & Forms https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/add-ons-with-google-forms/#post-5492 Tue, 18 Sep 2018 21:01:12 +1200 Thanks Rob.

Will give that a go.

Vicki

 

 

]]> 0330aa481235f71a52848b4acc5d1823 Vicki Harrington started the topic Add ons with Google forms in the forum Google Sheets & Forms https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/add-ons-with-google-forms/ Mon, 17 Sep 2018 02:29:21 +1200 Hi Rob,

I have created a google form for appraisals, but there is a section at the bottom of the form – that I want the Principal to be able to complete after the appraisal – so do I need to make an ‘add-on’ to enable this to happen… so it gets emailed back to them for comment and then back to the employee?

Also I know we can be really clever…Read more

]]> 3c28c210a6b713a1d2f0bafcf8064adf Vicki Harrington replied to the topic Using a Google Form to set up a Leave Requests system... in the forum Google Sheets & Forms https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/using-a-google-form-in-conjunction-with-autocrat-to-set-up-sheets-and-response/#post-2306 Wed, 03 May 2017 21:20:13 +1200 Thanks Rob.  🙂   Vicki

]]> f8b231ffc08eb35f2f567513decac6b3 Vicki Harrington replied to the topic Using a Google Form to set up a Leave Requests system... in the forum Google Sheets & Forms https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/using-a-google-form-in-conjunction-with-autocrat-to-set-up-sheets-and-response/#post-2303 Wed, 03 May 2017 03:01:52 +1200 Hi Rob,

When staff are finished completing their leave form and they submit it – once submitted it brings up an option to ‘see previous responses’.

And when you click on see previous responses – it brings everyones leave up for the person applying for leave to see. How can I delete that. Not such a good thing to have on there .

Thanks so much.

Vicki

]]> 770288f0997f58f6faabab429096a72d Vicki Harrington replied to the topic Using a Google Form to set up a Leave Requests system... in the forum Google Sheets & Forms https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/using-a-google-form-in-conjunction-with-autocrat-to-set-up-sheets-and-response/#post-1985 Thu, 23 Mar 2017 21:48:11 +1200 Hi Rob,

I have set up Step 8 in Autocrat.  I have taken two screen shots of what I have done.   I have attached the two screen shots of step 8 – just to ensure I have it right.  I think I do.  do you mind having a quick look at the screen shots and letting me know.  In the meantime I will save it and hope for the best.  I am not sure how to get…Read more

]]> 60eb1bfb19e3a2fb017d958ce26a4275 Vicki Harrington replied to the topic Using a Google Form to set up a Leave Requests system... in the forum Google Sheets & Forms https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/using-a-google-form-in-conjunction-with-autocrat-to-set-up-sheets-and-response/#post-1981 Wed, 22 Mar 2017 02:48:18 +1200 I have just gone through again Rob – and made the trigger run to the time option – so will see if that works.  I had no there and should have had yes.   I am not holding my breath though.

 

Vicki

]]> 108ae79bd855983c51f1a5151c6c0d6d Vicki Harrington replied to the topic Using a Google Form to set up a Leave Requests system... in the forum Google Sheets & Forms https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/using-a-google-form-in-conjunction-with-autocrat-to-set-up-sheets-and-response/#post-1979 Wed, 22 Mar 2017 02:39:46 +1200 Hi Rob,

I have set up the auto-crat add on all over again.  But it seems to be to no avail.  I will go in and have another look to check I haven’t done anything wrong, but was sure I covered everything.  Will scroll up and check your instructions again also.

Very frustrating.

cheers  Vicki

]]> 3daa4e4d48b2378678967ca4e4f30fa9 Vicki Harrington replied to the topic Using a Google Form to set up a Leave Requests system... in the forum Google Sheets & Forms https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/using-a-google-form-in-conjunction-with-autocrat-to-set-up-sheets-and-response/#post-1957 Tue, 21 Mar 2017 00:12:30 +1200 Hi Rob,

I checked that the sheet doesn’t have notifications set under Megan’s log in…. so that is all good… however. I just tried to get the sheet to merge and produce confirmation letters – and it didn’t do anything – so I checked the Autocrat and for some reason it says No merged jobs set up – click to get started on a new job.

I don’t…Read more

]]> 08a1633345d82b2c831a297a09ffbe24 Vicki Harrington replied to the topic Using a Google Form to set up a Leave Requests system... in the forum Google Sheets & Forms https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/using-a-google-form-in-conjunction-with-autocrat-to-set-up-sheets-and-response/#post-1957 Tue, 21 Mar 2017 00:12:30 +1200 Hi Rob,

I checked that the sheet doesn’t have notifications set under Megan’s log in…. so that is all good… however. I just tried to get the sheet to merge and produce confirmation letters – and it didn’t do anything – so I checked the Autocrat and for some reason it says No merged jobs set up – click to get started on a new job.

I don’t…Read more

]]> ce081128056d80850916153416038600 Vicki Harrington replied to the topic Using a Google Form to set up a Leave Requests system... in the forum Google Sheets & Forms https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/using-a-google-form-in-conjunction-with-autocrat-to-set-up-sheets-and-response/#post-1948 Tue, 14 Mar 2017 20:15:29 +1200 Hi Rob,

Just when we thought it was all sorted. Megan (Team Leader) is receiving two emails to notify her that she needs to approve leave.   One is from you and one is from me.  Maybe I will just tell her to delete the one from you!!!   🙂     Actually that is not the answer – I will try and look into it and find out why the system is gene…Read more

]]> cf8dcb623452d558e0e94f438620d469 Vicki Harrington started the topic Leave Form - Previous Responses in the forum Google Sheets & Forms https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/leave-form-previous-responses/ Tue, 14 Mar 2017 02:52:20 +1200 Hi Rob,

 

On the bottom of the leave form we created it now has this – ‘see previous responses’.

And when you click on see previous responses – it brings everyones leave up for the person applying for leave to see. How can I delete that.  I tried right clicking – but delete is not an option.  Not such a good thing to have on there and it did n…Read more

]]> 93915a95cc2ca4e07180d77b64878a76 Vicki Harrington replied to the topic Using a Google Form to set up a Leave Requests system... in the forum Google Sheets & Forms https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/using-a-google-form-in-conjunction-with-autocrat-to-set-up-sheets-and-response/#post-1919 Sun, 12 Mar 2017 20:15:14 +1200 Whew…. thank you so much Rob for all your help.  It is so much appreciated.   🙂  That is awesome.

]]> 5d8e87482f4b5ec82bdcf45341d60503 Vicki Harrington replied to the topic Using a Google Form to set up a Leave Requests system... in the forum Google Sheets & Forms https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/using-a-google-form-in-conjunction-with-autocrat-to-set-up-sheets-and-response/#post-1908 Fri, 10 Mar 2017 01:18:06 +1200 Hi Rob,

Oh – ok – yesterday we made a new add on and deleted the other one we had.   Is that not the same thing.   I thought I added it – as the first tests we did were working and the mail merge letter was coming from me for the first few trials.  When it all turned to custard was after we were fiddling round doing the add on – onto the ac…Read more

]]> e0d56a15a9f796cbf8975232e1b84f7f Vicki Harrington replied to the topic Using a Google Form to set up a Leave Requests system... in the forum Google Sheets & Forms https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/using-a-google-form-in-conjunction-with-autocrat-to-set-up-sheets-and-response/#post-1906 Thu, 09 Mar 2017 18:54:57 +1200 Hi Rob,

 

Unfortunately our scheme did not work.  It is still sending the emails from you rather than me.  Grrr. Not sure what to do from here.  Tried to drop the snapshot I took on here, but can’t get that to work either.

Vicki   🙂

 

]]> eba80bfa2333d2c8a0c8cf3b3b7c757c Vicki Harrington replied to the topic Using a Google Form to set up a Leave Requests system... in the forum Google Sheets & Forms https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/using-a-google-form-in-conjunction-with-autocrat-to-set-up-sheets-and-response/#post-1852 Sun, 05 Mar 2017 21:12:05 +1200 Hi Rob,

I had a look at the Autocrat help page today.    I found this.   5.  In some cases, a trigger set by one user cannot be removed so that a second user can become the “trigger owner”.   Maybe this is why this has happened.

Perhaps I need to go through the whole thing all over again and do all of it myself.   (Although I did think that…Read more

]]> 4f8c2abded9a0b1b1cbf5362be164e1c Vicki Harrington replied to the topic Using a Google Form to set up a Leave Requests system... in the forum Google Sheets & Forms https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/using-a-google-form-in-conjunction-with-autocrat-to-set-up-sheets-and-response/#post-1848 Tue, 28 Feb 2017 03:38:03 +1200 If I was to add Paul’s email address in the simply send add on – in the recipients email above the team leaders box – do you think this would work – so to notify Paul as well for the approval of leave on the spreadsheet.

Thanks heaps. Um… it seems that once we took you off – it just won’t send the automated mail merged letter to the staff. I…Read more

]]> 8a26ae9df194cf79f8cdbff392be371e Vicki Harrington replied to the topic Using a Google Form to set up a Leave Requests system... in the forum Google Sheets & Forms https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/using-a-google-form-in-conjunction-with-autocrat-to-set-up-sheets-and-response/#post-1845 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 01:56:41 +1200 Thanks Rob,   I had already stepped through the autocrat set up the other day, but have redone again now and saved it again.   As far as I can tell – it should only be this.   As the simply send add on which you added for me to the form – to notify the team leaders seems to be working, I shouldn’t need to touch that should I?   If I was to rel…Read more

]]> d597ae8ca9cc44cafb789f3ac0154d86 Vicki Harrington replied to the topic Using a Google Form to set up a Leave Requests system... in the forum Google Sheets & Forms https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/using-a-google-form-in-conjunction-with-autocrat-to-set-up-sheets-and-response/#post-1843 Thu, 23 Feb 2017 01:31:11 +1200 Actually Rob, no one is receiving the confirmation letters now.   Not sure what is going on with the system.

Thanks

Vicki

 

]]> 5c1ad80db12ec6e4eebbd30aaf6f2d0e Vicki Harrington replied to the topic Using a Google Form to set up a Leave Requests system... in the forum Google Sheets & Forms https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/using-a-google-form-in-conjunction-with-autocrat-to-set-up-sheets-and-response/#post-1842 Thu, 23 Feb 2017 00:04:24 +1200 Hi Rob,

Further to our emails re the leave forms.  For some reason I am no longer receiving the pdf of the mail merge letter that staff receive.   Not sure why not.  I have checked the add on via autocrat and my email address is still in the CC part of that section.  Also – I have not received a confirmation letter for my own leave which was app…Read more

]]> 18f899590b9653b33e4efb807a5c08e9 Vicki Harrington replied to the topic Using a Google Form to set up a Leave Requests system... in the forum Google Sheets & Forms https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/using-a-google-form-in-conjunction-with-autocrat-to-set-up-sheets-and-response/#post-1835 Mon, 20 Feb 2017 19:49:57 +1200 Hi Rob,
Thanks for the call.  I have made a small change in the email part of the add on in Auto-crat and resaved it and also deleted you from the sharing of the spreadsheet.

I will also check with Megan to see if she received any emails at all to let her know there was a leave form to approve.  Will come back to you on that one.

Also I will a…Read more

]]> 5747c852db2526e8b9ac66e529382158 Vicki Harrington replied to the topic Using a Google Form to set up a Leave Requests system... in the forum Google Sheets & Forms https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/using-a-google-form-in-conjunction-with-autocrat-to-set-up-sheets-and-response/#post-1832 Mon, 20 Feb 2017 09:14:49 +1200 Hi Rob,

How are you? Hope you had a lovely weekend.
The letters of confirmation for leave are coming through on email as if they are from you, rather than from me.

Do you know how I can change this going forward.

Also – not sure if the notifications worked in terms of the form telling the Principal or Team leader that there is a leave…Read more

]]> 0e66219965d17225b48c3252b63407d8 Vicki Harrington replied to the topic Using a Google Form to set up a Leave Requests system... in the forum Google Sheets & Forms https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/using-a-google-form-in-conjunction-with-autocrat-to-set-up-sheets-and-response/#post-1794 Fri, 17 Feb 2017 00:52:41 +1200 Oh thank you so much. Yes merge is working! Yehaa! Thanks heaps for helping with the notifications side of things too.

We are getting there. You are a star Rob. Thank you – I feel excited about all the new things I have learnt this last week.

🙂

Kind regards
Vicki

]]> 6ebb3213314a70d39ad7a25b368ae454 Vicki Harrington replied to the topic Using a Google Form to set up a Leave Requests system... in the forum Google Sheets & Forms https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/using-a-google-form-in-conjunction-with-autocrat-to-set-up-sheets-and-response/#post-1789 Thu, 16 Feb 2017 21:50:29 +1200 Hi Rob,

I have moved the rows around on the spreadsheet.  Thanks for the video and info for that.  Very helpful.

 

]]> bf72b6f852181e0d2de314adf3c6cc27 Vicki Harrington replied to the topic Using a Google Form to set up a Leave Requests system... in the forum Google Sheets & Forms https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/using-a-google-form-in-conjunction-with-autocrat-to-set-up-sheets-and-response/#post-1786 Thu, 16 Feb 2017 21:40:34 +1200 Hi Rob,

If a person completes a leave form and they don’t need a reliever at all (like a support staff member) would this muck it up for sending the approval letter to them if we don’t fill in that cell in the spreadsheet where it says reliever (and we click on confirm)? In the orange section.

I have had two forms done now via the new system…Read more

]]> 3af6762212e9c3729396895674180a89 Vicki Harrington replied to the topic Using a Google Form to set up a Leave Requests system... in the forum Google Sheets & Forms https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/using-a-google-form-in-conjunction-with-autocrat-to-set-up-sheets-and-response/#post-1778 Thu, 16 Feb 2017 00:14:52 +1200 Is there a way to change the date to and date from on the spreadsheet so
the order is different. It has them back to front – but will this stuff
anything up on the merged letter that goes to the person.

Cheers

Kind regards
Vicki Harrington
PA to Principal/Executive Officer

]]> 1ea2fa3bf26067896cc0f0a5b0c9f857 Vicki Harrington replied to the topic Using a Google Form to set up a Leave Requests system... in the forum Google Sheets & Forms https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/using-a-google-form-in-conjunction-with-autocrat-to-set-up-sheets-and-response/#post-1776 Wed, 15 Feb 2017 23:10:34 +1200 Hi Rob,

 

Thanks for your help with this.   Have used the Confirmation and Thank you Mailer Add-on – as I could not get the other Form Notifications to work with the Team Leader email address.  I cc’d the Principal email into the option – and it has not worked.  Paul did not receive the email. Am waiting to hear if Meg (Team Leader) received th…Read more

]]> 042148fb4c998923e6c46c342c0d0b71 Vicki Harrington replied to the topic Using a Google Form to set up a Leave Requests system... in the forum Google Sheets & Forms https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/using-a-google-form-in-conjunction-with-autocrat-to-set-up-sheets-and-response/#post-1770 Wed, 15 Feb 2017 01:59:21 +1200 Thanks Rob for your help with this.   I have done all of those instructions above.   If I do add the <<Team Leader email>> in the cc section of the Step 8 in Auto Crat and also the principal email address as a ‘cc’.  Won’t this then send a copy of the confirmation letter to both those people as well as the person filling out the leave form?

If th…Read more

]]> 8754c0d42fa006a5101b36ca568425e4 Vicki Harrington started the topic Using a Google Form to set up a Leave Requests system... in the forum Google Sheets & Forms https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/using-a-google-form-in-conjunction-with-autocrat-to-set-up-sheets-and-response/ Tue, 14 Feb 2017 01:24:27 +1200

[Moderator insert: this is a more advanced topic which deals with using a Google form in conjunction with an add-on called ‘Autocrat’ to create a mail merge response system. During the discussion we tested a number of ways to achieve automatic notifications for the Form that staff complete and some of these didn’t work, so we’ve marked that reply…

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]]> d81002d313302d828a71fff1608d54b9 Vicki Harrington started the topic Using a Google Form to set up a Leave Requests system... in the forum Google Sheets & Forms https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/using-a-google-form-in-conjunction-with-autocrat-to-set-up-sheets-and-response/ Tue, 14 Feb 2017 01:24:27 +1200

[Moderator insert: this is a more advanced topic which deals with using a Google form in conjunction with Autocrat to set up sheets and response…]

Hi Rob,

As you know we have set up a leave form via google docs, together with utilising Autocrat to create a spreadsheet of the responses on the leave form.  This then acts as a mail merge to send…Read more

]]> d81002d313302d828a71fff1608d54b9 Vicki Harrington started the topic Using a Google Form to set up a Leave Requests system... in the forum Google Sheets & Forms https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/using-a-google-form-in-conjunction-with-autocrat-to-set-up-sheets-and-response/ Tue, 14 Feb 2017 01:24:27 +1200

[Moderator insert: this is a more advanced topic which deals with using a Google form in conjunction with Autocrat to set up sheets and response…]

Hi Rob,

As you know we have set up a leave form via google docs, together with utilising Autocrat to create a spreadsheet of the responses on the leave form.  This then acts as a mail merge to send…Read more

]]> 82ad30c9e81507362d9f15bada3af940 Vicki Harrington started the topic Using a Google Form to set up a Leave Requests system... in the forum Google Sheets & Forms https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/using-a-google-form-in-conjunction-with-autocrat-to-set-up-sheets-and-response/ Tue, 14 Feb 2017 01:24:27 +1200 Hi Rob,

As you know we have set up a leave form via google docs, together with utilising Autocrat to create a spreadsheet of the responses on the leave form.  This then acts as a mail merge to send a response to the staff member to notify them if their leave has been accepted or declined.

Can you please tell me how to change my form/spreadsheet…Read more

]]> 94fe14d187589e6d8587c40c601f5d35 Vicki Harrington started the topic Introduction Vicki Harrington in the forum General Discussion https://members.learningarchitects.com/forums/topic/introduction-vicki-harrington/ Thu, 09 Feb 2017 00:30:25 +1200 Hi, I am Vicki and am Personal Assistant to the Principal at Elmwood Normal School.   I have been in this role for 1 year, and previously worked at Somerfield School in a similar role and served on the Canterbury Primary Principal’s Executive as secretary for 3 years.

I have had many roles over my working career, including running my own…Read more

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