Google Apps Script Basics

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About Course

Automate Google Sheets and other Google Workspace apps with Apps Script, Google’s JavaScript-based scripting platform. Learn how to open the script editor, write a custom function, add a custom menu, react to edits with simple triggers, schedule jobs with time-driven triggers, and handle authorisation and security sensibly.

Tutwoo is an independent learning provider. This course is general awareness training written from published official guidance. It does not replace training required for your specific job, and it is not an accredited qualification.

© 2026 Tutwoo UK Limited. This course was created in-house by Tutwoo and is our original work. It is for your own learning only: please do not copy, share, record or resell it.

What Will You Learn?

  • Explain what Apps Script is and where scripts run
  • Write and use a custom function in Google Sheets
  • Add a custom menu and use simple triggers such as onOpen and onEdit
  • Schedule tasks and handle authorisation, limits and security

Course Content

Course Lessons

  • What Apps Script is
  • Custom functions in Google Sheets
  • Menus and simple triggers
  • Time-driven triggers, authorisation and good practice

Sources & Further Reading
The official guidance this course is based on.

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