Quizzes
Making a Quiz
A Quiz in Google Forms looks identical to a regular Google Form and has all of the same functionality. The only difference is that, in a Quiz, an Answer Key function has been added for each question. Teachers can assign correct answers and have Google grade the responses for them! Feedback is also available for each question and can be given for both correct and incorrect responses!
You can make a form into a Quiz one of two ways:
From the Google Forms app landing page and selecting the "Blank Quiz" option
2. From within the form's settings and switching on the “Make this a quiz” toggle under the Quizzes tab.
In the Quizzes settings you can also choose when to release the grade and what students who take the quiz can see after the quiz. Scores released immediately will not include questions that need to be reviewed or marked by the teacher and may not accurately reflect a student’s final score.
In the General Settings you can choose to collect email addresses. This allows teachers to email final quiz scores to students after reviewing their answers.
In the Presentation Settings you can choose to shuffle the order the questions appear so that students won’t all have the same questions on their screens at once. This will shuffle questions in each section of the quiz and will not shuffle sections, if sections are used.
Answer Key
You can make an answer key on certain question types:
Short Answer
Multiple Choice
Checkboxes
Dropdown
Multiple Choice Grid
Checkbox Grid
To add an answer key:
Click the Add Question button
Fill our your question and answers
In the bottom left of the question, click Answer Key
Choose the answer or answers that are correct.
In the top right of the question, choose how many points the question is worth.
❗ Note: You can assign points on all question types.
Answer Feedback
Teachers are able to add answer feedback to quiz questions. Answer feedback can be given for both correct and incorrect answers (on most question types) and can be provided as text or links to web or video content.
To add answer feedback:
Click into an already created quiz question.
Click on Answer Key.
In the bottom left corner click, Add answer feedback.
Type or link the feedback you wish to provide students based on the answers they provide (correct or incorrect).
Choose What People See During & After the Quiz
You can choose if people can see missed questions, correct answers, and point values.
In Google Forms, open a quiz.
At the top right, click Settings (gear icon).
Click Quizzes.
Under "Respondents can See," check the boxes next to the options you want.
Click Save.
Grading Quizzes
You can grade quizzes by question or by individual. For example, you might prefer to grade all answers to a specific question at once. Or perhaps you want to grade an individual’s entire quiz.
Grade by Response:
Some questions need to be graded manually, like short answer or paragraph formats. To grade faster and reduce potential bias, you can grade by question. This is because identifying information doesn’t appear by default. You’ll see all the answers for a particular question at once.
❗ Note: You can’t grade by question for grid-type questions.
To grade by Response:
Under Responses, click Question.
Mark each response as Correct, Incorrect , or assign partial or extra credit points by entering them in the rightmost field.
❗ Note: The same responses are grouped together. This way, you can give feedback or assign scores in bulk.
When you’re done grading all responses for a question, click Save.
To move between questions, click the Previous or Next buttons.
Grade by Respondent:
You can grade an individual’s entire set of quiz responses at once.
To grade by Respondent:
Under Responses, click Individual.
For each question (except grid-type questions, which aren’t graded), take any of the following actions:
🟣 In the rightmost field, enter how many points the response earned. Questions that have been graded automatically are assigned the maximum number of points for a correct answer, and zero points for an incorrect answer. If you want to override these values, you can.
🟣(Optional) Click Add individual feedback. Enter your feedback and click Save. If you already specified feedback, it will be overridden.
To save all changes, click Save.
To move between individuals, click the Previous or Next buttons.
Send Quiz Results
You can send quiz results immediately upon submission, or send results by email later.
Customize Quiz Results:
When you send quiz results, whether automatically or manually, the following information is included:
Incorrect responses
Correct answers
Point values
To customize quiz results:
In Forms, open a quiz.
Click the Settings cogwheel and then Quizzes.
Under Respondent can see, select or deselect any of the options.
Click Save.
Choose When to Send Results:
At the top right, click the Settings cogwheel.
Click Quizzes.
Choose an option:
🟣Immediately after each submission: Automatically sends respondents their results after submission.
🟣Later, after manual review: Email results to respondents at a time of your choosing. Selecting this option turns on email collection, which is necessary so that you can send results later.
Click Save.
Send Results by Email:
When you’re finished grading and ready to send results, you can choose who to send them to.
Under Responses, click Summary or Individual.
Click Release Score(s).
Check the boxes next to who you want to email.
Click Send Emails and Release.
Print Questions or Responses
At the top of the quiz, click Questions or Responses.
(Responses only) Click Summary or Individual.
At the top, click the More (three dots) option and then Print.
For questions and individual responses, choose your settings, then click Print.
For a summary of responses, from your browser, click File and then Print.