Google Forms

Access: Google Waffle

*the grid of nine small grey boxes that you find in the top right corner of your Google browser

Overview:

Google Forms is an incredibly resourceful data collection tool. You can create a blank form, or use one of the templates. The creator can choose between a wide variety of question types, including multiple choice, short response, paragraph response, checkboxes, dropdown, and checkbox grid. The creator can even include an answer key so the learner knows right away which questions they answered correctly and which questions they need more support with. Google Forms can be used to track academic data, such as an Exit Ticket, as well as SEL data, such as a check-in after a long weekend. Responses are easily tracked within Google Forms and can be exported to Google Sheets. Google Forms is also a private way to quickly check how students felt about the lesson and express which areas they felt successful with and what areas they need more support in. Multiple collaborators can be added to the same Google Form so the entire grade level can be use the same use the same Google Form and responses can be tracked in the same location. Google Forms can be sent to students directly, or can be posted to Google Classroom or Seesaw for students to access simply by clicking the link. Google Forms can also be sent home to families to easily collect data in one location Because Forms is a part of Google, all of your work is automatically saved. Even after you send out the link, you can make changes and it will automatically update on the user's form as soon as they click refresh!

Subjects:

Literacy, Science, Social Studies, Math, Art, Language, Music, Computer Science, PE, Relationship-Building Activities

Grade Levels:

Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School

Tips:

To create an answer key, click on the settings wheel in the upper righthand corner. Then select "Quizzes". Finally, move the toggle button over where it says "Make this a quiz" and click "Save". You are now able to provide an answer key for each question, as well as assign each question a point value. You can always go into a specific students' Google Form later to change the amount of points they received or to leave a comment.

Answer keys are really helpful, especially when collecting academic data. This allows the student to know right away the areas they are strong in and the areas they need more support in. When you export the responses to a Google Sheet, you can quickly use this data to see who needs more support with that topic. It is also really helpful when it comes to report cards because you can track students' progress throughout the module with each of their responses.

To add multiple collaborators to a Google Form, click on the three dots in the upper righthand corner and then click "Add Collaborators". All collaborators can now track students' responses, as well as make any necessary changes.

If there are multiple classes that are using the same Google Form, a suggestion is to include a question that asks the user what section they are in. This will make it easy to sort the data in Google Sheets later.

Google Forms are great to send home to collect family data, such as easiest contact method and how their student gets home. Before sending out a Google Form to families, be sure to change the settings so that users without a PHA login can also access the Google Form. To do this, click the settings wheel in the upper righthand corner. While you are in the General tab, unlick where it says "Restrict to users in Prospect Hill Academy Charter School and its trusted organizations" then click "Save". This can be done even after the Google Form link has been sent out.

Unfailable quizzes, or impossible to fail quizzes, can also be created using Google Forms. With an unfailable quiz, if a student answers a problem incorrectly, they are taken to a page with a written or video explanation to help them understand how to solve the problem correctly. After learning from the explanation, they are then taken back to the question to try the same problem again! It is good to first create a template so that you can easily change the questions, answer choices, and explanations without having to spend time recreating the path the student will take based on their answer selection. To find out more about how to create an impossible to fail quiz, check out this website.

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