Google Forms/Sheets

Google Forms

The Many Things to Do with FORMS!!

Create an Assessment

This can be a rubric, multiple choice, short answer, or other options. It can be based on information the student has prepared or something the teacher is sharing in class (for example: The teacher shows an image and asks students to select the right answer using the form's “Multiple choice grid” question option). Google will even grade the form for you, share results with students, and provide answer hints so they understand why the correct answer is the right choice.

Create Personalized Learning Activities

The Google Form can be built in sections, allowing the teacher to provide varied optional sections that are selected depending upon the student. This is a great way to differentiate for student needs.

Reflection

Students can share their thoughts on a topic or a lesson plan using a short answer or long paragraph option. These are collected into a Google spreadsheet and available to be reviewed by the teacher or the class (depending upon the option selected by the teacher). Note: These can't yet be graded automatically.

Test Prep

Students answer a series of questions to prepare for an upcoming test. These can be multiple choice, short answer, long answer, or another. When these are collected automatically to the Google spreadsheet, they are then shared with all students as a study guide prior to a summative test.

Exit Tickets

Create a short quiz with questions, videos, or pictures that students answer in 3-5 minutes before leaving class. Let the spreadsheet populate on the class screen. When students see their answers appear, they are free to exit.

Interactive Lesson Planning Tool

With the multiple choice grid, students view a quiz on the class screen and select the correct answers (by selecting generic options such as A, B, or C) on the form. This allows the teacher to be agile and flexible in adapting to a student-paced environment. This is also useful as a formative assessment with videos where the class can be watching a video and the teacher can pause it as needed, ask a multiple choice question, and have students answer quickly on their Google form.

RSVP

Use Google Forms to collect student acceptance of invitations, parent approval of events and field trips, and any other activity that benefits from an RSVP response.

Event Registration

Students (or parents) sign up for an activity through Google Forms, providing all necessary information that is then collated into the associated spreadsheet. This is easily viewed, analyzed, and sorted as needed.

Q&A

Arrange questions so that student answers dictate what question comes next with Google Forms' easy programming options. This saves everyone time and makes questions more relevant and authentic to students. You can also enable students to skip to a particular section by adding that option at the bottom of a section. This is useful in inquiry-based classes where teachers may choose to cover optional material, depending upon how the class progresses.

Collect Data

Use Google Forms to collect any amount of data for a wide variety of purposes. It may be to assess knowledge prior to beginning a unit, plan a field trip, collect contact information, whip up a quick poll, collect email addresses for a newsletter, and more.