Google Forms Add OnsI haven’t had much experience with using Google Forms with my students but I decided to create a form for their weekly Greek and Latin Roots Vocabulary Quiz. I used the Google Forms feature Quizzes and found it to be very easy to set up both the quiz and the answer key. I emailed the form to my students and selected the option for it to open in the email rather than giving them the link for the quiz. Next time I will try the other option as it seemed like the font was a little too small for some students. My students were more excited than usual to take their quiz since they got to use a device. They loved being able to instantly view their score and review any wrong answers. My students also reported that they liked clicking on an answer rather than filling in a bubble which is how the paper version is set up. A few also commented on the fact that they were using less paper. I liked being able to review the graphs and spreadsheets to analyze the data - so much faster than me correcting and reviewing it all with tally marks and notes. As far as add-ons, I tried Flubaroo with my Google Form to grade the quiz. I found it took me more time to set up the grading options than it did with Google Forms and in looking at the way the data was displayed, it was very similar to what I found in Google Forms. It seemed a little redundant to me. For my current purposes, I will most likely stick with Google Forms quiz grading options. Another add-on that I tried was Save as Doc which allows you to take the information from the spreadsheet and put it into a document. I found this kind of cool for that parent that still wants to see how their child performed on the quiz since it looks almost identical to the paper quizzes that students and parents are used to along with the score at the top of the page. I don’t think every parent will want this option but I’m glad it’s there if I’m asked for it.
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Dana Hand
2/25/2017 12:14:41 pm
I appreciate the fact that you jumped into using Google Forms as a student assessment. Getting the students to compare and contrast their experience with the traditional paper/pencil quiz sounds very useful for you as well as asking students to reflect upon their own learning too. It sounds like there are several different add-ons that have the same function of turning the spreadsheet data into different forms. I agree that some of the add-ons I tried seemed redundant so I guess it is just going to take some time tinkering around with them to find the tools that will work best for your grade level.
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I like that you found a way to implement google forms quizes right away in your classroom. I wonder how long the excitement about using the device will last? Would the newness of using a device wear off for the students?
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