Group Leadership Project

MSU CEP 812

Ashley Bartkowiak, Jessica Haggerty, Robert LaRocque, James Rolle

Creating a Google Form

o Go to docs.google.com

o Sign in with your Google ID and password.

o **If you do not have a Google ID, click on the link to create a new

account.

Creating a Google Form

o On the Google Docs home

screen, click the “Create New”

button on the left side of the page

and choose “Form” from the drop

down menu.

o This will take you to a new screen

to begin creating your form.

Creating a Google Form

o To begin creating your form:

1. Give your form a title by replacing “untitled form” with a title of your

choosing

2. In the box below the title, you can add any information or directions that will

help people fill out your form.

Creating a Google Form3. Create your questions

Type your question in the “Question Title” Box

If you need to include any text or clues to help people with the question, enter it in the “Help Text” box.

Creating a Google FormThe last part of creating your question is choosing a “Question Type”

There are 7 Question types:

1. Text

2. Paragraph Text

3. Multiple Choice

4. Checkboxes

5. Choose from a List

6. Scale

7. Grid

Google Forms Question Types

Creating a Google Form

4. Adding Questions

Choose +Add Item, to add a question.

5. Choose a Theme

Google offer almost 100 different themes for your survey.

Creating a Google Form

o Other features of Google Forms:

o E-mail this form

o See responses:

o Spreadsheet Format

o Summary Format with graphs

o More Actions

o Embed in website or blog

o Edit Confirmation

Google Forms in the

Classroom

Google forms can be used for

Surveys

Assessing prior knowledge or attitudes

Feedback

Tracking progress

Assessment

Google forms are flexible and allow for the collection of

work and data in once place.

Follow along as we explore some examples of Google

forms.

Google Forms in the

Classroom

Using Google Forms is the easiest and quickest way to

survey students about anything related to your content.

Google Forms can be used to develop project

ideas, brainstorm, and to share opinions

Results are instantaneous and can be shared with

colleagues and/or the students

Students also have the option to survey others

Google Forms in the

Classroom

Google Forms in the

Classroom

Forms or surveys can be created for students to fill out on

an ongoing basis for things such as:

Feedback about the course

Recording experiment observations

Keeping track of work done

And much more…

Here is an example of a form for students to self-assess their work

for the week.

Here is an example of what the results might look like.

Google Forms in the

Classroom

Google Forms can be used

to record your own

observations about students

or what went on in class.

Here is an example of a way

to input what you do daily or

weekly in your classes.

Here is an example of what the results might look like of your daily/weekly

curriculum map.

Google Forms in the

Classroom

Google forms are an efficient way to give a short quiz.

In class assessment provides immediate feedback to

students and instructors.

Here is a reading assessment, with text and questions to answer.

Here are the results from the Chinese reading assessment.

Google forms can be used to create a multiple

choice quiz.

Here is an example of a Google form used as an answer sheet for a reading

assignment.

Google Forms in the

Classroom

Google forms are a great tool to get all the work done in one

place.

Viewing Responses

Under “see responses”, you have two choices:

• Summary

• Spreadsheet

KEEP IN MIND

While you are analyzing data, if you need to go back to the

form, you can do so by finding “edit form” and you can look at

data results as they come in

Viewing Responses:

Summary

Viewing Responses:

Summary

Here are the results to a grid question.

Each column of the grid is given it’s

own graph

Viewing Responses:

Spreadsheet

Note: Google forms will always be opened as a spreadsheet in

your documents. To go back to edit the form, click “form,” then edit

form in the navigation bar.

Viewing Responses:

Spreadsheet

Summary vs. Spreadsheet

Why are there different ways to analyze data?

What are the benefits of using each?

How can I use each of these to enhance my teaching?

Summary

Great visual representation!

Great for feedback for the class…no names attached!

Spreadsheet

“Other” responses can be viewed

Great to view individual responses

Spreadsheet

Opens into a Google Spreadsheet

Organize data like you do in an Excel Spreadsheet

Sort

Filter

Add comments

Perform mathematical functions

Insert charts or graphs

Color coding

And much more!

Organizing Responses

What to do with all the data…

E-mail as an attachment

With students

Publish as a

webpage

With colleagues

Publish on a blog

With parents

Let’s Review

Google Forms…

Are easy to create

Have a wide range of question types

Are east to fill-in

Provide results to analyze and share

Are useful for tracking progress

Are beneficial in all courses, subjects, and grades

Additional Resources

Google Forms Templates

https://docs.google.comtemplates

Google Forms Templates

http://edte.ch/blog/2008/08/23/10-google-forms-for-the-classroom/

Google Forms Help Page

http://docs.google.com/support/bin/topic.py?hl=en&topic=1360904

Google Docs Help Page

http://docs.google.com/support/?hl=en_US