Use a Google Form for Anecdotal Notes

I must add this to my Google Forms presentation!

I was already using Google Forms to make anecdotal notes on students work but the text to speech addition makes note taking that much easier for teachers.

http://goo.gl/H8XZZ9

Presentation for Google Summit

Google Summit - Presentation

Today I presented at the Google Summit - besides the blurry screen from the projector I feel the presentation went well. I recieved positive feedback from those that were able to get in the door! Wow the rooms are tiny!

Flubaroo Advanced Tips

Flubaroo Advanced Tips:

More than one correct answer:

Want to allow for more than one correct answer to a fill-in question? Just put %or between correct answers when filling out your answer key, like this:

If a student submits either answer, Flubaroo will mark it correct. You can even have more than 2 correct answers, like this:

Insert Flubaroo Script to Grade a Google Form

Interesting Ways to Use Google Forms

Interesting Ways to Use Google Forms

1. Gather information from parents

2. Get to know you 

3. Reading Record

4. Place orders for fundraiser

5. Exit Ticket

6. Quiz/Test

7. Feedback from parents

8. Spelling Test

9. Book Review

10. Emotion Graph

11. Rubric

12. Self Assessment for Learning Skills

13. Contact Information

14. Choose your own Adventure Story

15. Making Inferences

16. Observations

17. Incident Form

Flubaroo

Flubaroo is an add on that you can use with google forms to help you grade a multiple choice or fill in the blank test. 

More than just a grading tool, Flubaroo also:

• Computes average assignment score.
• Computes average score per question, and flags low-scoring questions.
• Shows you a grade distribution graph.
• Gives you the option to email each student their grade, and an answer key.
• Lets you send individualized feedback to each student.

Steps to Use Flubaroo:

1. Create an assignment

 

Enter the questions you want to ask

Choose new spreadsheet as the destination

View Live Form and create the answer key by completing the form with the correct answers. (Be sure to label the answer key in the name field so you will be able to find it later!)

2. Send the form out to your class

3. Open the responses (spreadsheet) go to Tools - Script Gallery - Search Flubaroo and click add. You will have to authorize Flubaroo (Click Accept)

4. Now you should see a new tab "Flubaroo" 

Go to Grade assignment

Flubaroo will ask you a few questions, such as:

• If any questions should not be graded.
• Which questions are for the purpose of student identification (e.g. name, student id, email).
• Which submission should be used as the answer key.

Once answered, Flubaroo will grade your assignment. This process should take less than a minute. 

The grades will show up in a new spreadsheet

5. You can now email each student their grades, view a summary report or regrade the assignment

Flubaroo

Why Use Google Forms?

5 Reasons to use Google Forms

1. Forms are mobile friendly

2. You can get email notification of results
To do it, change your response method to be a spreadsheet by clicking on “Choose Response Method” in the toolbar. Then click on “View Responses” to see the spreadsheet. Choose Tools > Notification Rules and pick whether you’d like immediate or daily batch notifications.



3. Page Direction

You have the ability to direct respondents to questions based on their answers. 

4. Results can go directly into a shareable spreadsheet

5. It is free, easy to use and students are engaged!

6. Since students are online they can use read/write! Think of the functionality for young students or as an accommodation for older students!

Video on how to pre-populate a list in google form. The video shows how to copy and paste the states into a list - this would work well for provinces and territories or copying a class list of student names!

Adding a Video to Google Forms

Step by Step instructions to add a video in google forms

Click image to view full size. 

Click image to view full size. 

Data verification AKA the "are you human?" test.

Here is an example of an assessment I used for a grade 2/3 class for multimedia

Inserting a Picture in Google Form

How to Insert a Picture in Google Form:


There are two ways to enter an image into google forms: 



Go to Add Item and click on the arrow to get more options and then choose image


Imagine the possibilities:

You could add a picture for a quick diagnostic assessment like the one below and ask:


  What can you tell me about this picture?



You can add a QR code 


Example of a Form with an Image