Introduction to Google Forms

Unit 1, Lesson 7

What is Google Forms?

Google Forms is a great tool for creating online surveys and

quizzes. You can use them to collect data from your students,
colleagues or parents. Or you could use them for various types of
assessments - from assessment surveys before class to exit
tickets and end of unit quizzes.

Educational uses of Google Forms

There are lots of ways you can use Google Forms to take your
classroom online. Here are two quick and easy ways to use
Google Forms in your teaching. In the next two learning paths, we
will explore more advanced ways to use Google Forms.

● Teacher creates an exit ticket. Exit tickets are assigned at the

end of a lesson and are used to find out how much students
understand at the end of a class. An exit ticket is a quick quiz
- and Google Forms is the perfect tool for this!
● Teacher creates a feedback survey to ask students how the
lesson went.
Creating a form

As in previous lessons, we begin by going to your Google Drive,

logging in to your Google account if prompted to do so.

In Google Drive, click New and then and then click Google
Forms.

A new tab will open with a new form for you to edit.
Naming your form

The name of your form needs to show what the form is about, to
make it easier to find and open again at a later date. Let’s create
an exit ticket for one of our lessons.

1. Click Untitled form on the top left. Type in a name for your
form. For this example, replace the text ‘Untitled Form’ with
‘Exit ticket’. Press Enter on your keyboard. Your title will be
saved.
(Notice how changing the name automatically updates the
heading on the actual form).

2. You can also add a description of your form. Click Form

description. Type in a description of what the form is about..
When done, press Enter on your keyboard.
Adding questions to your form

When you create a form, it will already have a space for the first
question. This will always appear as a multiple choice type of
question.

There are many different question types you can use. Here are
some of the most commonly used types:
● Short answer - great for 1-2 word answers, for example,
names.
● Paragraph - when you want longer, paragraph or essay type
answers.
● Multiple choice - when you want to limit people to only one
choice.
● Checkbox - good for questions that people can give more
than one answer to.

If you want to edit / change the question, simply click anywhere in

the white rounded rectangle.
 1. We can now edit the question. Type in ‘Name’ then press
Enter on your keyboard.

2. We want students to be able to type in their names,

therefore we will need to change the type of question from
Multiple Choice to Short Answer. Click Multiple choice to
see the available question types in a drop-down menu.

3. Click Short answer.

4. Next, you can mark the question as required. If you mark it as
required, students have to answer the question before
submitting the form. Click the switch next to ‘Required’.
It’s now time to add your next question. Click + on the floating
menu on the right.

A new multiple choice question will be added to the form, below

your previous question. Let’s take a look at how to create a
multiple choice question.
Multiple choice questions
1. Type in the first question of your quiz. After replacing the text,
press Enter on your keyboard:

2. In the next step, you need to add several answer choices for
your students, one being the correct answer and the others being
incorrect options. Click Option 1. You can now type in one
possible answer to the question. Press Enter on your keyboard to
add a second option.

3. You can now type in the second answer option. Type the
answer option, and it will replace ‘Option 2’. Now press Enter on
your keyboard to add a third answer option.
Note: you can add as many options as you want to for each
particular question!

4. Next, you can mark the question as required. Remember: if you

mark it as required, students will only be able to submit the form
after answering this question. Click the switch next to 'Required'.
Preview your form and make updates

Once you are done adding your questions, it’s always a good idea
to preview the form and make sure there are no mistakes.

You can easily do that by clicking Preview in the top right corner.

This will open a preview of your form in a new browser tab.

Once you have checked your form, you can close the preview.
Click X on the Preview tab.

You should now be back in your original form page, where you can
still make changes to your form if needed.

Remember: If you need to make changes to any question, simply

click inside the question. This will allow you to change the
question, the question type, the options, etc.
Sharing the form with your students

Now, for the final step - sending your form to your students to
answer. Click Send in the top right corner. This will open the ‘Send
form’ window.
1. Click To. You can type in your students' email addresses in the
'To' field. You can type in more than one email address as long
as you put a comma after each one.

2. When done, click Send on the bottom right hand corner. An

email will be sent to every address you listed, inviting them to
fill in the form.
Viewing your students’ responses

Once students start filling in your form, you will easily find all of
their answers in the Responses section of the form. Click
Responses.

Initially, you may see no responses as no student has completed

the form yet.
As students start filling in your form, the Responses section will be
updated automatically. You can see the number of responses and
quick charts showing you a summary of the responses.
 Quiz time!

To check your knowledge. Please navigate to:

http://bit.ly/intro2workspace1-7d
(Note:letters in link are all lower case)

OR, scan the QR code with your phone:

Challenge

Create a form to ask your students a question at the end of your

class. Make sure you ask for the students’ names and at least 3
questions testing the students’ understanding of your lesson.