I recently came across the ability to use Google Forms to make quizzes. It’s a fantastic way of creating quizzes quickly and easily with WYSIWYG features. It’s a lot less ‘involved’ than the way we created them on Moodle (in week 3) but has many similar features, such as, providing automatic feedback to both correct and incorrect answers.
Of course, Google quizzes don’t have as many clever intricate features that Moodle quizzes have, but I think the former could prove very handy for homework activities, class surveys and formative assessments. The simplicity may, in fact, be an attractive alternative to many teachers who might get put-off by overly complex systems. After all, Google quizzes allow you to get the essential aspects of online interactive quizzes with a user-friendly interface.
With Google quizzes not only can you set questions that require a multiple choice answer or text input, but you can also request illustrative answers, such as the use of a linear scale. The responses can also be viewed illustratively as charts, or alternatively as a spreadsheet – for both individual and group summaries. These can quickly give you a good idea of any individual problem areas or global errors in a classroom.
You can also include pictures and videos, which are embedded in the quiz. The quizzes are really easy to edit, as well, so the flexibility is great and you don’t have to worry about getting it perfect first time. Unfortunately, I am yet to have a really good go at it myself but I’m looking forward to including it in my future lesson plans, as I can see good potential there.
Check out the guide below and let me know what you think of Google quizzes or how you think it compares to any other quiz-making application.
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Interesting post. I’ve only ever come across Google Forms when applying for jobs, strangely enough, but looks like you’ve found some great features that could work in the classroom. I particularly like the fact you can see trends via charts – very helpful! I think you make a good point that sometimes the simple way is the best way.
In regards to how you’d like to implement this, would you be looking to use these kinds of quizzes on PCs or mobiles, at home or in the classroom? I’m personally still fangirling over Kahoot as I like the idea of an air of competition, but I appreciate it doesn’t have the same kind of features to analyze responses.
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Yes, I agree Kahoot is quite a lot more restricted as to what you can do with it, but yeah, it is really fun and interactive. Google Form quizzes work fine on computers, phones and tablets. I would predominantly use them for homework tasks but they would work great as a quick starter activity in class too.
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