Create A Quiz Using Google Forms

Imagine your students just completed an Exit Ticket.  

Or maybe it was a quiz they just finished.

You need to grade it quickly so your students can have that invaluable feedback.

But you have plans tonight and there is no time for grading over 100 papers.

It's easy to imagine because as teachers we've all been there.

We want our students to have that immediate feedback but that stack of papers that needs grading has never been more daunting.

Friends, I bring good news.

Did you know you can create a quiz (or any type of assessment) using Google Forms?

Y'all!

It will grade the assessment for you and your students get IMMEDIATE feedback.

You don't even need any google extensions or other tools to make it happen.

It's magic.  

Let me show you how to make it happen so you can be as happy as this guy while telling all your teacher friends how you stopped grading that stack of papers.

First open up your Google Form as you normally would and give it a title.

I recommend making the first question a place for students to put their names.

Be sure to mark that REQUIRED button.  You're going to want to do that for all questions.  This ensures that students will answer every single question.

To add another question, click the plus sign on the right.

You might want to add a multiple choice question for class period if you teach multiple sections of the same class.  That is totally your call but it does allow you to sort the responses by class period.

Then add your first assessment question.

Okay...let's  make this thing a quiz and reduce our grading.

Click on your settings in the top right corner.  It's the little gear

You will have a box pop up with three options.

General, Presentations, and Quizzes.

Choose Quizzes.

Click the slider button that says Make This a Quiz.

As you can see you have a few customization options.  

It is automatically set to give students their grade and results immediately after they submit it.  It is also set to show students the questions they missed, the correct answers, and the point value of each question.

Most of the time I use these options and do not change anything.

When you have those options set the way you want them click save.

This makes every question you currently have as well as those you are planning to add part of the quiz.

You should now see a new feature on each question that says Answer Key.

Click on that and you will see where you can put the correct answer in place as well as choose the point value for that question.

Notice that you can add more than one answer.  This is great if you think students might misspell a word and you aren't grading for spelling.  You might also want to take into consideration all the possible ways a student might type an answer.

For example with this integer quiz they might put a space between the negative sign and the number if their answer is -4.  

Because of that I will add a few answers.  -4 and - 4.  

You are now ready to repeat this process with your other questions.

It's that easy.

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to email me or leave them in a comment.

I'd love to help you create your first quiz using Google Forms.

Let's chat again soon!

-Elaina

Creating Task Cards Using QR Codes

Hey y'all!

Who is ready for this week's #TechTipsTuesday?

This week's tip is one requested by you guys.

I am excited to show you how to create your own task cards using QR Codes. These task cards have the ability to shift the responsibility of learning from your shoulders to your students.  Using QR Codes allows students to check their own work and encourages them to find and learn from their mistakes.

Let's get started.

First, you will need to decide what concept/topic you want to use for your task cards and start creating those task cards using PowerPoint.

If you don't know how to create task cards in PowerPoint, let me know.  I'll do a #TechTipsTuesday about that soon.

Now it's time for the fun part.  Creating and inserting those QR Codes.

I'm going to create a code for Card 1.  The purpose of the QR Code on task cards is to reveal the answer to students so they can check their work without needing you.  This frees you up to work with small groups or even individual students.

You may be thinking to yourself...

Can't they just scan the code and have the answer without doing any work?

Yes.  

They can.

This is why it is crucial to discuss the importance of doing the work and learning from their mistakes.  Build a sense of ownership within your students.

Because the purpose is to reveal the answer the first step in creating the code for Card 1 is to know the answer for that card.

In this case the answer is 34.54 feet.

Now that we have the answer we are going to open up a web browser and search for qr code generator.

I like to use that first option that appears in the search.  There might be one out there that is infinitely better, but that first one is free and easy to use so I'll take it.

After you've clicked on that first option you will see that there are several different ways you can use QR Codes.  They can send your students to a website, to a image, or play a song.  

The uses are endless.

For our task cards we want the QR Code to lead to text.  

Choose text and then type the answer into the blank box.

Once you have entered your text (the answer) click the green bar that says "CREATE QR CODE".

The QR Code on the right will darken up and appear black.

Below the QR Code you can customize it if you prefer a different look.  You can add a frame that says "Scan Me" or change the color if you are printing using a colored printer.  

I prefer to leave it as it is for my task cards.  

After you customize it to your liking click the green bar below it that says "DOWNLOAD JPG".

A pop up box will immediately appear saying it will download soon.  You can exit out of that at any time.

You are finished creating your QR Code.  Now it's time to insert it into your task card.

Remember we downloaded it as a JPEG.

Go back to your task cards and INSERT PICTURE

Your QR Code will be in your downloads folder.

Just choose your code and then select open.

It will be inserted into your PowerPoint and will be bigger than you need.

Your last step is to make it smaller and then drag it to the correct card.

That's all there is too it.

Now if you are still a little unsure of some steps or want a few more tips, you might want to check out this video I created showing you step by step.  I don't know about you, but sometimes I need to see it being done.

Want to try out some task cards before creating your own?

Check out these that I've already created for you.

Check out this blog post to see other ways you can use QR Codes in your classroom.

If you have any questions about QR Codes leave me a comment and I'll get back to you soon.