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Module 5: How to Use Google Forms for Teachers

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Video 1: What Are Google Forms And How You Can Use Them in Your Classroom
I’ll walk you through:
- 11 examples of Google Forms that can be used with students, parents, teachers, and substitutes
- How a Google Form looks when you create it with “sections” versus one long Form students scroll through
- Where to find a spreadsheet that automatically displays the data collected from a Form
- Introducing you to the various types of questions and media you can add to a Google Form
- 5 extra ideas for how you can use Google Forms

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Video 2: Customize The Settings On Your Google Form
I’ll walk you step-by-step through:
- How to create a new Google Form and title it
- Adding an image to your Form header
- Changing the colors and font of your Form
- Changing your settings to limit who sees your Form and if they can edit it after they submit it
- Adding a progress bar so students can track how many questions they have left to complete
- Shuffling the order of questions on a Form
- Leaving students a positive message or instructions about what to do after they’ve completed a Form
- Printing a Form
- Adding collaborators (like other teachers) to create/edit the Form with you
- Using the preview button to monitor how your Form will look to others
- Adding your Form to a folder
- Starring your Form so you can find it quickly

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Video 3: Add Questions And Sections To Your Google Form
I’ll walk you step-by-step through:
- Creating a new Form and titling it
- Adding different types of questions to your Form
- Indicating if a question is required or not
- Adding similar questions quickly by duplicating questions
- Adding images and videos to questions and answers
- Rearranging the order of your questions
- Adding titles and sections within your Form

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Video 4: How To Make A Graded Quiz In Google Forms
I’ll walk you step-by-step through:
- Creating a quiz (or any graded activity) in Google Forms
- How to make sure you know who completed each Google Form
- Adding an answer key to your questions
- Including multiple accepted answers for a short answer question
- Assigning your questions a point value
- Creating feedback to automatically appear after correct or incorrect answers are given
- The difference between your Google Forms default settings and the settings on the specific Form you’ve created

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Video 5: Assign A Google Form To Students In Google Classroom
I’ll walk you step-by-step through:
- How to attach a Form to an assignment in Google Classroom
- Differentiating which students receive the Form or sending it to the whole class
- Assigning your Form a point value
- Selecting a due date and the day you want the Form visible to students
- Adding your Form under a topic on your Classwork page
- Selecting if you want the scores from your Form to automatically be imported into your Google Classroom gradebook

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Video 6: How To View Your Students’ Responses From A Google Form
I’ll walk you step-by-step through:
- How to access your Google Form via your Google Drive (You can also access it from your Google Classroom)
- How to view the responses to a Google Form that you’ve assigned students (or parents)
- Viewing a summary of your students’ responses via multiple graphs
- Looking at your students’ responses question by question or student by student
- Creating a spreadsheet with all of your students’ answers and scores on it
- Turning off a Google Form so you no longer accept responses and how to customize a message when someone tries to take it
- Getting notified in your email if anyone responds to your Form
- Printing a hard copy of a completed Google Form

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Video 7: How To Grade A Google Form And Return It To Students
I’ll walk you step-by-step through:
- Importing the scores from a graded Google Form into your Google Classroom gradebook
- Overriding your answer key to give credit for other acceptable answers
- Inserting feedback that appears under each question when students get an answer correct or incorrect
- Giving feedback on a Form before returning it to students
- Returning a Form to students after you’ve reviewed it and adjusted any scores
- Viewing the gradebook

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Video 8: Create A Google Form For Parents
I’ll walk you step-by-step through:
- Creating a new Google Form and titling it
- Setting up a parent contact information Form (but you can use this information to set up any type of Form you need for parents)
- Choosing to require a response to each question or leave some questions optional
- Sending the Form to parents via email
- Shortening a link and creating a QR code to display during a parent night or include in handouts you send home
- Printing a Google Form to send home to parents if needed
- Considering the option to also use a Google Doc as a parent sign-up
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Hi! I'm Kathryn, Your Google Teacher
- I love all things Google and am a Google Certified Educator
- I have my Masters in Education Technology from Boise State University (where I had my first Google Drive way back when)
- I was Teacher of the Year last year, woohoo!
- I've been a teacher for 13 years and have taught all grades K-4. (Kinder and 2nd have my ❤️ )
- I'm a huge traveler! (currently in Bali)