Using Google Forms for Assessment, Polling, and Data Gathering:
We’ve looked at Socrative.com and Testmoz.com. Now let’s look at an older option that you may not have used. It’s more technical and requires more work up front than Socrative or Testmoz, but allows for more customization.
I’m talking about using Google Forms for collecting data and assessing. You’ve all used Google Forms to answer surveys that I’ve sent out on various subjects (Title II, Technology Surveys, etc.). But have you ever created and used it for your own class or family? I’ve even used it to gather my family’s Christmas wish lists! Google Forms (polls) are extremely easy to create. All you need is a gmail account! Google will host your forms (polls) as part of your Google docs (now referred to as Google Drive).
Don’t want to use your personal gmail for work purposes? No problem! You can create a separate gmail account for your classroom purposes. I actually have a personal gmail, two gmails that I use for Rome City Schools, one for my classes atGeorgia Highlands 
Back to using Google Forms for assessment – Once you’ve created the form to gather the data, test question answers, etc., you give out the link to the live form and wait for the results to pour in. After all the results are in you can view the results in a spreadsheet or have Google print out a summary of the results complete with graphs. You can even get the spreadsheet to grade multiple choice or short answers. You can do this manually if you are familiar with using IF formulas in Excel. If not, there’s still hope! You can use Flubaroo.com. Check out this introduction video on Flubaroo at: http://www.flubaroo.com/instructional-videos
Don’t want to use your personal gmail for work purposes? No problem! You can create a separate gmail account for your classroom purposes. I actually have a personal gmail, two gmails that I use for Rome City Schools, one for my classes at
Back to using Google Forms for assessment – Once you’ve created the form to gather the data, test question answers, etc., you give out the link to the live form and wait for the results to pour in. After all the results are in you can view the results in a spreadsheet or have Google print out a summary of the results complete with graphs. You can even get the spreadsheet to grade multiple choice or short answers. You can do this manually if you are familiar with using IF formulas in Excel. If not, there’s still hope! You can use Flubaroo.com. Check out this introduction video on Flubaroo at: http://www.flubaroo.com/instructional-videos
For help, or more information you can contact me or …… try a YouTube search on how to do any of these. There will probably be a 10-year-old kid with a video on how to do it. LOL!
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