Do You Like Automatically Graded Assessments?
How can you provide meaningful feedback to students for both correct and incorrect answers while also having the assignment automatically graded? Google Forms offers you this power, and if you're ready, we'll show you how. Read on because we think you'll "like it a lot."
How to Get Started
The first step to creating your first quiz using your G Suite tools is to open up Google Drive. From there, you'll want to create a blank Google Form. Begin adding questions to your form. However if you want automatic grading, you'll need to keep somethings in mind.
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For many of us, the thought of automated grading is pretty exciting. Of course we know that only certain types of questions can be automatically graded. This means we end up making our assessments under these constraints. Multiple choice and True or False questions are probably the simplest options to use. Sadly, Google hasn't figured out a way to grade essays for us yet.
Make It a Quiz
Once your "quiz" (form) looks just how you'd like, it's time to convert it to an actual quiz. You'll want to click on the gear icon that's located in the top right corner of your editor (just to the left of the send button).
From there, you'll see three sections of settings. The rightmost section is "Quizzes." When you open these settings, you'll notice there are three subsections. In the first section, click to toggle "on" the "Make this a quiz" feature. In the second section, select the "Immediately after each submission" option for when to release the grade.
The third and final subsection has controls for what your learners will see after submission. The options you select will vary with the type of assessment your using. Perhaps this form is meant as ungraded practice? Or is this your midterm? You'll want to select these options carefully with those considerations in mind.
Be sure to click the save button once your settings are as you'd like them.
Tell Google The Correct Answers
Now that your form is truly a quiz, you'll need to inform Google of the correct answers. If you forget this step, all your hard work will have been for nothing. Fortunately, Google has made this process both simple and robust.
Click on any question, and you will now see "Answer Key" in the bottom left corner. Click this and you will switch into answer key mode. Select the correct answer(s). Before you go, consider the power you now wield with the feedback option. Yes, it's time consuming but as with so many other efforts, the work you put in now will pay dividends later.
Your learners can receive different feedback based on whether they answer correctly. This means you can guide students to resources that either remediate or further enrich based on their mastery.
Assign Your Quiz
Assuming you are also making use of Google Classroom, your next step is to assign the quiz. The good news is that you don't need to copy and paste any crazy links to make the magic happen.
Once inside of your Google Classroom, click on the "Classwork" tab at the top. Next, click on the create button and select "Assignment." Fill in the appropriate fields as you see fit. Then before you assign anything, you'll want to click on the Google Drive icon to browse your files. Here you'll search for and find the quiz you just made. Now that you've selected the quiz, you can assign it as you see fit.
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