Summary-Google Forms is a web based application developed by google which is used to create forms for data collection purposes. Anyone can use Google Forms to make surveys, quizzes, or event registration sheets. It can be shared with respondents by sending a link, emailing a message, or embedding it into a web page or blog post. Data gathered using the google form is typically stored in a spreadsheet. Although there are other online survey apps. It is an excellent free option.
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Few Things That You Need to Know About Google Forms
1.Skip Pages
Google Forms allows you to create pages to all the sub pages. For example-suppose a student answers no and it participating in a sport the section of game or can be skipped. If a student using Google Forms for assessment quiz you can direct student to a page with instruction to a topic if they get the question wrong and will change the question or will get the question correct.
Start by creating all your (Google Forms) pages. Rename the section to something meaningful. In the quiz assessment, we can create a section after each question to go over a question if the student get the question wrong and then create a section for the next question.
For a multiple choice question, there is a section “ Go to section based on answers”. After creating your sections, click on the more options in the bottom right to enable branching questions.
2.Custom Confirmation
When anyone filling out a Google Form the default message is “Your response has been recorded.” You can edit this confirmation response to give anyone more specific directions on what to do next. You can click on the settings cog in the upper right of the Google Form. You can type a new message into the “Confirmation page” spot. Tip: include a URL (start with http://) in the confirmation message directing the person where to go next. This will be a live hyperlink for a person.
3.Pre-Filled Forms
If some of the fields of your Google Forms are highly likely to have a specific answer or if you reuse your form it can be handy to have a specific answer or preselect to some of the answers in the form. For example- you can pre filled the date, if you are using google forms to evaluate any speakers for a presentation, you can have the speaker name pre-filled in.
The option to get pre-filled link Is located under the more option menu in the upper right of the google forms. Choosing the option takes you to the screen that appears to be the live screen. Only fill out the parts of the
4.Shuffle Multiple Choice Answers
For creating a multiple choice question you may want to shuffle the “A” “B” “C” response answers. The more option in the bottom right of the question allows you to choose “Shuffle option order.” Each respondent will see the answer choices in a different order.
5.Reset Summary of Responses
After testing your Google Form you will want to delete the sample responses. Go to the “Responses” tab in the edit screen of the Google Form and click on the more options the 3 dotted icon next to the spreadsheet icon. Choose “Delete all responses.”
It only deletes the responses from the Google Form. It will not delete the responses from the spreadsheet. This allows the user to quiz the first period class and use the “Summary of responses” chart to view charts on how your students answered. So, after first period “delete all responses” from the Form and administer the same quiz to second period.
6.Delete an Individual Response
New Google Forms allows us to delete an individual response from the Form. It will also update the summary of responses. It will not delete the response form spreadsheet data. After that you can locate the record you wish to delete and click on the trash can icon to delete that individual response. Using this, we can work with google form.
Few Things That You Need to Know About Google Forms
1.Skip Pages
Google Forms allows you to create pages to all the sub pages. For example-suppose a student answers no and it participating in a sport the section of game or can be skipped. If a student using Google Forms for assessment quiz you can direct student to a page with instruction to a topic if they get the question wrong and will change the question or will get the question correct.
Start by creating all your (Google Forms) pages. Rename the section to something meaningful. In the quiz assessment, we can create a section after each question to go over a question if the student get the question wrong and then create a section for the next question.
For a multiple choice question, there is a section “ Go to section based on answers”. After creating your sections, click on the more options in the bottom right to enable branching questions.
2.Custom Confirmation
When anyone filling out a Google Form the default message is “Your response has been recorded.” You can edit this confirmation response to give anyone more specific directions on what to do next. You can click on the settings cog in the upper right of the Google Form. You can type a new message into the “Confirmation page” spot. Tip: include a URL (start with http://) in the confirmation message directing the person where to go next. This will be a live hyperlink for a person.
3.Pre-Filled Forms
If some of the fields of your Google Forms are highly likely to have a specific answer or if you reuse your form it can be handy to have a specific answer or preselect to some of the answers in the form. For example- you can pre filled the date, if you are using google forms to evaluate any speakers for a presentation, you can have the speaker name pre-filled in.
The option to get pre-filled link Is located under the more option menu in the upper right of the google forms. Choosing the option takes you to the screen that appears to be the live screen. Only fill out the parts of the
4.Shuffle Multiple Choice Answers
For creating a multiple choice question you may want to shuffle the “A” “B” “C” response answers. The more option in the bottom right of the question allows you to choose “Shuffle option order.” Each respondent will see the answer choices in a different order.
5.Reset Summary of Responses
After testing your Google Form you will want to delete the sample responses. Go to the “Responses” tab in the edit screen of the Google Form and click on the more options the 3 dotted icon next to the spreadsheet icon. Choose “Delete all responses.”
It only deletes the responses from the Google Form. It will not delete the responses from the spreadsheet. This allows the user to quiz the first period class and use the “Summary of responses” chart to view charts on how your students answered. So, after first period “delete all responses” from the Form and administer the same quiz to second period.
6.Delete an Individual Response
New Google Forms allows us to delete an individual response from the Form. It will also update the summary of responses. It will not delete the response form spreadsheet data. After that you can locate the record you wish to delete and click on the trash can icon to delete that individual response. Using this, we can work with google form.
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