How to create self grading tests and quizzes using Google Docs (Drive)

1. MTEA Presents: Creating
Self-Grading Tests &
Quizzes Using Google
Forms
Presented by: Meredith Martin
mmartin@mantuaschools.com

2. Sign in to your email, and click on DOCUMENTS at the
top.

3. Click the red CREATE button and select FORM.

4. First, give your form a title, and a description/instructions if
you wish.

5. Uncheck 'Require Mantua Township Schools Sign-In' since
the student accounts are on a different server.

6. Google gives you 2 sample questions to begin with. You
can select the type of question on the menu.

7. EDIT DUPLICATE REMOVE
You can also edit, duplicate, or remove a question.

8. The ADD ITEM button at the top lets you create more
questions.

9. Question
Types
The following are the different types of questions you can
create.

10. Text allows for a short text answer. You will probably want
to make all your questions required!

11. A sample Text question.

12. Paragraph text allows for longer text answers.

13. Sample Paragraph Text question.

14. Multiple Choice allows you to have students select one
from a list of choices.

15. Sample Mutliple Choice question.

16. Checkboxes allow for multiple answers.

17. Sample Checkbox question.

18. Choose From A List creates a dropdown list of choices.

19. Sample Choose From A List question.

20. Scale questions let you create a scaled answer. You can
go all the way up to 10.

21. Sample Scale question.

22. Grid questions allow you to create multiple questions with
a grid of choices.

23. Sample Grid question.

24. Themes are a little wonky here at school. They work in some
browsers but not in others. If you want a theme but get an error
message, try opening Themes in another browser such as IE or
Chrome.
When your form is complete, you can choose a theme!

25. Some theme choices.

26. Theme preview. Don't forget to click APPLY to choose
your theme.

27. Under MORE ACTIONS you can edit the message
displayed when students finish the quiz.

28. Create any message you like, and you can choose to show
them a summary of results when they finish.

29. At the bottom of your editing menu is the link to your live
form.

30. This will take you to your form, and the address at the top
is the one to share with your students.

31. When you open your form from your Documents list, it
opens in spreadsheet view.

32. Make changes to your form.
Email your form to someone.
View the live form.
Get the code to embed your form in a website.
View graphs of your results.
Turn form on or off.
On the FORM menu, you can choose to edit form, view live
form, see the summary, turn form on or off, and more.

33. To make your quiz self-grading, go to TOOLS and select
SCRIPT GALLERY.

34. On the Gallery, select EDUCATION, and then FLUBAROO.

35. Install the Flubaroo script.

36. You will now have FLUBAROO as an option on your menu. You can easily
grade, regrade, view report, and more from this menu.

37. IMPORTANT:
Before beginning the Flubaroo
script, go to your live form and
complete it with the correct answers.
This will become the template for
grading.

38. When you choose to grade, Flubaroo will walk you through
it. First, select grading options.

39. Next, select the submission you want to be your answer
key.

40. Flubaroo will then begin grading.

41. When grading is complete, you will have a new worksheet
called GRADES.

42. GRADES will give you your results for each students,
along with a summary of responses.

43. Flubaroo will also highlight any consistently low scoring
questions for you.

44. NOTES
• You may need to install and run Flubaroo again if you get more responses to your quiz.
• For help with Flubaroo, go to: http://www.flubaroo.com/
• For more uses and resources for Google Forms, go to:
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/116971
• If you need help, see me!