Activity 8: Assessment Part 2

So nerds, how long did it take you to grade a quiz or a test last year?  Have you ever given a formative assessment and then run out of time to look at it before the next class period?  Have you ever wanted to know if your students “got it” before moving on?  Have you ever wanted to figure out which questions your students struggled with?  Have you ever wanted to travel through time? Well, now there is a way to do all of those things: A Delorean with a flux capacitor charged to 1.21 Gigawatts traveling at 88 mph or for those of you with a more British flare, you can try a Tardis! Okay, so neither of these things are real, unless they are in which case I hope someone tells me, but Google Forms can do all of those things except the part about traveling through time (Side note for you science nerds, that is Gigawatts with a 'j' sound not Gigawatts with a 'g' sound).

Google Forms are an excellent tool to use for assessment and feedback.  You can use a Google Form to create a pre-assessment, a formative assessment, or a summative assessment.  You can create dynamic lessons or assessments by adding videos or images to your Forms.  You can also create a Google Form that branches in different directions so you can create lessons that allow students to choose from multiple options or lessons that differentiate instruction based on a student’s understanding of a concept.  

In addition to being a powerful assessment tool, Forms can also give instantaneous feedback to students, can be auto-graded for multiple choice or short answer questions which can save a ton of time, and can be used for test item analysis.

For this Tech Nerd Camp activity, complete 2 levels of the Google Forms activity; either beginner and intermediate, or intermediate and advanced. If you want to be a super nerd, go ahead and complete all 3 (and read some comic books this weekend). After that,write your blog post.

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Beginner:
 

Watch forms Videos 1-3 Form Basics, Form Question types, and Form themes (the first 3 videos in this playlist).

Beginner Tasks:

1. Create a basic form that includes multiple question types, a video, and at least two pages or sections.
2. Change the theme of the form.
3. Change the message for when students have completed the form.
4. Embed the Form in your blog.

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Intermediate:

Watch forms Videos #4-Branching Forms and #5-Form Results and Flubaroo.

Intermediate Tasks:

1. Create a new form that includes a name question, at least 5 multiple choice questions and 2 short answer questions with exact responses.
2. Take the form yourself with all the right answers. You will use this as an answer key later on.
3. Have your counselor and 5 students take your multiple choice question/short answer question form (you can take the form yourself multiple times to get several “student” responses). To share the form with your counselor and other students, click on the share form button, get the link, and email the link to everyone who will take your form.
4. Go to the Responses spreadsheet and add Flubaroo as a Google Sheets add-on.
5. Use Flubaroo to grade your student’s responses.
6. Look at the different analysis tools within Flubaroo and identify 1 way you could use this to differentiate instruction and 1 way you could use this to modify whole class instruction.
7. Create a branching form with at least 2 branching points
8. Test your form to make sure it works correctly.
9. Embed the form in your blog.

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Advanced:

All right campers, it is time for you to choose a side. Are you DC fan or a Marvel? Star Wars or Star Trek? Batman or Captain America? Buffy or Angel? The Arrow or The Flash? Firefly or Battlestar Galactica? Dr. Who or Sherlock? Ferris Bueller or Breakfast Club? The Hulk vs... Ok, Ok, the other counselors told me to stop. The real choice for your advanced task is to choose between Form Publisher and Autocrat.

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Form Publisher Tutorial

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Autocrat Tutorial

Advanced Tasks:

1. Choose whether you want to try Form Publisher or Autocrat.
2. Create a new form that includes a name question, at least 5 multiple choice questions and 2 short answer questions with exact responses.
3. Create a Google Doc that you are going to share with your students. Use the correct formatting for either Form Publisher or Autocrat
4. Have your counselor and 5 students take your multiple choice question/short answer question form (you can take the form yourself multiple times to get several “student” responses). To share the form with your counselor and other students, click on the share form button, get the link, and email the link to everyone who will take your form.
5. Set-up Form Publisher or Autocrat and create documents to send to each person that completed your Form.

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Blog:

1. Post your thoughts on how Google Forms can help with formative assessment and how you could use it to differentiate instruction. 
2.  Comment on 3 other nerd's posts.