November 19, 2010

The Educational Value of Google Forms

Recently a teacher asked me for a program recommendation that would allow students to create a survey or a quiz while also providing immediate feedback. The teacher also wanted to be able to embed the surveys/quizzes on a class wiki.

For this project I suggested the use of Google Forms. The great thing about Google Forms is that you can see the results of your survey/quiz in real time. The results are automatically compiled in a Google spreadsheet.

Below is an example of a Course Evaluation created with Google Forms. You will also see the results of the evaluation in the spreadsheet below. Go ahead and fill out the evaluation form to see the results in real time.

If you are interested in trying this out for yourself the Innovative Educator blog has a great post on using Google Forms. There are step-by-step directions available.