I prepared this Forms walk-through as a source for teachers in my district to learn the basic use of Google Forms. Please feel free to use and share it as you need.
I've learned a lot lately about what can and can't be done with a Google doc to manage what happens when I share it with other people. In most instances, I use the built in sharing settings when I want to collaborate or convert my docs to PDF and share that so that my original can't be changed by anyone. Recently, I found that this was not the only way to do this and really it probably wasn't the most convenient way to share my documents. I've tried publishing my Google docs, but have found mixed success with the formatting. It seems that publishing works best with Google Slides, but other file types are not as friendly. To get around these hurdles, adjusting the URL can be a really useful way to make your work or your students' work available. Required Settings Be sure to set either the global sharing settings or the individual sharing settings to the desired access level before proceeding. To do this on any document type: Click on the blue Shar...
Although it sounds very dry, data validation in Google Forms is actually a great help to anyone wanting to collect information or give assessments. Plus, it's only a couple of clicks away from making your forms work better for you and your target audience. What is data validation? To begin, we need to know what we are talking about. Data validation is basically a way for the person who is creating the form to "force" those that are filling it out to follow their directions, or they can't submit their answers. That's right! Forms won't allow them to submit until those criteria have been met. This creates predictable answers from your students so that using the information in the spreadsheet is simplified (numbers where you need numbers, text that is the correct length, the right number of answers in a specific question, etc.). How to make it happen: To begin, create a from in Google Forms and create a question in that form (data validation works in sho...
So, It's been a long time since my last post. I had a busy summer and the start of this school year has been the busiest that I can remember, which makes things go quickly. But in the spirit of the split lives that teachers live, here is a quick guide on using Chrome profiles to manage the important separation that teachers work to maintain between home and school. Why use Chrome Profiles? Chrome allows a user to create separate browser profiles for each google account. This allows users to keep work, school, and/or personal accounts all separate, but still use them at the same time. They will operate independently with their own settings, bookmarks, extensions and more. In other words, there is no need to switch between accounts anymore – all of them can be open at the same time. *In addition, Add-Ons in Google Drive work better when profiles are kept separate (like Goobric). Set Up Profiles: Sign in, or see who is signed into Chrome: When Google Chrome is first o...
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