I've got another cool new Google feature for you today. This one is only in beta right now, though, so it's not available to the general public yet. Read on to see how you can request early access! Google Forms Locked Mode allows teachers to give an assessment during which students are unable to navigate away to other sites. It works on managed Chromebooks, and it's easy to do: just click a checkbox!
Now our school has a monitoring program for our Chromebooks, but to lock students into a Google Form, it's a few steps. This Locked Mode option makes it super easy to do! If you are interested in trying out Locked Mode, you can fill out this form and Google may grant you early access. The form also allows you to request access to Google for Edu's other new beta feature, an updated gradebook in Google Classroom. Both features will roll out to everyone eventually, but if you're eager to try it out, fill out the form!
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Happy Almost End of the School Year, ya'll! Today's Digital Tool Tidbit is on Google Forms. I know everyone is in final countdown mode, but Google Forms will be updating soon to include some really cool changes that can help you for next year. This article released by Google earlier this month details the changes coming. Here is a brief outline of what you'll see: 1.-2. Quiz Answer Suggestions / Autocomplete Answers: Using machine learning, Forms will now suggest answers for questions that you type in. If you're like me, you hate figuring out distractors for your questions. This will help you out a ton on that front! 3. Answer Key for checkbox and multiple choice grid questions: I've had several teachers ask me about this feature, so I am stoked it's coming! Forms will now auto-grade these types of questions. 4. Give partial credit in decimal form: This is a manual grading feature, but you'll be able to assign half or quarter credit to questions if a student only misses part of an answer. 5. Improved feedback: I honestly didn't know this feature even existed. When looking at your Responses tab, there is an Add Feedback feature that has been there for a while. If you click it, you can add a link or a YouTube video for students to use as a reteaching or extension tool. You can include text as well. The YouTube feature is what's new! 6. See your total points while creating a quiz: As you add questions and assign point values to those questions, Forms will tally the total number of points at the top of the page. Hopefully you see something on this list that will help improve your instruction and efficiency. Gotta love it when Google is responsive to teacher requests! Shout out to Mr. Heilman for passing on the info! Forms icon above from Wikimedia Commons.
Sharma, Akshat. (2018, May 10). 6 ways Quizzes in Google Forms are getting smarter. Retrieved from https://www.blog.google/topics/education/6-ways-quizzes-google-forms-are-getting-smarter/ |
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