3 new Google Forms quizzes

It's Monday so time for a self-marking quiz. This type of quiz is a really nice way to let students work on their own and see for themselves if they've understood a piece of material, such as a text or film. 

Quizzes always take longer than you think to construct. It's easy to think of the correct answers; it's the incorrect answers that take me ages to think of. So they require extra preparation, but then you can relax and enjoy not having to mark anything.

A good thing about quizzes is that you can mix in different types of questions. As well as your normal comprehension or knowledge questions, I've starting throwing in some opinion questions. These opinions then form the basis of very fruitful class discussions. When sitting at home, doing a quiz on a particular topic, I think students start to think more deeply about that topic, and are more inclined to express an opinion than if I just asked the same question in class. Then, when the class meets together and I show a summary of the aggregated results (which are naturally anonymous), it's fun to see previously quiet students speaking out to defend their views.  

The default settings in Google Forms are good, make sure you collect email addresses - otherwise you won't know who answered. Also, encourage your students to try several times and give them a target score. If you want students to upload files in a quiz, make sure the quiz is located on your own Google Drive and NOT a shared drive (learnt that today!).

Here are some quizzes we've been working with:

Car-T Cells

How McDonald's really makes money

The artists keeping Kenya’s slums safe

Feel free to copy and get in touch if you'd like an editable copy that you can put in your own Google Drive system.