1. Active Learning with Google Forms
Jean H. Eye, DVM
Veterinary Technology Cedar Valley College
Welcome- thank you for coming to this presentation today. I’m hoping that we will be able to do lots of hands on work with Google Forms today. You should have received an earlier this week with a link to the forms we are going to use. If you have not already filled out the form called Active Learning with Google Form, please use your smart phone, tablet or laptop to open that now and you can fill it out while we get started- you can follow the link from your , or type the URL shown here into your browser. We'll be using your devices in class today, so if someone sitting near you does not have a smart phone, tablet or laptop, please invite them to follow along with you so everyone can participate today. 

2. Objectives Define key terms DIY- create and share form, view responses
Identify class activities using Google Forms
Help and additional resources
Let’s get started by identifying our objectives for our time today. By the end of this session you should be able to define some key terms we'll be using- Google Drive, Google Forms and Google Sheets. If you have your device with you and you have a Google Drive account, you 'll have an opportunity to follow along with me and create your own form.  I'll be using Google Forms as we go through the presentation, and we'll discuss other ways to use Google Forms for classroom activities, and finally we'll give you some resources for help and additional info. 

3. Why use Google Forms in the Classroom?
Before we dive into the details of how to use Google Forms, let's think about why we might want to use them. Even though I like technology, I don't think it's essential to use technology to engage students or the "keep up with the times". Google Forms are a technological tool, but like any other tool, *** NEXT PICTURE***
you select it to help you do a job- you don't create a job just so you can use a particular tool. 

4. Why use Google Forms in the Classroom?
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Why do I use Google Forms? Like you, I want students in my classes to be actively engaged in learning. We know that interaction and discussion promote active learning, and there's a lot of information in the literature about non-traditional classrooms to facilitate active learning, but I don't teach in a non-traditional classroom. ***NEXT PICTURE***
My classes have students, and we meet in a lecture hall and I spend a fair amount of time as the sage on the stage. I begin using Google forms several years ago for Teamwork Evaluation, and since then I've found it to be a useful tool for various activities.

5. Benefits for Instructor & Students
More opportunities for active learning
Quick response, one-minute summary, short discussions, collaborative projects, peer evaluation
Easy for instructor to create and present activities
Easy for students to access and participate in activities
Instructor has many options for managing/sharing student responses
Whether your classes are big or small, I think you will find Google Forms a useful tool for a variety of active learning activities- these are the ways I use Google Forms in my classes . For instructors, the process of creating the forms  is straightforward and not overly time consuming, and it's also easy for students to access and use the forms.  Finally, the instructor has many options for managing the responses submitted by students to best meet the goals of a given learning activity. 

6. Key Terms
Now that we've discussed why to use google forms, let's work on our first objective- defining key terms. Many of you are already familiar with Google Drive- if you have a google drive account go ahead and sign in so you're ready to create your own form in a few minutes. For those who are completely new to Google Drive, it is just a place in "the cloud" where you can store files, like Google Forms, Google, Sheets, and others. You can create a Google Drive account for free. Each account requires a unique address as the user ID- you can use an existing address like your dcccd.edu acount, or create a gmail account. ***NEXT PICTURE***
You can sign in to your account from any device with internet access, using your user ID and password. If you don't have a google drive account, there are instructions for creating an account in the we sent earlier this week, and I can help you with that after the presentation if you like. 

7. Key Terms Microsoft Windows Computer Google Drive Word documents
Google Docs
Power Point presentations
Google Slides
Excel spreadsheets
Google Sheets
Google Forms
Just like you have Word documents, Power Point presentations and Excel spreadsheets on the hard drive of your computer, you can have various types of files on your Google Drive. We are going to focus on Google Forms, which you can create and make available to your students for learning activities, and Google Sheets, which can be used to store and manage the responses collected through a google form. Remember, you can view any file on your Google Drive from any smart phone, tablet or computer with internet access, and you can also choose which files to make available on your devices when you are offline. 

8. Key Terms
Available only through schools and colleges that sign up for the service
Available to everyone
Instructor and students have access to a "classroom in the cloud" 
Cloud based storage drive for your files
Eastfield Pilot Program
Everyone else
There's one other term you should know, just to avoid confusion. Google classroom is a service provided to schools and colleges. It is not a Learning Management System like Blackboard, but it does have some similar features- just like you have a site for each of your classes on eCampus, an instructor has a Google Classroom for each course, and students in the course have access to the Google Classroom. Most of you will be creating forms in your Google Drive, but if you are one of the instructors in the program at Eastfield you'll just create and share the forms in your Google Classroom. 

9. Google Forms for Quick Response
Now that you know the key terms, I’m going to go to my Google Drive to view the responses you have submitted. This is an example of a form for a Quick Response activity. Quick Response can be used when you introduce a new topic to get an idea of what your students already know, as I’ve done here. You can also use Quick Response after presenting a topic in lecture to highlight main points and assess student understanding, and a One Minute Summary at the end of class is another variation of Quick Response. This is the form you filled out- since this form belongs to my Google Drive, I have the option of editing the form. When you make a form available to users they can fill it out, but they cannot edit it. All the tools you need for working with the form are available here- right now we’re going to view responses.

10. Google Forms for Quick Response
For quick response activities I usually like to share the responses with the class. I usually do these activities anonymously, so there isn’t any personal information, and sharing a summary of the responses is a good way to discuss the activity in class. Here we can see some of the activities that you all use in your classes. Most of you have little or no experience with Google Form and none of you have used them in your classes. There are a couple of other options for viewing the results. You can view them individually, and you can view the responses tabulated in a spreadsheet. I don’t have to create the spreadsheet, or copy the responses- just click on the spreadsheet symbol at the top of the page and a sheet with the results is created automatically. By default, the sheet has the same name as the form- that’s usually the easiest way to keep track of your files. For quick response activities I usually prefer using the Summary of responses, but for peer evaluation and collaborative projects, the spreadsheet is very useful.

11. Working with Google Forms
Create a new form
forms.google.com
Edit a form
Preview form- how does it appear to users?
Send form- make it available to users
View responses
Now I want you to follow along with me an create your own google form. The steps listed here are everything you need to know to get started using google forms for classroom activities. Type forms.google.com into your browser- you’ll see forms already on your drive, and the option to create a new form. Create a new form- by default it is called “Untitled Form”, so be sure to give it a title so you’ll be able to find it. The title of the file will automatically be used as the title of the form, but you can change the form title if you like.
You can also enter a description of the form, or instructions for the learning activity.
Now enter your first question. You can choose various different types of questions. Also, you can make certain questions required, so the form won’t submit unless those questions are completed. You can also add images, divide the form into sections, and more, but we’re just going to stick with the basics right now. After you’ve entered your questions, preview the form to be sure it looks the way you want it to appear to your students. If you’re happy with the form as it is, you’re ready to send it out.

12. Sharing Link to Google Form
You have a couple of options for sending a form to users. You can the form, if you have a list of addresses readily available. I usually get a link to the form and then post it on blackboard as a web link, and if you have your own web page, you can imbed the link in your web site.

13. Google Forms for Discussion
Work in groups of 3 or 4
Discuss questions in the form called Experience with Classroom Activities
ONLY 1 person in each group needs to submit the form
5 min for this activity

14. Google Forms for Discussion
This is a modified pair and share activity. This works well in a large group because ALL students can see responses submitted by other groups- in a lecture hall it’s often difficult for students to hear each other across the room, so they tend to tune out. You can quickly identify points that most students included in their responses and draw attention to interesting insights. If students make a mistake, it’s easy to correct without embarrassing them since nobody knows who submitted which answer. Typically have students work in groups of 2-5; can have different groups answer different questions to keep activity short.

15. Other Activities with Google Forms
Peer Evaluation
Students provide feedback on oral presentations using a google form
Instructor has option of ing feedback comments to students
Form- Presentation Feedback
Responses- Presentation Feedback
Here’s a example of using google forms for peer evaluation. In my case students are evaluating oral presentations given by their classmates, but this could be used for peer evaluation of a writing assignment, a music performance, etc. On this form I require students to include their name since part of their teamwork grade depends on submitting feedback to peers. I don’t want to share all the responses with students, but I can easily copy the feedback for a particular student and just that material to the student.

16. Other Activities with Google Forms
Collaborative Projects
Use google form to gather data from multiple students into a single spreadsheet
Use the data as needed for the learning activity
Form- VTNE Review Questions
Responses- VTNE Review Questions
Here’s an example from one of my classes. Each student submits 6 multiple choice questions on topics they have researched. I view the responses in a spreadsheet, copy it to EXCEL and save in a tab delimited format and import the questions to Blackboard.

17. Other Activities with Google Forms
Now I have quizzes with over 200 questions for students to study from. It doesn’t take long for me to save a file to a new format and upload it to eCampus, but I couldn’t possibly type in this many questions every semester.

18. Resources Getting Started with Google Drive Google Forms Guide
Google Forms Essential Training- Lynda.com
Uploading Questions to Blackboard