In this article, you will learn how to build an online quiz using Google Docs. Popular applications of this can be found at websites for online universities and schools. If you are planning a website that offers online training and assessment, Google Docs saves you a lot of time in designing an online quiz. This is particularly true if you are not an expert web developer.
You might have read “How to Build an Online Survey with Google Docs” elsewhere on this site. It contains a very basic discussion on how to get started with Google Docs. At points, this article will refer back to that one, linking to the appropriate page.
Basic Preparation
Before you can start making a quiz using Google Docs, it is important to stick to the objective in formulating questions. The questions must be carefully planned to assess whether the examinee meets the objective. You can read tips on how to formulate questions.
So before going to Google Docs, make sure you have written down and formulated all of the questions that will evaluate the effectiveness of the examinee with respect to the training objectives.
You can design your quiz using Google Docs in the following common styles:
Multiple choice
Text (fill in the blank)
Paragraph text (for essay questions)
Checkboxes
Choose from a list
Scale (for example, rating from 1 to 5)
After putting together all of your examination questions. log in to http://docs.google.com , and use your Google account. The first thing you will see is the Google Docs dashboard. A detailed discussion of Google Docs is beyond the scope of this article, so please refer to the Google Docs support documents.
The quiz will be created using the “FORMS” feature in Google Docs. To access forms, click “NEW,” and in the drop-down choices, click “FORM.” See the screen shot below:
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