Comments on: Self-grading multiple-choice tests with Google Docs

By: Troy Caban

Troy Caban — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:57:17 +0000

I wonder if Google Docs would be willing to make a test bank app to drag and drop previous questions into a form. That would be mighty handy. Especially if the questions had meta-tags!

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Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:53:38 +0000

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By: rpollack

rpollack — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:18:20 +0000

I keep a class blog where I post assignments, and I put links there. But you could just as well put them on a school website or send them in email. Even use a service like tinyurl.com or something and write the link on the board. (Though then surely some kids would write it wrong.)

By: Connie Z.

Connie Z. — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:46:30 +0000

Where do you post your quizzes and this form? Do you imbed it on a school website? Or do you email it to students?

Connie

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[...] Self-grading multiple-choice tests with Google Docs I don’t have much love for multiple-choice tests — either for administering them or for taking them — but as a teacher, the format was sometimes required by my administration, and was sometimes useful for simple prove-that-you-read-it quizzes. Google Docs didn’t help me love them, but it did help me never grade them. [...]

By: rpollack

rpollack — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:45:32 +0000

I think you’re talking about the “grid” question type. That is indeed limited to five columns, and I don’t think there’s any way to change that.

If you’re talking about something besides that, then I don’t understand. Certainly there is no five-question limit, or any five-column limit within the spreadsheet associated with the form.

By: Hanley Abramson

Hanley Abramson — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:56:29 +0000

Some really neat ideas in your blog! I am trying to create an online quiz for my biochemistry course using the Googles Form. I would like to create some matching type questions using columns and rows. However, it seems that the number of columns that can be used is limited to five. Is there a way to override this limitation in the Form column format? Thanks / Hanley

By: rpollack

rpollack — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:04:51 +0000

Joys,

I’m not sure if there’s any limit to the number of columns in Google Spreadsheets, but you can certainly go on a long, long time, adding more and more columns.

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Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:52:17 +0000

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