Ideas using Google Earth, Google Docs, Forms, & Sketchup
All things Google
To make the online quizzes and calendars and embed them in your wiki, or to use any of the other Google tools, you will need to have a Google account. I suggest you use the HISD Google Doc account if you are a teacher in the Houston Independent School District or find out if there is a Google Enterprize account for your district. You can, of course, set up your own school related Google account.
If you are a Houston teacher and haven’t set up an HISD Google account yet then begin by creating your HISD Google Account Go to http://docs.google.com/a/houstonisd.org. Click on Create an account and use your HISD username. You will have to verify you are an HISD teacher by clicking on a link in your HISD email after you set up this account.
Google Forms and self grading tests
Here is an example of a test created with Google Forms. The teacher creates the test and then can get all the answers in a spreadsheet Google docs format.Creating a Self Grading Quiz with Google Forms Now create your new test. There are simplified directions below. Another good tutorial on creating a quiz from a Google form can be found here - http://www.quiz-creator .com/blog/2009/09/making-online-quiz-with-google-docs-1-creating-quizzes/.
- Choose Form from the New dropdown menu. You’ll see a screen similar to the one below.
- Name your form; this will be the name of your quiz.
- Create a question by
adding text to the “Question Title.” You can “Make this a required
question,” if you like and then click on “Done.” - Choose the “Question Type.”
- To add another question, you can click on the “+Add question” from the top of the form or click the duplicate icon on the right of the question you just created.
- Continue this process until you are finished with the quiz.
- Select “Save” at the top right of the form to save your quiz.
- You can email this document to known recipients or give them the link to the live form at the bottom of the page.
