Blog: Review the Add-ons you chose and what hurdles you encountered and your overall experience.
My overall experience with this assignment included the spectrum of emotions. These extensions are cool tricks to use to present data. On the other hand, the time to create my "branched" Reading Survey on Google Forms (GF) was much longer than I expected because (1) I needed to plan which questions I would pose that would require a branch -- in the past, I never needed to create branches, therefore, making a GF was pretty quick and straightforward in comparison to this GF survey; (2) I needed to check and re-check to assure that my branches were fully functioning, which included the necessary correction of my spelling and grammatical errors; then (3) when I tried to add the "add-ons," I almost freaked out because it appeared I would have to recreate my form that I had just spent hours working on all over again. Luckily, that re-do process did not have to happen because I figured out how to go back to my original GF survey to then click the "Add-ons" in the drop down menu at the top right side of my screen. From the new "Add-ons" screen, I could select which extension(s) I needed. WHEW! Here are my reviews: 1) DocAppender - Super important reminder: When adding this extension to a Google Form that has already been created, make sure to refresh your page, so you don't freak out when you don't initially see the "Add-on" icon to the left of the color pallette icon at the top right of your screen. If you don't see that icon, then you might need to recreate your Form--so remember, REFRESH your page! What I liked most about this extension is that it provides step-by-step instructions in a DocAppender Sidebar next to my Google Form. The sidebar is VERY USER-FRIENDLY! Also, the target Google document that has the collected data can be formated into three different styles (bulleted, vertical table, and horizontal rows). I strongly recommend this extension because it will also include long open-end responses as well as the multiple-choice, check-box, and drop-down menu answers. It is a great extension for easy reading of data and presenting the information in a malleable manner rather than printing the responses from the static presentation format that is standard on the GF Response page. 2) RowCall - Although I did not actually integrate it onto this Google Form, it appears to do the same as DocAppender, except its target document is a Google Sheet instead of a Google Doc. From the Google Sheet, one could create a variety of graphs for the collected data, which would help in creating infographics. I look forward to trying this one just for the reason of graphic representation of data and the ability to manipulate the placement of the data graphics onto another document, slide, etc. 3) Choice Eliminator - Again, this extension was not used for this particular Google Form. However, based on what I read and the three tutorial videos I watched about it, I can envision using the Choice Eliminator extension to create a Parent-Teacher-Student Conference Schedule using the Google Form that I could have parent work on during Back-to-School Night. The Google Form could also be sent to families who were unable to attend the BTSN, which would create equity of access for scheduling to meet with me. 4) Flubaroo - This extension appears to be based on what I read (and has been touted during the past two CUE conferences) as the awesome tool to use with Google Forms, especially when creating quizzes. So, although I have not used it yet, my interest has been piqued about it; I will give Flubaroo a try when I create a quiz for my students. I'll let you know how it goes.
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AuthorJulie C D Meyer-Houston is thrilled about her learning journey in the Touro University CA Graduate School of Education Innovative Learning M.Ed. Program! Archives
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