Saturday, July 31, 2010

Bragto U: Self Grading Quiz Part II



Bragto University
Class: DOCS 401 Self Grading Quiz Part II

I see more and more online test and quiz software being promulgated in schools nowadays, and charging lots of money.  Using Google Docs, you can create your own online assessment.  Using formulas in Google Spreadsheets, you can have it graded and scored automatically.

Objective:  You will be able to create an online form to collect answers from a quiz or test and use formulas to grade and score it.

Bragto U: Self Grading Quiz Part I

Bragto University
Class: DOCS 401 Self Grading Quiz Part I


Objective:  You will be able to create an online form to collect answers from a quiz or test and use formulas to grade and score it.

Prerequsites:

  1. Bragto U: Using Forms Part 1

  2. Bragto U: Using Forms Part 2


Materials:

  • Google Docs Account

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Google Docs Updates

Google Docs recently updated its Form software to include some interesting features.  You can now create a logic branch that will allow users to fill out certain forms based on their answers.  The example Google gives is a "Choose Your Own Adventure" type story using Google Docs.

Also Google Docs Blog, posted some tips and tricks on using pictures in Docs.

Friday, July 9, 2010

Google Maps Trick

Google Maps Trick: http://shorty.bragto.us/map

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Bragto U: Using Forms Pt. 2

Bragto University
Class: DOCS 301 Using Forms


Recap:
Forms are a very powerful part of Google Spreadsheets and can help "automate" data entry and collection.  In the previous class, I outlined how to setup your Form to collect data.


Objective:
To publish the previously created Form to the web to enable use by those on the Internet.

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Bragto U: Using Forms Pt. 1

Bragto University
Class: DOCS 301 Using Forms


Objective:  You will be able to create an online form to collect and collate demographic information.


Materials:

  • Google Docs Account


Procedure:

It happens at the beginning of every year.  With new students comes the need to get important information.  How do we as teachers collect this information?  By passing out index cards or a sheet of paper.  Then the adventurous, fans of tedious, time consuming enter this data into a their computer.  They setup an Excel spreadsheet and spend quality time typing all of this information in.  Using Google Documents, this data entry can be outsourced to the student or even the parent.  You will need a Google Docs account to get started.  If you don't already have one, you can signup for one; its free.