How to Create and Share Quiz in Google Forms
Google Forms is getting popular in the education sector, startups, and small businesses. It’s handy software to gather data and opinions from your employees, students, co-workers, and consumers.Google Formscan be your ideal pick for creating a survey, feedback form, and even a quiz. The latter is quite helpful for creating a quiz and share with the class. Here’s how you may create and share a quiz in Google Forms.
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Create a Quiz in Google Forms
Just like other productivity apps from Google, you can either start from scratch or use one of the built-in templates to create a form. Let’s get started.
1.Visit Google Forms on the web. Sign in with your Google account details.
2.Select + icon in the bottom right corner and open the templates gallery. you may also create a new form from the same menu.
3.Scroll to theEducationsection and openBlank Quiz.
4.Give it a title and a relevant description. you may also use bold, italic, and underline styles to make the header stands out.
5.you’re able to also attach a relevant Header image. Click the customize theme icon at the top and selectChoose an imageunderHeader.
6.You can pick a header from one of the themes, upload one separately, or choose from your Google Photos library.
Now that you have added a header image, title, and quiz description, it’s time to add questions.
1.Enter your question. You can upload an image or video to your question too. You have the same text editing options available for questions.
2.Select the side menu and clickCheckboxesorMultiple choice.
3.Enter options for your question.
4.Click theAnswer keyin the bottom left corner. Add points for guessing the correct answer and enable a checkmark beside the right answer.
5.Enable the Required toggle to make the question compulsory for others to answer. You will see a red star mark beside such questions.
6.HitDone, and you are good to go.
Repeat the same and enter all the relevant questions into Google Forms. Once you add all the questions, you’re able to check the total points in the top right corner.
Import Questions from Other Google Forms
If you have questions in another Google Forms document, you can easily import them to your existing form. Here’s how.
1.While creating a quiz form, use the side floating menu and clickImport questions.
2.Select another form or document from the following menu and select import.
Add Sections in Google Forms
If you want to enter questions under several sections, you can easily do so in Google Forms. For example, you can create a single quiz form under sections like Physics, Maths, Chemistry, General Knowledge, and more.
1.Open any quiz document in Google Forms.
2.SelectAdd sectionfrom the side floating menu.
3.Enter the section title, description, and questions in the document.
Make Changes to Your Quiz Document
You can make relevant tweaks to your quiz document. You can immediately release marks, change respondent settings, and even set point values for every question. Here’s what you need to do.
1.Open your quiz document in Google Forms.
2.Once you add questions (check the steps above), slide toSettings.
3.you may immediately release marks after each submission or later after a manual review.
4.You can also let respondent check missed, incorrect, correct, and point values for each question.
5.Expand theResponsesmenu and make sure to collect email addresses from others.
Share Your Quiz in Google Forms
Once you add all questions and make the required changes from the Settings menu, share it with your students. You can also hit the Preview (that looks like an eye) to give it a final glance.
1.After making all the changes in Google Forms, selectSendin the top right corner.
2.Enable the checkmark besideCollect emails.
3.Enter email addresses and hit the Send button.
4.You can also slide to the link menu and copy your sharing link.
5.If you plan to share a quiz on social media, use Facebook or Twitter shortcut from the same menu.
Once your students start answering questions on the quiz, you can find them under theResponsestab. You can alsoshare your Google Forms as a QR code.
6.you may also enableAdd editorfrom the same menu and invite another person to complete the quiz.
Use Google Forms Like a Pro
Google Forms isn’t limited to creating a quiz only. It’s helpful for all types of data collection. The software also lets you create a spreadsheet of the email addresses of all your students from the Response tab.
Parth Shah
Parth previously worked at EOTO.tech covering tech news. He is currently freelancing at TechWiser, Android Police, and GuidingTech writing about apps comparisons, tutorials, software tips and tricks, and diving deep into iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows platforms.
