Automating Assessments with GoogleDocs Forms

Did you know it's possible to use GoogleApps for Education Forms to conduct walkthroughs and observations? While the District currently uses Eduphoria PDAS product for appraisals, have you thought about using GoogleDocs Forms for other things?

Not sure how to make your own form? Check out this tutorial!

If you combine the idea of self-grading GoogleForms, you get an entirely different possibility. Check out this tutorial and video (thanks @dmantz7) on how to turn your GoogleForm into an automated assessment/observation/walkthrough/quiz tool!!

Here are some template examples via TICAL and other sources:

Google Form Template: Classroom Walkthrough and Observation Form
Courtesy of Kern Kelly and Fred Johnston,use this form from any computer or PDA with Internet connectivity to evaluate teachers' lessons, pedagogy, and classroom climate. Feel free to modify to fit your district's standards. All data will be recorded in a Google Spreadsheet and a second sheet has been created to quickly printout the results for the teachers and your records. Simply use the "hide column(s)" function in Excel to only show the specific teacher you want a printout for.

Google Form Template: Teacher self-assessment on the National Education Technology Standards (NETS·T)
Survey your teachers to determine how well they perceive their use of technology in the design and implementation of their lessons.

Organize and Chart Student Scores
An Excel template that can be used to enter and analyze student assessment data. For more information on how this template was first developed and used, see Using Technology to Make Sense of Data by Dan Ryder, here on the Portical web site.

Survey Templates Ready to Administer Using Google Forms
These Microsoft Excel files were created to provide you quick access to surveys you can administer in your school or district using Google Forms (a subset of Google Docs). You can either obtain a direct copy of the survey to send to your participants immediately OR you can load the original spreadsheet into Google Docs and create the survey from the spreadsheet.

 And there are more GoogleTemplates online:

1. Building Level Walkthrough
2. Classroom-based Assessment for Special Education
3. Classroom Walkthrough/Observation Tool
4. ITeachAZ Clinical Snapshot
5. Observation Checklist Template
6. Observation Template
7. Teacher 4 Success Observation Template
8. Teacher Pre-Observation Survey
9. Teacher Observation - 5 minute daily walkthrough
10. Teacher Observation Form
11.  Walkthrough Observations

Have you shared YOUR observation/walkthrough form yet?