PARCC Aligned Digital Assessments In The Classroom
There are so many different resources available for you to use in creating digital assessments for your
classroom. Today we are going to explore a few options available to you.
Resources
Google Forms & Flubaroo
-Google Forms are a free resource for creating digital assessments. Adding Flubaroo to the form will
allow you to grade the assessment instantly.
-Forms is a free tool that is included in Google Drive.
-YOU NEED A GOOGLE ACCOUNT TO CREATE A FORM.
I suggest creating a separate account from a personal email account. (Example MRTALTYHAWORTH)
Primary Source Documents
Digital History- Digital History gives you examples of music, articles, even summaries of events.
Docs Teach-National Archive site broken into categories, primary source documents, art, maps, music,
etc.
YouTube-Easily incorporate videos in to your assessment
Creating an Assessment using Google Forms
1. Sign into Google Drive
2. Click New
3. Click more and then select Google
Forms
4. A new window or tab will appear
with your Form
You can now edit this form to create an
assessment. Below you will find
directions on how to add multiple
choice questions, checkboxes, images,
and video to your assessment.
The form will save every time you click
on a new item.
What am I looking at?
Menu Bar
Form Title
Edit/Copy/Paste
Require question option
-Always use this function for the
student’s name
-Assessment cannot be submitted
unless the student fills in their
name
Add item allows you to
add different functions
to your form
Ex.) Check boxes,
pictures, videos, etc.
Changing the title of your assessment
1. Click on Untitled Form
2. Delete the title
3. Type in your new title
Adding a Section Header
-Separates material for the student
-I suggest you do not create multiple pages for the assessment. When students take the assessment using
Google Forms they cannot go back and expect the answers they completed to be there.
1. Click on the
triangle next to the
add item button
(If you click the add
item button it will
automatically add
the last option used)
2. Select Section header
3. You can now edit the section header. Type the section title in the header text, any directions should be
typed in the description.
4. When you have finished editing the header, click done.
5. Your form will now look like this
6. You can always go back to editing the section by clicking back on the header
Adding a multiple choice question/checkboxes
1. Click on
the triangle
next to the
add item
button
(If you click
the add
item button
it will
automatical
ly add the
last option
used)
2. Select
Multiple
Choice or
checkboxes
The
options to
editing are
exactly the
same
Question title is where you type the question or type the part
Help text is where you type any additional directions (Select all that apply) or you can type
your question here
To edit an option click on the box and type the option
To add another option just click on the next box
To delete an option, click on the x next to the option
3. When you have completed editing the question click done
Adding a paragraph text question/Cut and paste answers
1. Click on
the triangle
next to the
add item
button
(If you click
the add
item button
it will
automatical
ly add the
last option
used)
2. Select
Paragraph
text
This type of question can be used for extended responses
It can also be used for cut and paste text from a document to prove their previous answer
3. Click done when you have finished editing the question
Adding a YouTube Video
1. Click on the
triangle next to the
add item button
(If you click the add
item button it will
automatically add
the last option used)
2. Click on video
3. You can search
for the video using
keywords
or
3. You can copy and
paste the web
address of the
YouTube video
when you click on
the URL video.
4. Click done to complete the process
Adding an image
1. Click on
the triangle
next to the
add item
button
(If you click
the add
item button
it will
automatical
ly add the
last option
used)
2. Click on
image
3. You
have
several
options
when you
look to
import an
image
Upload-You can drag the image right onto the screen or click on choose an image
By URL-If you copy and paste the link to the picture from a website it will embed in your
form