Item: Google Forms
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use [Google Forms] as a formative and summative assessment tool to see what our students know. It provides us real time feedback on what scores students get so that we can see who knows what and more importantly who doesn't know the material. This allows us to guide our instruction more easily.

Pros and Cons

Real time data
Ease of creation
Data breakdowns
Data analysis
Ease of use

Uploading media from other sources could be easier
More detailed data breakdowns
Ability to link forms for different groups to compare data

Return on Investment

Our district moved to Microsoft making past forms obsolete
Microsoft seems to be winning the classroom war
While stronger than MS, Google seems to be losing market share in classrooms.

Alternatives Considered

I prefer Google forms to Microsoft Forms (not selectable) because it's significantly easier to use and much smoother to run than Microsoft Forms. It seems easier to incorporate multimedia options within forms which can lead to a more enriching assessment or learning experience for students allowing them to get more out of the form than they might on like a paper assessment.

Key Insights

Do you think Google Forms delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Google Forms's feature set?

Yes

Did Google Forms live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Google Forms go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Google Forms again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365)

Usability

Google Forms has an easy to use interface that was simple to teach my colleagues how to use while at the same time allowing for sharing, collaborative building, and ease of use for the end user that hit all the boxes that we needed in a form development software. Very easy to use both on the user and the creator.

Support Rating

Never used any extra support for Google Forms so I can't comment on it. However, I know Google has excellent customer support from outside interactions, so I imagine it'd be the same for Google Forms.

Likelihood to Recommend

[Google Forms is] great for formative assessments where you're doing simple multiple choice answers. Where it falls short is on short answer responses like those that would be found on summative assessments. There's obviously no way for forms to automatically grade those, so you could just as easily use a sheet of paper which is sometimes easier on students that aren't able to type very well.

Easy to set up, easy to use!

Overall Satisfaction with Google Forms