I’ve said many times that Google Forms is the greatest thing since sliced bread. If you are not using Google Forms, check out my directions for using Google Forms for Formative Assessment. The best way to distribute a Google Form to your students is through Google Classroom. Here is how to do that.
Google Classroom Update
Note: Google Classroom has updated how you attach Forms. Simply create your Form in Google Drive. In Google Classroom use the Google Drive icon to attach the Form from Drive. Google Classroom automatically distributes the live view to students.
Still Good Information about Google Forms:
Create a Form
Go to http://drive.google.com and create a Form using the “New” button. Note that when you create a Form you are in EDIT mode. If you look at the END of the URL it says /edit.
Do NOT share the /edit URL with the students.
Live View
You want students to fill out the live view of the Form. From the edit screen there is a button in the toolbar that says “View live form.” You want to click on this button. Alternatively you can click on the blue “Send form” to copy the live form URL.
When looking at the live view of the Form you will want to copy the URL. I use Control L to highlight the URL and Control C to copy it.
Notice that the end of the URL says /viewform. Double check that this is the URL you have copied.
Google Classroom
While you made the Google Form in Google Drive, do NOT attach the Form from the Google Drive icon in Classroom. The Form in Google Drive is the EDIT screen. You do not want students to edit the Form, you want them to fill out the Form.
If you try to attach the Google Form using the Google Drive icon you will get an error message: “Oops! You can’t attach Google Forms directly. Please add a link to the form.”
Link to Form
Click on the link icon when creating an assignment or announcement in Google Classroom. You will paste the link to the live view of the Google Form. Click “ADD” to add the link to the assignment.
Spreadsheet
The Google Forms data goes into a Google Sheets spreadsheet. You can access this spreadsheet in Google Drive. I encourage teachers to have the spreadsheet open as students submit the Form to see the answers come in live.
Another way to access the spreadsheet is to open the Google Form that is linked in Google Classroom. You would be looking at the live view form, just like the students. If you are the editor of the Form and you are signed in, you will notice a black box to “Edit this form” in the upper right-hand corner. Students will not see this option since they do not have editing rights.
Click on the black button. This will take you to the edit screen of the Form. Click on the “View Responses” button in the toolbar to open the spreadsheet.
17 responses to “Google Classroom: Attaching Google Forms for Students”
Hi Alice,
I LOVE LOVE all your information here! I’m going to try to implement Google Classroom in my health services classes this year.
My question: If I use Forms as a formative assessment, is there a way for the students to go back and look at their answers so they can see which ones they missed/got right?
Thanks!!
Melanie
You can use Flubaroo or Autocrat Add-On
That was so clear and well-presented! Thank you (was just trying to see how to attach my form for a formative assessment). I just had a fun time making a form that gives students immediate feedback by using branching for correct/incorrect answers (so the spreadsheet also lets me see how many times each student guessed). Took a long time to make the first time, but I think I can be much faster now that I know what I’m doing.
Thank you – this was a big help tonight as I was trying to attach a quiz I made in forms and was having trouble. Very clear instructions and excellent visuals to help too.
Hi Alice! I was just reading this post: https://alicekeeler.com/2015/07/15/copy-a-google-form/ (couldn’t figure out how to leave a comment there!) When I do what your instructions say, I can not make it so a coworker can access the form. They can if I do not change the end of the link to “copy” but if I do change it what they see does not have that “form” option on the top bar that will allow them to edit form. Has google changed since you wrote that blog post? Any other ideas on how to send a copy to a friend? I feel like I have tried everything and nothing works. So frustrating! Thank you!
The FORM option is only if you’re on the form responses tab.
Alice, I want to use a form for an assessment in several classes. How can I copy the form into another class so I can create a response spreadsheet just for that class in google drive?
Make life easy for you. Use the SAME FORM. Ask a question asking which class they are in so you can filter.
Hi Alice,
Is it possible for students to attach a file (say a video or audio file) to a form? If not can they attach the file and then submit the assignment?
They can if you use that question type but it creates a COPY (WHAT?! Google saved us from redundant versions now they are bringing it back. Lame)
Hi Alice,
If I want to have students share their surveys created in Google forms with the class, do they just submit them to me and then I post them in classroom? Or is there a way for them to post directly? I just want to make sure they have access to the response spreadsheet. Thanks
Jessie
Most efficient…. Make a spreadsheet and attach as “Students can edit file” and let them link on a spreadsheet. Each student has a row.
can we use google form in offline mode.
No
Thank you for this. I could not figure out how forms worked with Classroom (and failed at one attempt).
Ok, so my students complete the Google Forms assignments I upload for them and turn them in. It says, “Turned In” on their Classwork Page. Where do they go??? I can’t find them anywhere. They are not in my email or my Shared Folder. I need to grade their completed work, but have no idea where to find it.
Click on the pencil icon to edit the form to get to the responses tab