Do your carefully crafted Google Forms quizzes turn into a chaotic mess when it’s time to print? Margins gone wild, questions spilling onto multiple pages? It’s enough to make any teacher want to throw their hands up in defeat. But fear not, there are ways to tame those unruly forms and print them in a way that’s both visually appealing and functional for your students. If you need to print Google Form quiz, try this solution by Alice Keeler.
Print Google Form Quiz
Whether you need paper copies for students who are offline or simply prefer a tangible format, printing your Google Forms doesn’t have to be a frustrating experience. By utilizing a few add-ons that I created you can gain control over the layout, formatting, and overall presentation of your quizzes. Say goodbye to wasted paper and hello to professional-looking paper assessments that are ready for distribution.
Print Options are Not Great
Using Control P in a Google Form to print gives you no options for how it prints out. Notice in the screenshot that only 3 questions fit on the first page. It clearly is a digital form poorly adapted for paper.
2 Solutions to Print Your Google Form
As a high school math teacher, I have found that there are times it makes sense to have a paper copy of my Google Form. However, when I Control P to print I do not love the lack of options for layouts. I have created 2 Add-ons that will help you with printing your Google Forms Quizzes. Form Printer and Quiz Helper.
Quiz Helper Add-on
If you are giving quizzes in Google Forms you might want to try my Add-on for Google Form quizzes. It will help you set up all the settings for your Form in one click. You can also provide students with an individual Google Doc report of the feedback you put in Google Forms. AND MORE!
Access with the Add-on Puzzle Piece
After installing Add-ons you can access them from the puzzle piece icon. Select Quiz Helper by Alice Keeler and select “Print Form.”
Wait a little for the Add-on to push the questions to a Google Doc. If you have pop-ups enabled, it will open in a new tab. Otherwise, locate the quiz in your Google Drive. Edit as desired, including displaying questions in multiple columns, then print from the Google Doc.
Print to a Google Doc
The “Print Form” option in Quiz Helper sends your questions in the Form to a Google Doc.
This allows you to
- modify the margins
- put the questions into columns
- change the font
- try to fit questions on a page
- adjust the number of lines and space to respond
- reword it so it makes sense to take on paper
- share it with another teacher
Try It
Here is a sample of a Quiz that was in Google Forms but was exported to a Google Doc for printing. Try modifying the Google Doc before printing. Enjoy the freedom of having control over how your Google Forms™ Quiz prints!
Form Printer Add-on
Go a step further in printing your Form. Form Printer also will send your Form to a Google Doc with more options. Both Add-ons collect zero data to print your Google Form.
Access Through the Puzzle Piece
As with all Add-ons, access them through the puzzle piece at the top right of your Google Form. This will bring up a menu. the first option is “Print Form” which will immediately send your Form to Google Docs. Use the Print Form options for a menu of advanced features.
Print Google Form Responses
Form Printer by Alice Keeler will allow you to print the responses. These also are printed to a Google Doc, again allowing you control over how it is printed.
