How to Create A Quiz in Google Forms: The Only Guide You’ll Need

Honestly, how many weekends have you spent not going out with your friends, and instead,

Taking an online quiz to find out what kind of pizza are you?

Or, have you ever taken one of those career quizzes, which help you determine which career would best suit you?

Or, are you a teacher, who wants to make the most out of E-Learning softwares and tools, using online quizzes, for tutoring and assessing your students?

Regardless of the category you relate to, ever wondered how you can create such quizzes yourself?

Today we discuss, one such platform which enables this, and that platform is…

Google Forms

Developed and integrated as a part of the free, web-based Google Docs Editors suite, it is offered by the Big Tech, Google.

Google Forms, as the name itself suggests, is essentially a form builder tool enabling its users to create various kinds of web forms, including surveys, questionnaires, quizzes and more, online and free of cost, to collect, organize, manage and analyze the information they gather. 

It has several quality features, making it a popular choice, both amongst business professionals and individual users.

So without further adieu, let's get you started with,

Creating A Quiz Using Google Forms in 6 simple steps

As intuitive and easy to use, as it may seem, the process is deserving of a definitive guide, for both first-time users as well as those looking to create advanced quizzes using more complex features.

Step 1 - Create/Sign-in to your Google account and visit Google Forms  

Start by logging in to your existing Google account, or create one if you haven’t already.

Then, click here, to visit the official Google Forms website.

Step 2- Create a New Form

You will see a page as below, after step 1. 

At the top right corner, under the Start a New Form Section, click on the plus (+) icon over the Blank Form Template.

You now have a blank form ready to edit.

Step 3 - Form Title and Settings

Click on Untitled Form, and rename it as per a suitable title.

You may also choose to give a little background or description about your quiz.

For e.g., if it's a test, you may brief about the marking scheme as regards the different sections, with the responders best of luck, etc.

Next, in the top header, you'll find three buttons, namely: 

• Questions, 
• Responses, and 
• Settings

Click on the Settings button and toggle the Make this a quiz feature.

You can set up additional settings depending upon the nature or intent of the quiz, such as educational, entertainment, survey, etc.

Step 4 - Adding Questions to Your Quiz

After you've selected the appropriate settings for your quiz, you may switch back to the Question Tab.

By default, there will be an Untitled Question section, which marks the beginning of your quiz questions.

You may start by adding your first question here;

or you may make it into an introductory field asking for the respondent's name.

Pro Tip: You may set some fields as compulsory/required, such as the ones above.

From the drop-down menu (by default showing multiple choice), 

You may also set up the kind of response you want to receive, such as short answer, multiple choice, etc.

You also get to upload images, as and when required.

A small Feature Panel on the right side has several other feature buttons.

At the top is again a plus (+) button. This button allows you to Add New Fields to your forms.

Or you may simply click on the Duplicate button to have the same template and edit it as per your next question.

Step 5 - Add your Custom Grading Scheme

Once you've added your questions and answers, you can also add your custom grading system.

In each of the question fields, you'll find an Answer key button. Click on this button to add the correct response. 

Choose the correct response.

You may also Add an answer/feedback explaining why a given response was correct or incorrect or any other additional information about the response.

You may also add videos/ video URLs for the same.

Step 6 - Preview and Publish

Once you've added all your questions and their answer keys, click on the eye button in the top header to get a preview of your quiz.

After the preview, just click on the Send button to publish your quiz.

After you've received submissions, you may head over to the Responses section to analyze your responders' performance.

Under the Responses section, there is a Question Tab, where you find how your responders' have answered each of your questions, while;

The Individual Tab will let you see each of your responders' individual responses.

You also get the option to integrate your responses into a Google Sheets Spreadsheet.

P.S., did you know, you could also add a timer to your Google Quiz!

E-Learning And Online Quizzes 

Although the pandemic contributed significantly towards the increase of e-learning, the use of virtual platforms and tools, via the Internet, for imparting education isn't just a day-old concept. 

Infact, online learning can be dated back to 1982.

According to the World Economic Forum - Even before COVID-19, there was already high growth and adoption in education technology, with global edtech investments reaching US$18.66 billion in 2019 and the overall market for online education projected to reach $350 Billion by 2025. 

Having said this, it is evident that diverse efforts are being made to develop softwares, tools, services, platforms, apps and more to facilitate Online Learning.

Google Forms is one such software;

And we want to do our bit, by providing you with 

A few tips and tricks that come in handy when creating an Educational Quiz:

1. You may assign individual points to each question.
2. Toggle the collect email addresses button, so that the email addresses of your responders get recorded.
3. You may also allow for the responses to be edited post-submission. However, considering this is an educational quiz, this setting better remains turned off.
4. You also have the choice to release results immediately or after manual review.
5. Permit file uploads enabling your students to upload their working of a problem, diagrams, etc.
6. You can also allow for the responders, to receive a copy of their submissions, always or in the event that they wish to.
7. You might also want to limit the submissions to one per user, in order to avoid receiving multiple responses from the same user.
8. Also, you can restrict the quiz form to only the users/members of your organization to prevent circulation.
9. You can also toggle the shuffle question order so that each student receives a different order.
10. Under the Responses section, you also have the option to integrate your responses' analytics into a new or existing Google Sheets Spreadsheet. This will help you in creating your final performance report with ease. For e.g., 

a) You may easily add your mid-semester quiz results to your end-semester/final examination score sheet. 

b) You also have the opportunity to judge your students' overall performance as a class, to find out if there is a particular subject/topic, your students seem to struggle with.

Other Alternatives

Whilst Google Forms is a wonderful software for your quiz needs;

If you want to switch to an even easier, drag-and-drop, no-code software, then Formester is your answer.

At Formester, you get a much more straightforward, easy-to-use and effortless interface.

Finding and setting-up, all the necessary settings will be a no-brainer!

What's more, we have pre-designed and customizable templates, all set in place, to get you going, right away!

So whether, you want to have some fun with your friends by using a quiz to determine what kind of pizza they are, or create an aptitude test for your career counselling business, or you are a teacher wanting to create an online quiz for your students;

All you have to do, is literally, just sign-up for free and start accessing all the powerful features!