Flubaroo

How many of you have used Google Forms to create quick, online assessments for students?  If you have, you probably know that after students complete the form you receive a spreadsheet filled with student responses.  Are you looking for a way to dig through that data?  I have a tip for making that Google Form work better for you (just in time for end of semester assessments)...it is called Flubaroo.

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It is a free tool (it's actually a Google script) that can help you grade multiple choice or fill-in-the-blank assessments created with Google Forms. In addition to correcting your quiz, Flubaroo computes the student's grade and provides teachers with a summary of class data, inclduing identification of low-scoring quiz items and a distribution graph of student scores.This is a great alternative to other sites that may be slow or connectivity may not be reliable.   

Click here to access the Flubaroo website that has more details, a sample form, and a 3-minute video tutorial.  Please use Google Chrome as your browser.  It doesn't play well with Internet Explorer or Firefox.  If you want help trying this out, I am happy to help.  Just email me and I can set up a time to walk you through the process.  

Isn't this awesome for formative assessments?!!

~Chandra

To Infinity...and Beyond (Google)

There is a lot of information out there…..both authoritative as well as junk.  Students often need help in muddling through the plethora of information available.  The following search engines are credible alternatives to standard Google, the largest search engine on the planet. 

http://www.ipl.org

A public service organization and learning/teaching environment that is maintained by students and volunteer library and information science professionals.  This site is hosted by Drexel University’s College of Information Science and Technology. 

www.sweetsearch.com

Every website in SweetSearch has been evaluated by research experts.

http://scholar.google.com

Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature.  

http://www.refseek.com/

Web search engine for students and researchers that aims to make academic information easily accessible to everyone.  RefSeek searches more than one billion documents, including web pages, books, encyclopedias, journals, and newspapers.  

Happy Researching!

Laura Holland

AHS Media Specialist

AHS Literacy Team Member