How to Make a Quiz Using Google Forms

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Google Forms is used for a variety of things like making quizzes, surveys, applications, polls, you name it! Google Form quizzes can have a personal use, educational use for teachers and students, or even professional use at work for receiving employee feedback. Creating quizzes is most easily done with Google Forms as it makes the process clear and simple.

Sign in to Google Forms.

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Go to https://docs.google.com/forms and sign in. Once you sign in with your Google account, you'll see a list of forms you've created or have access to.

Start a new blank form.

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Title your quiz.

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You can also add a description below the title. For example, if you're giving an open-book quiz, you can enter the chapters or pages referenced by the quiz questions.

Add your quiz questions.

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If you don't want people to be able to skip the question, click the "Required" switch to make the question required.

List the answers for each question.

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Adding the correct answer for each section will help you grade answers. It will also be helpful if you decide to share correct answers with the people taking the quiz.

Make the form a quiz.

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Click the Settings tab at the top.
Click the "Make this a quiz" toggle switch.

Customize your grading preferences.

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To release grades automatically once a user submits the quiz, select Immediately after each submission.
If you'd rather grade the quizzes your self and then manually release the grades, choose Later, after manual review.

Customize the colors and fonts.

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Click the palette icon at the top to choose colors, add a header image, and more. This area is a great way to add branding to your quiz or just spruce it up a bit.

See a preview before sharing the quiz.

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Click the eye icon at the top-right to open the quiz in view mode. This shows you how the quiz will look to those taking it.

Share your quiz.

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Now that you've created a quiz, it's time for people to take it. Click the Send button at the top-left, fill out the "Send form" window, and click Send to share the quiz.

View and manage responses.

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If you want to stop accepting quizzes at any point, click the "Accepting responses" switch here.

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