Google Forms for Universal Design of Learning (UDL)

Google Forms

One of the applications available in your Google Drive

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Why use Google Forms?

• They are part of GAFE many schools in New Zealand are adopting
• They are free
• They are easy to create, send out and collect
• Google Forms automatically collect the responses digitally, updating the associated Google Spreadsheet in real time, and produce a tidy summary of responses at the click of a button.

Some of the uses for Google Forms at school

Created on popplet.com

How do I create a Google form?

There are many useful online tutorials, e.g.

• https://support.google.com/drive/answer/87809?hl=en, or
• YouTube videos (like the one on the right), or
• ask your friendly BeL colleague to give you a quick crash course ☺

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Where does the UDL come into this?

UDL Description from VLN:

Universal Design for Learning is about creating learning options that cater for everyone at the beginning. It's about:

• avoiding retro fitting and building in differentiation
• recognising the invisible barriers that bury talent,
• proactively getting to know students and each other and then using that knowledge to create learning opportunities and environments,
• welcoming diversity and using it as a springboard to innovate,
• designing from the edges - planning from the diversest needs rather than from the mythical middle.

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Compare these two Google Forms

• Text only Sandpit Survey

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• Sandpit Survey(http://goo.gl/uE0mEZ)

Please complete both these surveys to see the difference for yourself

(http://goo.gl/YIum9x)

• The inclusion of images and of videos into a Google Form can make these more accessible, esp. to learners from MoE’s priority groups.

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Thank you!