This is so cool - Thanks for the new resource - I use Google all the time without knowing about docs - Thanks so very much!

Survey Monkey is limited to 100 responses in its free version, then you have to pay for it.
Check out Tiger Survey www.tigersurvey.com/ for a free tools with a lot less limitations in number of responses allowed per survey, and also the number of surveys you can create.

AS someone who is new to manyof these tools, I appreciate your clear description and suggestions for using the Google documents.

I suppose surveys would be a good way to get students involved in a class. I tried something similar in my astronomy class when I had them vote for homework problems. I asked them to pick one problem from each of several (maybe eight or ten) groups of problems, which I would then assign for them to complete. That forced them to read all the homework problems and choose the ones they preferred. (I figured even choosing the easiest ones was acceptible, as long as they read them all to make their choice.) The survey tool described in this tutorial would work well if the number of survey "questions" wasn't limited to 10 or less.

I do loads of surveys to collect student feedback - I actually have three SurveyMonkey accounts which I share with others in different areas. I usually conduct surveys on behalf of other staff members, so asking students in a class what they thought of the class and the teacher. The part that I find most useful is being able to send individual emails to students to complete the survey - I can introduce myself, what the survey is about, how it is separate from their class, and provide links to sample reports so students can see their response is de-identified before the report goes to their teacher. At the time I set up the survey I can schedule reminder emails for students who haven't completed the survey.
However the Google Docs survey idea looks really useful for peer feedback. I'd like to give it a go.

Thanks for sharing Bruce! Your instructions were very clear and enabled me to create a survey. I love the way the data is recorded and easily transformed into charts. You have just made my life easier!

Thanks Bruce fort this remarkable explanation. It is extremely clear and very well detailed! You didn't leave anything out! Very often informatics gurus think that we, simple mortals, know absolutely all the "simplest" details. And at least for me, those details are forgotten time after time! So, a million thanks from the deepest part of my heart!

I'm having trouble embedding the right code for the survey - my spreadsheet shows but not the form that I created. UGHH! on Google Docs - it doesn't even indicate that I have saved the form.....can anyone help?

Trial by Fire! I figured it out after carefully reading through Bruce's instructions......minor details....you can't choose embed spreadsheet under google apps, you need to embed HTML code for the "form".

Hi! I love the surveys! I think it's a great way to involve students in a way they will find fun - not to mention the potential feedback I can get! I added a survey using Google docs and the form shows up in a square box with a scroll bar. I noticed your example had the entire form showing. How do I do that? Thanks!

Well I checked your embed codes against mine and saw a difference in the size numbers. So I changed mine and got the entire form. But I'm thinking that is not the best way to do this... a lot of guessing until you get the numbers correct.... So please still help!

I too have struggled with the size codes, however it seems an increase of just 25% can make a significant difference. I don't know what the actual rule is however.

Bruce, I tried what you said. It allows me to share my spreadsheet. I was asking about getting my survey form to show completely on my wiki page. Is there a different way to do it then by changing the size in the embedded code?

This is sooooooo cool! Thanks so much for sharing it! I work with gifted 3-5th math students, and this will be a great project for them.

Really nice job with your page. I was able to work my way through and get a Google docs survey on my Week 2 HW page. Thanks.

Google Form is great. If I remember correctly, the "summary" page with the results will "live update" as the data is collected. This creates a nice graph that changes with incoming responses. Kind of cool for developing "makeshift" learning response systems.

Thanks for the great summary. I will definitely be using Google survey. I've used Survey Monkey before; it is limited unless you pay. I love free!

Really liked the Google Doc spreadsheet. Never thought to use this. An easy way to collate data from many people. Thanks.

Is there instructions to create more than one question on a survey? Not sure how to have multiple questions on google docs spreadsheet.
Thank you!

Thanks Bruce, your instructions helped a great deal. My question is how do I get the survery to show up in its full form? Right now it is partly visible with a scroll bar to move to the next questions. How do I get the whole survey to show up on the wiki page?

Since I joined the summer camp, I have been all excited and grateful at the same time as I have learnt so much, much more than in the whole previous year. I'm a little bit scared of surveys, but you've given a wonderful explanation. Thank you very much!

wow. this seems like a pretty neat tool. i've been using a lot of google applications, but never got too into the spreadsheets - they didn't seem to have any application to what I was doing.

This changes that - I can see how these can be used to collect info from students on the course, for students to grade work, and maybe even to create brief quizzes that can be taken at home.

Thanks!

I wasn't aware of this part of google docs. Thanks.

Great demonstration. I'm going to use it. Thanks.

This is a great new tool to learn about. I'm wondering if anyone has a method for revealing the updated graph to a user after they complete the survey?

I actually was able to make a graph and embed it! This is such a wonderful way to be exposed to Google Documents. Thanks so much for your terrific tutorial. This is absolutely awesome!

Thanks, Bruce, you're a great teacher!

Great resources and tool to add to my "teacher tool box" Thank you

Unfortunately, as far as I know, LAUSD adult division students are out in the cold again. Do you know who I could talk to to get access my students at Abram Friedman Occupational Center?

I found the information on google docs very clear and I loved the idea of setting up a survey which allowed students to evaluate other students' work. I will be adding this to my use of the wiki -- and I think the kids will love it.

Thanks for the tutorial, Bruce. I have several ideas I plan to implement. This technique certainly broadens the use of Google tools for the classroom.

This tutorial is really good! Thanks for sharing it. I hope to be able to use it in some of my EFL classes. You've given us great ideas.

Here's where my mind is going with this: I want to use surveys--I actually did the model as my week 2 homework--to get students to rate other students' online group projects. Now, at any time, that's going to involve 21 separate projects, each on its own page with its own survey form embedded. My question is, how is that going to work on the Google docs end? Would I be able to keep the 21 surveys separate from one another, say by giving each a page-specific title? Or would the Google spreadsheet put them all together? Thanks! This camp has my mind spinning--haven't had this kind of paradigm shift in my teaching in years!

Great tutorial! thanks

Thanks for sharing

Do you have to be logged in to see your survey results?

Ummm, nevermind I answered my questions and realized the timestamps aren't in EST. Wow!

Google Docs once again leaves me speechless... the possibilities are endless. Thank you for sharing this wonderful instructional on surveys and spreadsheets.

Thank you for sharing this information. It is very useful and is bringing to mind several surveys I can implement with this tool.