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ETT429_Assignment4_GoogleForm_Summer201.pptx
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ETT429 Assignment 4 Google Docs – Web Evaluation Form Planning time: 1-2 hours Development time: 1-2 hours
Grade Points: 10 points
Assignment Due: 07/13/20
Instructor: Yasemin Onder
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Online support Session: Mondays, 12PM – 2PM
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Project Overview
The internet has become the first place many students look for information because it is easy, fast, and accessible. The problem is that anyone can post information to the internet; there are no standards or quality controls for bias, accuracy, or authority. We must teach students the skills necessary to effectively evaluate information on the internet.
Your challenge is to create an age-appropriate checklist for students to use when evaluating web pages. To accomplish this, you will use Google Docs Form – one of the most popular features in its spreadsheets application to create this Web site evaluation checklist.
Google Docs Spreadsheets includes form creation functionality, making it easy to create a web-based form such as a survey, quiz, product evaluation, help request, meeting invitation, etc. Once you create a form, respondents can fill it out online. Responses are then fed to the form’s underlying spreadsheet for future analysis.
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Project Instruction: Question Research
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Select a grade level (K-12) that you would like this checklist adopted in. For non-education majors, select a target audience (e.g., public, health professional, parents, college students) for your checklist.
Use the following table and suggested web sites as a guide to develop the 15 questions. Each area of specialty must have 5 questions.
Follow these steps to complete a 15 question web site evaluation checklist:
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RESEARCH
| Content/Accuracy Area (5 questions about…) |
| • Accurate, reliable, error-free information - can you find other information that proves the information is accurate? • Comprehensive coverage - how in-depth is the material? Do the links complement the content? • Pertinent to student/audience needs - is the information relevant for their purpose? |
| Purpose/Bias Area (5 questions about…) |
| • Objectivity, bias and purpose of the web page - what is the goal of the page? Is there any evidence of bias? What is the point of view? • Balanced perspective - is the information one sided, is some information left out? • Fact or opinion - is the information based on detailed information or beliefs? |
| Authority/Copyright Area (5 questions about…) |
| • What credentials/qualifications does the author have? Are they appropriate for the topic? • Who published the web page - where is the document located, what agency published it, is it appropriate, can you contact the author? • Is copyright information present for the site itself? When did the author write the materials? Has the page been recently updated? |
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Project Instruction: Question Development
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3. Use these websites to get ideas for each specialty area to create your questions.
4. List your 15 questions in a word processing document (Google Docs or MS Word), so that you can be ready to copy-and-paste them to a Google Form.
5. List the websites you paraphrase the questions from. Use the following format style to list your sources: Title of the website. Retrieved Month Date, Year, from URL…
(example) Five criteria for evaluating Web pages. Retrieved February 15th, 2014 from http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/webcrit.html)
6. Edit the final 15 questions checklist to Yes/No questions. You may visit this web site to see an example of the Yes/No question/guideline.
7. Create this 15 yes/no questions checklist in Google Docs Forms. Go to the next page to learn what are the requirements for this checklist in Google Docs form.
8. You must conduct your own research, complete your own introduction, questions, and references.
If you can’t find questions for your target audiences, you can perform an advanced Google search to help you locate relevant information. Go to the Resources page to learn how to perform an advanced search using Google.
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DEVELOPMENT
Kathy Schrok’s Guide for Educators
Checklist for Evaluating Web Pages
Trash or Treasure: Teaching Students How to Evaluate Internet Resources
Web Evaluation for Primary Grades
Web Evaluation for Intermediate Grades
Web Evaluation for Secondary Grades
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Project Requirements
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Create this 15 yes/no questions checklist in Google Docs Forms. Your form must include the following components and features:
A proper title. Name it as Critical Evaluation of a Web Site by Your Full Name
e.g., Critical Evaluation of a Web Site by John Smith
A brief description about which grade level (or target audience) this form is designed for. A Short Answer for Name. This question should be marked as required
A Dropdown question for Gender (Female, Male)
A Paragraph question for web site address
Three sets of Multiple Choice Grid question for the 15 yes/no questions. Each set must be titled according to its area of specialty.
A Linear Scale question for assessing web site overall usefulness. This scale question must be placed at the end of the evaluation form.
An Add title and description to lists the sources of the 15 questions.
A design Theme at your choice
Email the completed form to instructor’s email: [email protected] Use the Send Form button to perform this task.
Copy the published form link to course Blackboard for grading.
The below link is only an example. Use the same yes/no format, but write your own description and your own questions.
Assignment Example
Extra Point: One extra point will be awarded if you actually use this checklist to evaluate 2 web sites!
Submit the spreadsheet (the Responses file) in Excel as a proof for this extra point
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REQUIREMENTS
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Using Google Docs Forms to Create a Web Form
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How-to Create
Google Form
HOW-TO GUIDE
Creating the Web site Evaluation Form:
Select New and Google Form
This displays the Edit Form window. Enter a title for this form into the first text box (e.g., Critical Evaluation of a Web Site by Your Full Name).
Enter a brief description about which grade level (or target audience) this form is designed for into the second text box
Refer to the tutorial to add all required question types (text, paragraph text, Choose from a list, Grid, Scale, and Section Header). See the Requirements page for content of these question types.
Select the Theme button to apply a theme to the Web Site Evaluation Form
How to reopen the form you created:
Once you have the form document created, it generates two files – the Form file and the Responses file. The Form file allows you to edit the form (add/delete questions, change layout, etc.). The Responses file is a spreadsheet file that collects responses. If you need to reopen/edit the form after closing it, you can open the Form file.
The Form file
The Responses file
How-to Apply Theme in
Google Form
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Submission
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There is no need to attach any file for this assignment, just the published form link and an email (with the form’s URL) to Instructor!
Email the completed form to Instructor email: [email protected] Use the Email this Form button to perform this task.
Copy the published form link to course Blackboard for grading.
Go to Blackboard > Assignments
Click the name of the assignment (i.e., Week/Session 4: Web evaluation form). The Upload Assignment page appears.
Click “Write Submission”. Paste the Web link and highlight the web link, the Hyperlink button will be enabled. Than click the Hyperlink button, and pate it in the Link Path.
Click Submit when the page is complete.
SUBMISSION
Extra Point: One extra point will be awarded if you actually use this checklist to evaluate 2 web sites!
Submit the spreadsheet in Excel as a proof for this extra point
3. (Optional) if you did the extra point part, you will need to submit the form’s spreadsheet in Excel (Download > Excel) as a proof.
How-to sent Google Form via email
How-to submit Google Form in Blackboard
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Criteria
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Late assignments/projects will receive half credit if turned in within one week of the due date. Assignments/projects later than one week will receive no credit.
Because life can be rather unpredictable at times, you are all allowed one late project for the semester. This allows you to turn in the project late up to 10 days after it was due. Obviously, this one time submission policy does not apply when handing in your final portfolio.
| Criteria (8 points) | Points |
| 15 Age/target audience appropriate questions (5 in each area of specialty) | 3 |
| Inclusion of all required features and functions in the Google Docs form (as listed in the Requirements page) | 4 |
| Inclusion of question sources (site, url, retrieval date) | 1 |
| Correct submission (active link, email) | 2 |
| Late submission (any component) | -5 |
CRITERIA
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Resources – refining your keyword search
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Use of “+” to limit topics that contain all the keywords you entered.
Use of “-” to remove unrelated topics
Use of phrase search (“phrase”) to obtain specific results such as famous sayings or proper names.
Use of domain search (“site:”) to limit clarification of the searched sites.
.com, .edu, .gov, .org
Use of combined symbols to create target search.
