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TRAINING: WHAT CAN I DO WITH GOFORMATIVE? - Nov 2020

By Melinda Rooplal
Last updated about 4 years ago
25 Questions
Note from the author:
How can Goformative be used.

What can I do with Premium GoFormative?

Take a look below at all of the types of content and questions you can create, or even the types of content that you can import from the Formative libraries or your previously-created GoFormatives!

What can I do with Free GoFormative?

Take a look below at all of the types of content and questions you can create, or even the types of content that you can import from the Formative libraries or your previously-created GoFormatives!

Add a text block (like this one)

Press play and listen to the word and then type the word that you hear.
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What sound do you hear?

Add a video

1. Maybe you want to do a read-aloud in English. Students can watch the video and then answer short questions.

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The main character in the story wants to be the hula-hooping queen.

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Who is narrating the story?

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Write a short summary about The Hula-Hoopin Queen.


Embed a Video (content from an outside source)

Example 1: A Math game on Fractions for Grade 3

Embed a Document/PDF

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Look at the STAAR Grade 7 Mathematics Reference Materials below.


If you want to find the circumference of a circle, which formula could you use? (1 point)

MATH 7.8C

Add a whiteboard

The example below shows the actions you can include in a whiteboard to customize it.
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Add questions that ask students to Show Your Work

Draw a black circle around the objects that do not belong.

MATH 7.1A
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Show Your Work - Question 2
Underline (in any color) the two spelling errors in this sentence. (2 points)

MATH 7.1B
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Add questions that ask students to write a longer essay response.

Grade 7 Writing: Expository Prompt

READ the following quotation.


THINK carefully about the following question.

Does humor make life better?

WRITE an essay explaining whether it is important to laugh.

Be sure to --
  • clearly state your controlling idea
  • organize and develop your explanation effectively
  • choose your words carefully
  • use correct spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and sentences.


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Add questions that ask students to make Multiple Selections

Which THREE of the four options below are vital in order for educators to survive a typical Monday morning?
Select three ONLY. (3 points)

MATH 7.1C
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Add questions that ask students to categorize information (premium)

It is commonly known that educators are superheroes!
Put the below items into the correct category (that define us superheroes as opposed to the average human!) (7 points)

  • Can mark a large stack of student work in a single sitting.
  • Can drink a cup of hot coffee in three gulps after the bell rings for the next lesson.
  • Drinks coffee slowly whilst leisurely pondering the virtues of pickled onions.
  • Can help guide young and average humans into becoming future legends and rockstars.
  • Can remember how to tie their shoe laces without the need of Google.
  • Can answer emails at the speed of sound.
  • Can go for a walk WITHOUT coming up with a cool idea for a lesson.
  • Superhero qualities
  • Average human qualities
MATH 7.6F
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Add questions that ask students to add a numeric response (premium)

Solve for the radius of a cone if the height is 3 and the volume is 300. Round your answer to the thousandths place.
Formula:
You can even embed a Desmos calculator into your questions!

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Add questions that ask students to graph a response (premium)


Where is the intersection point of
and

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Add questions that ask students to resequence responses (premium)


How does a scientist work? Put the words in a chronological order! Start with the beginning 😄

  1. solution/explanation
  2. experiment
  3. observation
  4. hypothesis

Upload a PDF and students can answer questions about the content without the teacher having to retype it all out.

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Embed Google Presentations, Google Docs, Google Sheets, or Google Forms

(credit to David at GoFormative)

You also have some options on how and when you assign your GoFormative

  • Choose to assign the GoFormative just to specific students (great for retakes, absent students, or modified content)
  • Schedule the GoFormative to automatically open on or close on a specific date and time (great for mandating deadlines)
  • Choose whether students can see their scores (great for tests that you have to hand grade before letting them see their scores)
  • Choose whether/when students see the answer key (great to change up when you're giving daily work versus assessments)
  • Choose whether students can edit their work after hitting Submit (great to change up when you're giving daily work versus assessments)
  • Choose whether to randomize questions' order (so not every student is answering the same question at the same time)


You can even post the scores directly back into Google Classroom!

Tips for different content areas:

* Tips for Math teachers

* Tips for Science teachers - and a sample lab template

* Tips for Social Studies teachers

* Tips for English Language Arts and Reading teachers - and a sample rubric essay template

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After observing the different functions of GoFormative, how do you think you'll use it for your subject/lessons? (50 points)


Now what does the teacher see?

Color coding the responses makes it easier to see at a glance which are the problemetic questions and where the teacher needs to focus.