If you are a Google Forms user and create quizzes without using timers then this blog post will be helpful. Here, I am going to guide you on how to add a timer to a quiz with a Google Forms timer add-on – ExtendedForms.
There are various quiz plugins or software available today to create cool and interesting quizzes. And one of them is Google Forms! Google has various tools for productivity and collaboration in G-Suite (Google Workspace).
Google Forms is one of those tools, it is a platform that is not only used by researchers or companies for market surveys but is also now used for various other purposes. One of them is widely used by educators to conduct online tests. In this article, we are going to discuss with you – the benefits of using Google Forms and how you can create a google form tests.
Steps To Add A Timer To A Quiz
It’s not rocket science to create a google forms test and if you are here, then you might not know how to create one and what features it includes. So, here is the easy guide on how you can create a google forms timer quiz that too with a third-party app, basically a countdown best timer for Google Forms add-on.
So, let’s not waste your time and directly get into the steps. The process is of the following steps:
- Setup Google Form for Quiz
- Install & Configure ExtendedForms
- Customize Google Forms (optional)
- Preview & Share it
Set up Google Form for Quiz
If you don’t have a Google account, sign-up one for free, it is your first step. Then go directly to Google Form or head over through Google Drive. Apart from Blank-Form or Quiz, there are pre-built templates you can go over. Scroll down to the Education section and you can select one for your quiz purpose, it has a worksheet, assessment, and quiz categories templates.
If you want to make your google form platform into an online quiz (so that you can easily assign point values and feedback) then instead of selecting ‘blank form’ just choose ‘blank quiz.’ You can also change the form into a quiz from inside the Google Form template.
For that, Just go to ‘Settings’ and enable the ‘make this quiz’ option. Tadaa!
In ‘Settings’ you’ll see more options to customize like;
- ‘Release Marks,’ where you can choose when and how to give grades.
- Further, in ‘Respondents’ Settings,’ where you can customize details like point values, missed questions, and correct answers.
- In the ‘Responses” category you can manage how responses are collected like ‘collect email addresses,’ which will make entering the email id before moving forward into the quiz mandatory. Then, in there’s the ‘Presentation‘ tab, you customize how forms & responses are presented, like using the show progress bar, shuffle question order, set custom confirmation messages, etc.
- Lastly, there is the Default setting, from where you can make your questions required and collect email addresses by default.
Now moving to the main part of creating a google form quiz i.e, Q&A. You can create any type of quiz with a free timer add-on for google forms, which makes quizzes more practical and engaging.
Whether you want to create competition quizzes for students, trivia quiz type, or any knowledge-based type. Google Form quiz is perfect for any type of quiz you want to create. It comes with various question types you can use like multiple choice, Likert scale, checkboxes, long/short paragraph answers, and more. Besides, you can also add a description under every question if you want to explain more about the question. Apart from that, there’s the feature of adding files, images, and videos to your questions & answers.
Furthermore, in each question, you can add point values (if you haven’t added default point values from settings), correct answers, and provide feedback for correct/incorrect answers.
Add a Timer- Install & Configure ExtendedForms
So, now we come to the main step of this blog post and that is to add the best timer for google form. You can do this once you have created your quiz or you can do it before creating the quiz.
ExtendedForms is one of the top-rated, popular, and all-time best timers for Google Forms. It can turn your Google forms into quizzes and timer tests with an integrated one-click countdown timer. You can not only add just timer to your quiz but can track responses along with submission time. Moreover, it has a Classroom Integration feature through which it’s easy to link your class works with ExtendedForms easily. Apart from this, it has the feature of exporting CSV files, and customize welcome and invitation messages (these are part of pro plans).
It has an Intuitive Dashboard, where you’ll be able to see a graph and summary of responses. It has another pro feature of custom branding, you can add a brand logo, URL, and brand color theme. Besides, it has come up with a new feature of ‘Image Cropping’ – You can crop a user and team profile image and team brand logo, and user brand logo.
Now to start with, we have to first do is google form quiz timer app download. To do so,
- Go to ‘Add-ons’ through the ‘፧’ settings/menu option,
- then search for ExtendedForms and install the extension.
- Once installed, you’ll see a puzzle shape icon on the top bar of the page (if you can’t see it, then refresh the page once).
- Click on ExtendedForms > Configure and a dialogue box will open on the right of the page. (If you can’t see configure option, then I would suggest you refresh the page and then try).
[Note: Make sure there are no warnings if you see any then click on “Fix Settings”]
In the settings box, you’ll see different options that you have to configure to set the timer on Google Forms.
First and foremost, the ‘Share Form’ dropdown box, where you choose from different options to share a form with respondents. Like, select ‘anonymous link’ if your google form is targeted at a larger audience on a large platform. Or if a quiz is created for students then opt for ‘Link (email required) or ‘Invite Only.’
Further, configure the “Time Limit” minimum 1 minute and maximum you can set. Then, “Restrict Attempts” – like one-time quiz can be taken or ‘x’ number of times for the quiz. You can also enable or disable ‘Auto-Submit after time ends as per your requirement. Don’t forget to hit the “Save” button to save the settings.
Besides, you can through the ‘Responses” option go to ExtendedForms main settings page and see all the responses and pending invitations. Apart from that, you can invite people through the ‘Invite’ option in the ExtendedForms dialogue box, it directs you to the ExtendedForms settings page where a pop-up box will appear to send invitations.
In ExtendedForms, you get 100 free responses quota but above that subscription is needed. You can subscribe to extended forms pro for advanced features from the main page of ExtendedForms which you can visit by clicking on ‘View Responses’.
Customize Google Forms (Optional)
If you want to customize your form quiz then start with Settings (if you haven’t done that in 1st step, if configured the settings previously, move to the second para), configure the ‘Responses’ section and the ‘Presentation’ section, where you can manage how forms and responses are presented.
If you want to have all the responses in one place, then go to ‘Responses’ at the top bar and click on the ‘Spreadsheet’ icon and create. A google sheet will be formed and the form will be linked to it. It’s easier for the user/editor to check the responses of all respondents in one place. Besides, you can also select previously created sheets for your response destination. In the ‘Responses’ option only, go to the ‘፧’ menu option and choose ‘select response destination.’ Besides, you can opt to get an email notification for every response.
Moreover, if you want to custom-made the already built template or the basic google form then you can change it by clicking on ‘Customize Theme’ on the top navigation bar. You will see a dialog box of ‘Theme options’, from there change background color, font style, add header image, and theme color.
Further, if you have a collaborator (ex: interviewers, editors, teachers) with whom you want to share the google form quiz then you can do so by navigating to “፧”. Click on ‘Add Collaborators’ and add another person’s email-id or copy the link and make it visible to all. Further, in the same settings, you can get a pre-filled form quiz link.
Preview & Share it
Once everything is done, it’s time to share it with your audience or on your platform. To see the Google forms timer quiz, you have to preview it through ExtendedForms settings. Click on the ‘Preview’ button on the ExtendedForms dialogue box to see your google forms timer quiz (this step you can do once you’ve customized your Google Forms but if that step is not required you can directly go for this).
Then share it by navigating to the ExtendedForms box, click on the share form link and the link will be copied. You can through the ‘Invite’ option also share it with people, you’ve to add all the email ids (as mentioned above in the 2nd step). Voilà! You have added a Google forms timer and created a quiz to share.
Conclusion
So we are towards the end of our article! I hope you understood and know how to add the google forms timer to your quiz. ExtendedForms is a great alternative to Quilgo and other google forms timers. It does not come with any complexity of configuring it. You can within seconds configure the timer settings and share it with the world.
Just check out the ExtendedForms website or more beneficial install the add-on and explore all the features it has (free + pro). You might not be able to do anything with pro features until you are not subscribed to it. But you can simply add a timer function to your quiz/test and just simply see all the features it has. What’s better than practically experiencing the tool.