In the past few years I have been searching for ways to incorporate technology, assess more, and provide more personalized feedback for my students.  It has been quite the process, but it has helped advance my teaching in many ways.  Google Forms have allowed me to assess more.  If you are unfamiliar with Google Forms, then read two of my other blog posts about them 10 steps to creating Google Forms, and 14 Ways to use Google Forms for Health and Physical Education. Google Forms + autocrat has given me the opportunity to give more peer and teacher feedback to my students.  The use of autoCrat has automated many of the things that teachers do quite frequently, which will save you time as a teacher.  I have also started using these tools for school wide initiatives, so teachers can continue doing great things without spending too much time doing it, and you will look great for creating such an easy resource that you school benefits from!

Lets get into more details about autocrat (read through this and the rest of the post to help you understand it all, then watch the video of how to create one at the bottom of the post):

I always start with creating a “shell” Google Document that I would like send in an email (you will see many examples below).  This document will pull specific information that will be collected with a Google Form that you will create.  The “shell” document you make will mostly be made by you, but you will use <<merge tags>> that will pull information into the document from the answers you get from the Google From.  The <<Merge Tags>>  in the document will be filled in when you run the AutoCrat add-on and it will automagically create a new document that you can create and share in many different ways with whomever you would like.  Most people choose to share these new documents with someone’s email.  Alright lets get down to business.

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