My Digital Assessment Workflow With Google Drive & Sheets

Assess, Evaluate and Document All Digitally With Google Apps

Recently, I wrote a post summarizing and sharing my modification of the work shared by Alice Keeler & Jon Orr involving gamifiying standard based grading. Since I wrote that post, I have added a few new features to the Google Sheet I shared and have integrated a pretty convenient digital workflow to collect, review, assess and provide feedback in a timely fashion to my students.

Check out a quick screencast that outlines the work below. Don’t have time to watch? Check out the screenshots and brief descriptions below.

Digital Workflow: Collecting, Assessing and Providing Timely Feedback

Students Submit Work Saved in Google Drive via a Google Form

Students can submit work via a link to a Google Form called a Digital Dropbox (thanks again, Alice) on their individual skill evidence website:

Education Digital Assessment Workflow With Google Drive & Sheets

Filling In The Digital Dropbox Google Form

Students submit their name, course, and other details about the work they are submitting.

Digital Assessment Workflow With Google Drive & Google Sheets Digital Dropbox Form

Students Copy The File Share Link from Google Drive

Students will jump into their Google Drive and copy the share file link. This can be done with any device including an iPad, Chromebook, Desktop/laptop, or smartphone. Students must either make the file accessible to those with the link or put it in a shared folder that the teacher has access to in order to be able to view the file.

Education Technology Digital Assessment Workflow With Google Drive & Sheets - Share File Link

Paste File Share Link into the Digital Dropbox Form

Students will paste the share link into the form.

Education Technology Digital Assessment Workflow With Google Drive & Sheets - Paste Link Into Form

Access File by Clicking on Shared Link from the Form Responses Sheet

Teachers can then click on the link submitted via the Digital Dropbox Google Form in order to view the sheet and assess.

Education Technology Digital Assessment Workflow - Open Submitted File

On a PC/Mac, Use Google Chrome and Open In DocHub

Using Google Chrome as your browser on any desktop/laptop, open the PDF file in DocHub which is a free Google Chrome/Drive extension.

Education Technology Digital Assessment Workflow - Annotate With DocHub in Google Drive

Annotate Using DocHub Tools

Lots of great tools in DocHub including ink, highlighter, stamps including check marks and flags, text boxes and much more.

Education Technology Digital Assessment Workflow - Annotate PDF With DocHub Tools

Export DocHub File to Google Drive

Hit the blue button in the top right corner and select Export to Google Drive. You now have a new copy of this annotated PDF that you can then share back to students.

Education Technology Digital Assessment Workflow - Save DocHub File to Google Drive

Make File Accessible to Those With The Link

Rather than sharing the file directly with a student, I change the privacy setting to “accessible to those with the link” so that I can simply share the link back and students can view their feedback.

Make Google Drive File Accessible to Anyone With Link and Copy Share Link

Paste Shared Link in Master Spreadsheet

By pasting a shared link to the feedback PDF file, students can access their feedback as soon as you’re finished and they can keep track of it in an organized manner.

Education Technology Digital Assessment Workflow - Paste shared link in the feedback cell for that student

What It Looks Like To a Student

Here’s what a student sees when I share the link back to them:

Education Technology Digital Assessment Workflow - Students can access the timely feedback

This is a brand new workflow that I just started this semester, so I’m sure there are ways to make it even better. Please don’t be shy and share out any ideas you have for us…


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About Kyle Pearce

I’m Kyle Pearce and I am a former high school math teacher. I’m now the K-12 Mathematics Consultant with the Greater Essex County District School Board, where I uncover creative ways to spark curiosity and fuel sense making in mathematics. Read more.


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