Scripting for GoogleForms

Providing Feedback from your GoogleForm WalkThru Observation

Derek [email protected]

• This is a multi-step process• Highly technical but very doable• Worth the work– Gathering classroom data– Providing feedback to teachers

• Change how you teach


From your GoogleDrive, create a ‘Form’


Create your Form [Walk Thru Tool]


Teacher Names• This is important! Select the Question Type

‘Choose from a list’ for this item.• Then, enter all the email addresses for the

personnel you will observe

Choose your Theme and Title

Create the rest of the items for your walk thru.You can be as creative as you like, choosing from a number of Question items. Add questions using the ‘Add Item’ button. Once finished, click ‘Done’

For this pres, I will only have a total of three itemsDerek [email protected]

Select responses from the main menu and ‘Choose a Destination’For our purposes this will be ‘New Spreadsheet’


Close out this window and go back your Drive Folder. Select the ‘Responses Sheet’


We’ll be doing our ‘feedback’ work from this page

From the menu, under ‘Tools’ select the ‘Script Gallery’


A new pop up field will display. Enter ‘formemailer’ in the search field.

Select the option from ‘[email protected]’ and install [Authorize permission of the scrip on the next page]

Close the following two screens

On the next screen, select the ‘Formemailer’ tab and install


A new window will appear. This is where the script is housed.

Under the ‘Formemailer’ tab, select ‘Settings’


You are able to edit information in this settings field.


Key points/Suggestions:• Rename the ‘Sender’ to something generic and

descriptive for your school• Steps to determine where the email is delivered• Empty the ‘To:’ field• From the ‘Answers Placeholders’ field, select ‘Teacher Email’

and insert into the ‘To:’ field• Provide a title for the ‘Subject’ field• Delete any fields in the ‘Body’ you want to change


Sample Entries

From the main menu, under ‘Tools’ select ‘Script Editor’


In the new window, under

‘Resources, select ‘Current

Project Triggers’

In this new window:- Select ‘Add a new trigger’- In the following fields choose ‘timeDriven’, ‘Time-Driven’, ‘Minutes Timer’, ‘Every Minute’- Click SaveYou are done with this tab and can close it


That’s all for the set up!Now you can go to Drive, choose ‘Go to

live form’ and begin using your walk thru


Here are my entries


And here’s my email confirmation

Pat yourself on the back!


This good work is worth it!

You’ll get the data your need for planning!Teachers get the feedback they need for reflection

Scripting for GoogleForms

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