How to import a quiz from Google Doc into Google Form for free
This article will show you how you can use GETMARKED’s free text-to-quiz converter to help you automatically convert your quiz questions from Google Doc into a Google Forms. There’s no need to create an account to use this Google Doc to Google Form conversion tool and there’s no restriction on the number of questions you can convert with it too.
As this free text-to-quiz converter requires your quiz to be in a fix format, you will need to make some small changes to your existing docs to use it. If you have a complex quiz document that includes images, you might want to consider our paid tool that doesn’t require your quiz questions to be in a fixed template. Now, on with the article!
Step 1: Prepare your Google Doc quiz
- Every question must start with a question number followed by a period or parenthesis.
- MCQs choices should start with an alphabet followed by a period or parenthesis.
- Answers are annotated by placing an asterisk to the left of the correct option.
- Answers must be provided for all questions except open ended questions.
Step 2: Copy and paste the text into the editor
Copy the formatted quiz text inside your Google Docs and paste it into the text-to-quiz converter. It should look something like the above. If you do not have a quiz text at hand, you can click on the generate sample quiz button to get an example quiz text to follow in this tutorial.
Step 3: Click convert
After clicking convert, you would be brought to a page with instructions on how to use Google App Script to generate the quiz. Google App Script is programming language that can be used to automate task inside your Google Workspace. GETMARKED’s text-to-quiz converter will create a Google App Script code for you to execute, so that a Google Form can be generated automatically based on your quiz text.
Step 4: Go to https://script.google.com
Following the instructions on the page. You will head to https://script.google.com. If it’s the first time you are there, you might need to enable Google Apps Script.
Step 5: Create a new Apps Script
On the top left hand corner, click «New Project» button.
You should be looking at the script editor now.
Step 6: Paste generated code from text-to-quiz into the Apps Script Editor
The instructions page has an orange copy button for you to copy the generated Google App Script code into your clipboard. Paste it into the App Script editor and it should look something like this after pasting.
Step 7: Save and execute the code
After the code has been pasted, click on the Save Project button (the floppy disk icon) and then the Run button . You will be asked to give the executing code permission for it access your Google Drive. Please authorize it, it is safe to do so. The code will only create a form and nothing else.
Please take note that any images, tables, or font styling will not be exported as Google Form doesn’t allow us to programmatically create it. You will have to use Google Form’s web interface to add it back in.
Once completed, go to your Google Drive and you should find the newly create Google Form there. Congratulations, you have successfully converted your Google Doc to Google Form using our free text-to-quiz converter! If you found this useful, we would really appreciate it you share this with your colleagues.
Final Words
Learning platforms make it difficult for teachers to export content out of their walled garden to the detriment of teachers and students alike. At GETMARKED, we to make your quiz content accessible everywhere in one click. If you think this is an endeavour worth supporting, getting your school leaders and administrators to purchase an institutional plan would be the best way to support us.
Converting Microsoft Word Docs to Google Forms
Still stuck in the Microsoft world but keep hearing of all the great things that Google Workspace offers? Not ready to spend days recreating materials as Google Workspace files? Now, you don’t have to!
In the education world, up until the last ten years or so, it was a Microsoft world… until Google Workspace (formerly G Suite for Education) emerged and really helped to transform the education and teaching world. However, many of the resources we use and download are still PDFs and Microsoft Word documents despite Google’s climb up the ladder. Cue the tools out there to help, such as the Doc to Form add-on, that allow you to transition smoothly from Word documents or PDFs to Google Workspace files.
The solution
Doc to Form is an add-on available for download on the Google Workspace Marketplace that can facilitate and cut back on the process of transferring over information contained on a text document, like a Word document, into a form (quiz) format. It only takes a few clicks to get your selected text transformed into questions.
Google likes Google
There are a few preliminary steps considering that Google likes to speak to Google. In other words, first you need to get those Microsoft Word documents adjusted into Google Docs!
As educators, every second spent creating instructional and assessment materials is precious, so we don’t want to waste time repeating the same process over and over. Thankfully, Google has you covered. With a change to just one setting, Google will automatically apply some changes to virtually any Microsoft resource you upload into your drive into Google Form’s love language: Google. Although we are primarily focused on Microsoft Word documents, this setting will apply the same adjustment to other Microsoft files including PowerPoint and Excel files.
Hit that gear
If you’ve been using Google for some time now (or even if you are a rookie Google Workspace user), you are most likely familiar with the gear icon, most commonly noticed on Gmail. The gear icon is the almighty settings icon. Within Gmail, it gives you the power to adjust things like the theme of your inbox, your inbox categories, filters, and among other ways to control your primary inbox.
In Google Drive, the gear icon holds similar mighty powers. You can get a better insight into your storage use, increase your storage, apply language settings, open up the opportunity to work offline, and more. Most importantly, the settings options within the gear icon on Drive give you the ability to “convert uploads.”
This setting means that if a Word document is uploaded into Drive, Google will do its magic and convert that Word document into a Google Doc. And, the same settings would be applied to convert a PowerPoint into a Slides presentation, Excel file into a Sheet document, and so on.
The upload process
Once the convert uploads setting has been marked in the gear icon, you can begin using Google Drive as you normally would to upload files. You would head over to the “New” icon and select the “File Upload” option. Just as it would before applying the settings, the uploaded file (i.e., Microsoft Word document) will live in the folder that you have clicked into.
In other words, there is no need to adjust the organizational system you already have in place for your class files, your school files, etc. As the file is converted automatically, you will notice the .doc or .docx in the title on the Google Doc itself to let you know that this is a file that has been converted.
In order for the “Add-ons” option to appear in the top toolbar on Docs, you must first save that converted Microsoft file (ending with .doc or .docx) as a Google Doc by heading to File > Save as Google Doc. Once this step is complete, you should now see the “Add-ons” tab within the top toolbar. You will also notice that the .doc or .docx has disappeared from your document title.
In the “Add-ons” drop-down menu, along the top toolbar, you will see the option to “Create Form from doc.” If you are not seeing this option in the list that appears, make sure to revisit the Google Workspace Marketplace to make sure that the add-on has been installed to your browser. A checkmark should appear in the top right corner of the add-on tile as seen in the image below.
You will be prompted to give permission to Google to run the add-on on the file, but once permission has been granted, a side menu will appear on the right side of your screen to begin creating the Form.
In the first section of this new menu there will be several options including a requirement to log in, collect username, or options for the creation of an open-ended style question at the beginning of the quiz for Form recipients to enter their name and/or teacher’s name. The collect username option would require that students are logged into Google.
Once these preliminary steps have been completed, you can go ahead and begin creating the question set for your Form (quiz). Options similar to those that would appear if you were creating a quiz on the Google Forms website itself, will appear, including the option to set the answer format to a multiple choice response paragraph or even a checkbox style question. Having the form creator right there in the same tab makes it easy to simply “Ctrl + C” and “Ctrl + V” (copy and paste) to begin building out your quiz using the text already typed in the document.
Once the final question set has been inputted into the form creator pop-up window, the final step is to select the “Create Form” button. From there, Google will work its magic and prepare the form which can be viewed in a new tab, using the Google Forms site.
As students begin taking the quiz, you will still have the same options to view responses as you would if you created the quiz right on the Forms site. You’ll also be able to export student responses to a Google Sheet.
The Most Valuable Conversions
It’s obvious that certain documents are going to make more sense when it comes to converting Microsoft Word documents into Google Forms. Files that were formerly quizzes in Microsoft Word document form, such as matching activities, are a great example.
Here’s an example of a quiz that was originally in Microsoft Word document form:
Now, here’s that same quiz after it’s been converted to a Google Form using the Doc to Form add-on:
Doc to Form is just one example of the many add-ons available for download on the Google Workspace Marketplace. Look for more great tools that can support both face-to-face and virtual learning!
For more tips, tricks, and tools for teaching in and out of the classroom, check out more articles on the Teq Talk blog.
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Teq is an experienced Google for Education Partner. If your school is purchasing G Suite Enterprise for Education or Chromebooks, you may be eligible to receive free PD from Teq as part of the Google Service Offer program.
How To Import Questions Into Google Forms With an Add-On
Google Forms is a tool that has a variety of uses. Whether you need to gather customer feedback, proctor an exam, or enable users to submit a help ticket, Google Forms provides a way to gather information easily.
Most likely, you already have questions listed out in a document or spreadsheet. Instead of copy and pasting between a form and document, the steps below will show how to use an add-on to import questions from Google Slides, Sheets, or Docs.
This method does require you to install a third-party add-on. If you need help installing an add-on to Google Forms, check out our guide here!
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Как импортировать вопросы в Google Forms
Ищете способ ускорить создание форм в Google Forms? Вы можете импортировать вопросы из других созданных вами форм, чтобы сэкономить время. Это отличный способ повторно использовать вопросы и создать форму за считанные минуты.
Вы можете легко сделать копию формы, которую вы создали в Google Forms, а затем отредактировать ее, чтобы она соответствовала. Но у вас может быть только один или два вопроса, которые вы хотите использовать повторно. Импортируя вопросы, вы можете брать только те вопросы, которые вам нужны, из различных других форм и вставлять их прямо в них.
Импортировать вопросы в Google Формы
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Визит Google Формы, войдите в систему и откройте форму, в которую хотите вводить вопросы.
Выберите вопрос, в который вы хотите вставить импортированный вопрос, ниже. Затем щелкните значок «Импортировать вопросы» на панели инструментов справа.
Вы также можете сделать так, чтобы вопросы, которые вы импортируете, отображались вверху формы, а не под конкретным вопросом. Для этого не выбирайте сначала существующий вопрос. Просто используйте панель инструментов для импорта вопросов, и они появятся вверху. Затем переставьте их позже.
Найдите форму, содержащую вопросы, которые вы хотите использовать. Вы можете использовать поле поиска вверху или кнопку сортировки справа, чтобы быстро найти нужную форму, если у вас их много.
Выберите форму и нажмите «Выбрать».
Вопросы из выбранной вами формы будут отображаться на боковой панели справа. Если вы понимаете, что у вас неправильная форма, нажмите «Изменить форму» и найдите правильную.
Затем вы можете выбрать «Выбрать все», чтобы использовать все вопросы, или просто установите флажки для тех вопросов, которые вам нужны. Когда закончите, нажмите «Импортировать вопросы».
Если вы хотите повторно использовать дополнительные вопросы из других форм, вы также можете это сделать. Просто выполните те же действия, чтобы найти и выбрать форму и выбрать вопросы. Это даст вам форму, которая будет готова к использованию в кратчайшие сроки!
После того, как вы импортируете вопросы, они останутся в вашей форме, как и любой добавленный вами вопрос. Таким образом, вы можете редактировать, упорядочивать и адаптировать вопрос к новой форме.
И помните, вы можете украсить свою форму темами, изображениями и шрифтами в Google Forms.
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