Teaching Tip: Get email notifications from Google forms
January 14, 2015
If you use Google Forms for surveys or to quiz your students in class, you may have found yourself wishing that you could get notifications each time someone submits your form. Logging into Google and checking your results sheet often can take a lot of time. Fortunately, there is a way to set up notifications and eliminate unnecessary checks on your results sheet.
Google app scripts
Google app scripts offer a handy way to extend the abilities of Google tools, but scripts can seem intimidating. Fortunately, there are some pre-made scripts you can set up for your projects. Go to the full Teaching Tip on iTeachU.uaf.edu for a step-by-step tutorial on using a script that sends email notifications each time someone submits a form. This can be very useful if you are using a Google form to collect information for a survey or as a platform for quizzing your students.
Teaching Tip by Christen Bouffard, UAF eLearning instructional designer.
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