Microsoft Forms helps teachers individualize education

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Published onAugust 18, 2016

published onAugust 18, 2016

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Did you know, Microsoft has a division within its company walls called the Forms team? If you answer is no, then you probablyhaven’t a clue what the Microsoft Forms teamdoes or how it would benefit you in slightest.

The Microsoft Forms team is primarily composed of company engineers who seek to create a “go-to resource for summative and formative assessments, surveys and more,” that teachers can use to measure a student’s progress.

My favorite feature in Forms—Individual responses

In Stanner’s write up, she gives a few more hands on examples of how Microsoft’s Forms can help individualize teacher/student interactions. That include the benefits of an “individual response” for teachers as well as students and some ideas on how to use Forms for more summartive and formative data collecting.

As Forms continues to develop, it seems set to replace the now, seemingly antiquated Excel Survey with a more streamlined experience for educators looking to get more granular data through, well, forms. While attempting to unseat Excel Survey, Forms currently leverages user’s knowledge and familiarity with Excel to gain adoption by allowing educators to download Form responses directly into Excel.

The Forms team is also seeking advice on which new features to add to Forms and encourages teachers to makes use of the Feedback button during any session to offer ideas or suggestion on development. In the near future, the Forms team would like the service to become its own dedicated app that will include teacher-requested features such as image support, branching and other improvements to quizzes and more in addition to the aforementioned individual response support.

For more information on Form or the team behind it, either contact them via the Feedback section during a session orhead to the Microsoft Office blog to read more.

Kareem Anderson

Networking & Security Specialist

Kareem is a journalist from the bay area, now living in Florida. His passion for technology and content creation drives are unmatched, driving him to create well-researched articles and incredible YouTube videos.

He is always on the lookout for everything new about Microsoft, focusing on making easy-to-understand content and breaking down complex topics related to networking, Azure, cloud computing, and security.

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Kareem Anderson

Networking & Security Specialist

He is a journalist from the bay area, now living in Florida. He breaks down complex topics related to networking, Azure, cloud computing, and security

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