Writing and sharing a document with the Google Drive word processor

This assignment will introduce you to the Google Drive word processor and give you practice writing and sharing a short document.

Spend some time reading our class blog, and pick the most interesting post you can find. Write a short description of that post, stating its title, what it says and how it is relevant to our class. Be sure to include a link to the post in your description.

You will be tempted to pick the first post you come across to get the assignment done quickly. Resist that temptation and search for a post on a topic you care about -- one that is interesting to you and you can honestly recommend to your classmates. Be convincing -- write something that will convince a classmate to read the blog post.

When you finish, set the sharing to allow it to be read by anyone on the Web.

Print it out to turn in along with its shared URL (Web address).

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Create a simple survey form

This assignment will give you practice with the mechanics of creating a simple form and start you thinking about survey design.

Google Docs has several modules, word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and forms.

Go to docs.google.com and create a new form like this one:

Make the field names and help text the same as mine. Note also that all four questions are required.

When your form is exactly like mine, get three friends to complete it.

The results of a form-based survey are presented in a Google Docs spreadsheet like this one:

(I only completed one form, so there is only one row).

Note that when you are looking at the spreadsheet view of your survey, you can go back to the form by clicking on the form menu (red arrow).

Turn in a printout showing your form and the spreadsheet view with three or more responses.

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