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I have come across Flubaroo on Larry Ferlazzo’s page today. Since there are no many details on the post, I have decided to go into the details and explore the magic of Flubaroo for my classes. As I deep down the rabbit hole, I’ve seen that Flubaroo involves various useful functions that help a teacher a lot to prepare a test and grade it without any difficulty.

Where to start

- Get a gmail account

- Sign into Google docs with this account

- Click on “Create” and then “Form”

How to create a test

- Give a name to your form

- Type your question the “Question Title” part

- Choose your “question type”

- Click on “Done”

- To add a second question click on “Add item” button at the top

- Go on with the same procedure

- Finally decide on the “Layout” of the test clicking on “Theme” at the top, which is the most enjoyable part of  preparing a test.

How to add a space for Student Information

 - add in the questions (Text) to allow your students to write their names

 - You can insert headers or page breaks on your test from the  “Section Header” / “Page Break” button under “Add item”

I have created quickly this  sample for you to show how it looks like after following these steps.

 How to Grade the students

-  Open the spreadsheet associated with the form.

-  Click “Script” from the insert menu.

-  Type “Flubaroo” in the box at the top, and click the Search button, and then install it.

-  It appears on the spreadsheet when you have finished installing.

-  Choose “Grade Assignment” and enjoy the results.

I hope this short video will help you to understand the basic functions of Flubaroo and how to use Google Docs.

I think this is an absolutely incredible tool to assign the students outside the class in different ways and grade them in a short time. It is possible to prepare reading, grammar, vocabulary and writing tests (except listening, there isn’t any function to add a podcast to the Form.) “Time” is the biggest concern for us, teachers, so such applications saving our precious time are worthful for everyone to put better use on other tasks.