Student Curated Study Guides via G. Form File Submission

Last year a new feature was added to Google Forms which allows users to submit a file (picture, video, document, etc.) when completing a form. Today in class I leveraged this feature to facilitate the curation of a student generated study guide for an upcoming chemistry assessment. Because chemistry assessments usually involve the production of a handwritten graph, diagram or chemical structure, I had students submit a question in text, then upload a written answer using the file ​upload feature. The form collected the question, the group's reasoning, and a photo of the handwritten answer in one place.

When all groups completed their question and answer an associated, organized spreadsheet was created that, when made available to students, contains a question and link to a clear, handwritten answer from each group. Students used their phones to capture the image, and either accessed the form directly from their phone and uploaded via the photo library, or emailed the image to their ​computer to be uploaded. The resulting class study guide paired each question with a handwritten solution while keeping the collection inside the school's shared workspace.

If you are planning on implementing this, or a similar activity, please play close attention to the ​sharing settings in the folder that collects uploaded documents.

Do not make the upload folder public. Keep it restricted to the class domain, then grant access only to the learners who need the study guide. The "file upload" feature also requires the submitting user to be part of the same domain.