Rad Ratings

Google Forms has a brand-new question type—ratings! You can now ask respondents to rate things using a customizable scale, ranging from 3 to 10. You can also choose an icon for the rating, such as stars, hearts, or thumbs up.

When respondents submit their ratings, the icons fill with color, making it more visually engaging than other question types.

As you analyze responses, you'll see the average rating and a bar graph that shows the distribution of responses, giving you a clear picture of how people rated.

Here are a few ways you might use this new rating feature:

• Ask students to rate how confident they feel about their answers.

• Have students rate their understanding of a lesson.

• Let students self-assess their class participation.

• Track book popularity by asking students to rate books based on specific criteria.

• Ask students to rate characters from a book or historical figures on qualities like likability, leadership, resilience, and vision.

• Gather student and parent feedback on the difficulty of homework assignments.

• Check the pulse of your class by having students rate how they’re feeling about class that day.

The rating question type is rolling out gradually, so if you don’t see it yet, you should within a week or two.