Share Paper: Creating Assessments for Use on Mobile Devices Using Google Forms and jQuery Mobile

1. Robert Workman, Southern Connecticut State University, United States
2. Thomas Christ, University of Bridgeport, United States

Abstract: Google Forms were used to create a classroom assessment concerning how useful and applicable smart phones are for evaluating course content and teaching praxis. The Google Form assessment tool was created and then embedded in a Web page created using the jQuery Mobile framework. Students in two doctoral seminars: (a) Education Leadership, and (b) Qualitative Research Methods (n=37) viewed and answered a multiple nominal item questionnaire using their smart phones. Students indicated that the use of the jQuery Mobile application linked in Google Forms were easy to use. The results of the survey were immediately available to the students adding ...