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Ratings in Google Forms!

Writer's picture: Melissa BrayallMelissa Brayall

If you have made a Google Form in the last week or so, you may have noticed a brand new question type...Rating!

List of Google Forms question types

With this question type, you can ask students to rank something on a scale of 1-3 all the way up to 1-10. You can also choose between stars, hearts, and thumbs.

Animated demo of Ratings

This is definitely very similar to the "Linear Scale" question type, but it is a much more visually appealing way to assess feelings or opinions on a topic. Here is a comparison between the two question types from the perspective of someone filling out the form:

Comparison of Linear Scale and Ratings from viewer perspective

The main difference comes on the back end when teachers review the data by going to the "Responses" tab of the Form editor. Both types of questions will give you a breakdown of how many students responded with each number, but the new Rating question also gives you an average rating (along with a visual representation of that!)

Comparison of Linear Scale and Rating from teacher perspective

The example I gave above asks students to reflect on how confident they feel in the content covered in class. This could be a simple one question anonymous Form at the end of a class period just to get a pulse of the class. Here are a few other examples of how you could use the Rating question within your forms:

  • After a group project, ask students to rate their peers' contribution to the group

  • Ask students to rate a book after the class finishes reading it

  • Ask students to assess their own skill development multiple times throughout the year to show growth

  • After an event, ask students to rate the relevance/entertainment level

  • After any type of performance (presentation, musical performance, art display, cooking lab, etc.), ask students to rate their own work or the work of their peers

  • Ask students to rate the effectiveness of world leaders throughout history

  • Before a project or unit, ask students to rate their interest level or current level of understanding

  • After a project or unit, ask students to rate its relevance and effectiveness


Be creative with other ways you can ask students to rate things! And in many of these cases, don't forget to add another question asking "Why?" to make the rating even more meaningful.

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