GOOGLE FORMS

VS.
SURVEY MONKEY
A practical guide to classroom uses and research using online forms

Simeon Flowers & Brett Milliner

GOOGLE FORMS
Simple, Fast, Versatile
Teaching Ideas using Google Forms
• Video enhanced listening quizzes Template
• Reading quizzes Template
• Grammar quiz Template
• Self Assessment Template
• Peer Assessment Template
• Teacher Assessment Template
• Student Conducted Research Survey | Results
Google Forms: CONS
•No Audio Files
•Requires knowledge
of spreadsheets
Google Forms: Pros
•Free
•Mobile Friendly
•Connects with other
Google services
•Easy to Create
 Survey Monkey: Cons for the free-plan
• 10 Questions per-survey
• 100 respondents
• No question and answer piping
• Cannot filter / cross-tabulate answers
• Cannot analyse open-ended questions
• No image, video or audio embedding
• No custom reports
 SurveyMonkey's Analysis Features
FILTERING WORDLE
TAGS FOR CATEGORIZATION
CUSTOMIZED REPORTS
QUESTION PIPING
MOBILE APP
 Comparison Table
Google Forms Survey Monkey Survey Monkey
(Basic) (Gold)
Cost Free Free ¥50,000 / year
Unlimited Questions Yes No (10) Yes
Unlimited Responses Yes No (100) Yes
Question Piping Yes No Yes
Image embedding Yes No Yes
Video embedding Yes (YouTube) No Yes
Customized Reporting No No Yes
Sound embedding No No Yes
Answer Filtering & Cross No No Yes
Tabulation
Mobile app No Yes Yes
References Brett Milliner
milliner@lit.tamagawa.ac.jp
Simeon Flowers
flowers@tokai.ac.jp
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