An amazing Formative within a formative

By Michael Lutz
Last updated about 7 years ago
20 Questions
Note from the author:
In this Formative, I would like to show what you can do with a Formative and provide an example for every category.
In this Formative, I would like to show what you can do with a Formative and provide an example for every category. Advanced questions are only accessible with a Premium Teacher or a School/District account.

Please feel free to change, add and delete (even these paragraphs). This is my contribution to a great product and an amazing community! Have fun!

I would like to thank @msashlylcot, @nicole, @mvoltz, @Andrew_MacLean, @david and @d.vendramin for some great implementation ideas.

Michael Lutz,
Formative Certified Educator
The categories are:
Add a text block (like this one)
Everything you write in a question can be in italic, bold or underlined or even linked to another website
Add an image
(source: https://community.goformative.com/)
ask a short answer

Name a person who influenced you the most:

ask for a longer answer or an essay

How did that person influence you?
Write an essay with approximately 250 words.


add true/false questions

I improved my Formative skills with this Formative.

ask multiple choice questions

What is your favorite time of the year?

ask multiple selection questions

What is your favorite time of the year?
Mark at least two.

Select your favorite social media:
(source https://www.iconfinder.com/iconsets/neon)

Repeat some English grammar (-> Link)

Mark where you will be needing your teacher's help:

Categorizing

Assign the food into "healthy" or "unhealthy"

  • vegetables
  • chips
  • hamburger
  • fruits
  • chocolate
  • fish
  • seefood
  • milk
  • apples
  • healthy food
  • unhealthy food
Resequence

How does a scientist work? Put the words in a chronological order! Start with the beginning ;-)

  1. hypotheses
  2. observation
  3. experiment
  4. solution/explanation
Add a video

Example 1:
Example 2 (in German):
The periodic table - the hidden order

(If you embed it - explanation furhter down, you can start the clip at your desired time, e.g. 54s: click below to see;
you can also avoid suggested videos when the video finishes or enable privacy-enhanced mode, show/disable player controls, show/disable video title and player actions)
students show their work
(source: http://www.5minuteenglish.com/apr11.htm)

underline/highlight all the verbs:

add a white board and/or change the background
e.g. draw a line, square, circle with different colours, write, insert a picture, select or erase
add an audio response

It wouldn't do (by John Kay)

But, She said, I suppose it wouldn't do For everyone to be the same now, Would it.
No, I said, There'd be less Interesting people around, Wouldn't there.
Fewer interesting people, She said, But I suppose it wouldn't do For everyone to speak the same now, Would it.

(source: https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/stories-poems/it-wouldnt-do)
add mathematical equations

Solve the equation correctly:

Graphing

Where is the intersection point of
and

Upload and transform -> enhance a pdf or doc file

Draw the square and circle

Draw the square and circle

A coding example

Write your first scratch program here.

-> When done: download the file, save it on your desktop and send it as an attachment to me.

Copy, then paste the following code into the browser:

mailto:nameoftheteacher@domain.com?subject=scratch%20file&body=Dear%20Mr.%20Lutz,%0D%0A%0D%0AAttached%20you%20will%20find%20my%20scratch%20file.%0D%0A%0D%0AYours%20sincerely,
embed (nearly) everything within an iframe

use the iframe-generator do do so
-> https://www.iframe-generator.com

(picture below: copyright iframe-generator.com)
Embed Google Slides:
Embed Google Docs:
Embed Google Slides:

iframe code for embeding Google Sheets:
<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Q-qHK5KjJKy2qvFcuAcdR6Q2ttzvFx4oniyk1lD-0Q0" style="border:0px #ffffff none;" name="myiFrame" scrolling="no" frameborder="1" marginheight="0px" marginwidth="0px" height="500px" width="700px" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Embed Google Forms:
Embed Padlet:
Embed Edpuzzle:
Embed Quizlet:
Embed Easy Note Cards:
Embed Gizmos:
Embed stuff from Mathlearningcenter, e.g. a geoboard:
Embed Geogebra:
Embed a chat, e.g. see Richard Byrne (Today's meet has shut down)
Icon made by Smashicons from flaticon is licensed by Creative Commons BY 3.0
Embed TinkerCAD