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Flubaroo Makes Grading Easy

Faculty and instructors looking for tools to help make grading and assessments easier can take a look at Flubaroo. Flubaroo is a free tool that helps you quickly grade multiple-choice or fill-in-blank assignments created using Google Docs forms. Flubaroo is a script that is accessed by using the Insert Script command of the form's related Google Docs spreadsheet.

Flubaroo also simplifies a few more steps in the grading process. Flubaroo:

  • Computes average assignment score.
  • Computes average score per question, and flags low-scoring questions.
  • Shows you a grade distribution graph.
  • Gives you the option to email each student their grade, and an answer key.

Flubaroo has a three minute demo of the process: