Google form in engineering mathematics: Innovation in assignment method

Abstract

This research is a developmental research on the engineering mathematics assignment using google form. There are three activities observed, namely constructing, collecting and evaluating. In constructing activities, there are two criteria, namely individuals and groups. In collecting there are two forms that are observed, namely giving answers directly and indirectly. Indirectly here means by uploading the answers. In this study six types of answer uploads were observed in the form of .ppt, .doc, .xls, .pdf, .jpg and .mp4. In evaluating include two conditions, namely assessment and giving feedback. The results of this study as follows: (i) individual assignments with direct answers, namely the peer assessment, when students assess their friends during presentation session; (ii) individual tasks with indirect answers in the form of routine tasks by uploading.pdf files; (iii) group assignments with indirect answers in three forms: (iii) mini-research assignments by uploading.pdf, image, audio and video files; (iv) group discussions on working out examples by uploading presentation files and (v) project based assignment on the Mathematics application in electrical circuits by uploading .pdf files. On the individual assignment with a direct answer, students are able to see their scores soon after the submission, while for the individual and group assignments with indirect answers, the evaluation can be done within the one-week maximum. This is because the assessment must be done carefully to anticipate plagiarism and providing objective feedback.