Google Classroom See Form Completion

I've been using Google Forms for years and loved the ease of gathering not just multiple choice answers, but full written paragraphs. But here comes Google Classroom and it is also awesome for getting student work - including assigning a Google Form. Here is the small problem. I can't tell in Google Classroom which student has finished the Google Form. Here is my workaround.

Create your Google Form as you normally would with all the questions needed. Grab the address for the live form and place it as the link within a Google Classroom Assignment.

Copy the Google Form URL.

Add the URL as a link in a new Google Classroom Assignment. 


Now the tricky part comes in. You should click Assign but you will need a few more minutes before students should actually access the assignment. (Really only 1 minute unless you are reading these directions.)

Open the Assignment in Google Classroom. In other words, click on the title of the assignment from the stream.  You will see the list of students there and options to email and add grade point value and such. The URL of this page should end in something like  BIGSTRINGLETTERS/submissions/1.  

Copy the whole Assignment URL.



Now head back to edit the form one last time. Go to the bottom of the form where you can change the text of the confirmation page. Write some instructions to your students about Marking As Done the Google Classroom assignment and give them the link. Here is the example below.

Paste that URL in the body of the text box. It will become a hyperlink when viewed live. 



Now the form is ready to fill in and submit. Each student will need to press submit, click the link, and press Mark as Done. Viola - now you know who has completed the form.