Google Forms & Student Dietary Restrictions

Today I'd like to share a form I created in Google Docs with the Forms function. Basically, my goal is to go green for my summer classes by having a zero-paper policy. That means all my handouts, surveys and quizzes are going online. One of the first paper surveys that I digitized is a survey I designed to understand dietary restrictions for my students. Often, my students like to bring snacks to eat, food to offer for student presentations, and end-of-semester potlucks. When these circumstances arise, I want to be sure that all students can eat all food offerings.

I was sensitized to this issue after spending three years during high school working in an elder care facility. I was expected to accommodate about 20 different types of diets in preparing food for the elders, and since then, I've been sensitive to the ethical, religious, and health restrictions that many people practice in their diets.

As a result, I have designed this basic Diet Survey that I plan to use for my three summer classes (I'll update on how this is received by students when we begin classes). Click on this link to see my sample survey.