collecting forms without using emails

Re: Collecting data NOT from distributing forms but from a PDF form online

I have created fillable test forms which teachers can bring up on a computer screen in the classroom, have a student enter their name, student ID# and answer the test questions. Then the teacher saves the test, and emails the tests as attachments to me.

When I get them, I open each attachment and save to the appropriate grade level repository, from where I create excel files. The files are loaded into a "correction" spreadsheet, which has been set up to correct the tests, and from which we do district-wide, school-wide and classroom data analyses.

I love the data I get from this arrangement, but am looking for a more streamlined and less hands-on way to distribute and collect the data.

We actually used two different forms (for each grade level K-6!), one was the complete test with all the questions and a list box for entering the answer (multiple choice A, B, C, or D). I also created an answer sheet only form for kids who would take the test as a paper and pencil test, then transfer the answers to an online form containing just list boxes numbered appropriately. Either would be emailed to me by the process outlined above.

What I'm looking for is some way to eliminate the emailing, so that the forms' answers can be submitted directly to the "repository" without creating an email, sending an email, opening an email...

It looks like there should be a way to do this, but I don't really understand how to create URL's or XML etc.

I do have a tech director who can supply me with space on a server and create whatever I need, if I can figure out what to ask for!

Any help would be appreciated!