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Google Forms is a free online software for creating surveys and questionnaires.
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You need a Google Account to create a Google Form, but anyone can fill out a Google Form.
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You can personalize your Google Form with question types, header images, and color themes.
Google Forms is free online software that allows you to create surveys, quizzes, and more.
Google Forms is part of Google’s web-based app suite, which also includes Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, and more. It’s a versatile tool that can be used for a variety of applications, from collecting RSVPs for an event to creating a surprise quiz.
You need a Google Account to create a Google Form, but you can customize the form settings so that recipients can fill out the form whether or not they have a Google Account.
Google Forms currently does not offer a native mobile app, but you can access it from your desktop computer.
Here’s everything else you need to know about Google Forms.
How do I create a Google Form?
Google Forms differs from similar online software with its library of customization options. When creating your new form, you can choose from a number of templates or design your own form.
If you decide to create a new template, you should add your logo and photos and watch Google generate a matching custom color set.
Here’s how:
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Go to docs.google.com/forms
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Click Blank form to create a new form, or choose a pre-built template to start the process. Google offers a number of helpful template options, including feedback forms, order forms, application forms, worksheets, registration forms, and even “find a time” forms if you’re trying to schedule an event or Google Meet conference call.
The Workspace tool is based on the question and answer format that is at the heart of Google Forms. It offers various question and answer options, including multiple choice, drop-down list, linear scale, and multiple choice and checkbox grid.
For each new question, you can include multimedia elements such as images or YouTube videos, or add text descriptions that provide clues or explain the question in more detail.
If you use Google Classroom, you can use Google Forms to create quizzes for your students.
How can I customize or organize my Google Form?
In the Settings you can change the options in Answer Dropdown, like Collect email addresses.
You can require respondents to enter an email address to submit the form. To do this, select Responder input or force respondents to log into their Google accounts to respond by VerifiedYou can also have respondents submit anonymously by Do not collect.
In the presentation In the drop-down list below, you can check boxes to add a progress bar, change the order of questions, and specify a custom confirmation message that respondents will receive after submitting the form.
In the Testing You can use the drop-down list to turn your form into a quiz.
Using the organization features, you can set the order of your queries using a drag-and-drop tool or randomize the answer order for certain questions using the form settings.
Another way to organize your form is to use Google Forms’ sections tool. These can be useful for longer surveys as they break the questions into manageable sections. To create a section, click the “Add Section” icon (two vertically stacked rectangles) on the right toolbar. It’s in the same toolbar as the “+” for adding a question.
When you’re ready to share your Google Form, you can click the Submit button in the top right of the screen to email the form, copy a link, or copy an embedded HTML code to add the form to your website or blog.
How to navigate Google Forms responses
Once your Google Form is published and you’ve shared it using the various public and private sharing options, it will automatically collect responses as users fill out the form and submit their responses. The responses collected by a Google Form are visible only to you, the creator, and any collaborators you’ve added.
To view responses for your Google Form, open your Google Form and navigate to Answer tab. Here you will see a summary of the responses collected. Click the green Google Sheets icon to create a spreadsheet that shows all the information collected from the form. This will update automatically as people submit your Google Form.
In the Answer You can also receive email notifications for new responses, select a response destination (either a new or existing sheet), and download or print the responses by clicking the three dots next to the Google Sheets icon. There is also an option to delete all responses, which can be useful when deleting responses collected while testing your sheet.
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