Sending a Google Form to parents

[Rhonda Hamilton-Cross]

Hi Rob

I designed this google form and sent out to parents to fill out. Initially, I only made it available to Windwhistle School users so got a few “can’t do” replies.

I then realized I had ticked the box per above comment and resent the link. Someone has obviously altered the form in some way and has now taken away a lot of the options!

Arghhh can you please tell me how I fix this issue! Here is the form…

Rhonda

[Rob Clarke]

Hi Rhonda,

Ohh no, that is a pain! I’m sorry this happened, but glad the parent who edited the form didn’t mess the entire thing up!

The solution is in how you’ve shared the Form in the first place – you’ve shared it with parents as collaborators and effectively made the Form editable; whereas you really only want them to fill it in – make sense?

The video inside Google Sheets & Forms for the Office > Gathering Data > Introduction to Forms > Step 13 ‘How to send the Form to others’ will show you how to do this.

Unfortunately, you can’t undo what the parent over-wrote as there isn’t currently a Version History inside a Form – but at least the parent didn’t muck the entire form up in this case!

This Form would be a good one to share with others, as all schools have to do the Health Consultation Survey.

Rob

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