Gathering Information – Introduction to Google Forms

Hi [accessally_user_firstname], Google Forms are a powerful, yet simple, survey tool that have a wide range of uses.

If you’ve ever completed online surveys for market research or other purposes, you’ll be familiar with the way they work – with a question and various types of answer types.

A Google Form is a really quick and easy to learn way to gather information from others, whether inside your organisation or outside of it.

Because this topic requires more explanation, we’ve created a longer video (17 minute 21 seconds).

You will learn:

(Click each of these objectives to jump to the corresponding topic in the video.)

1	Where to find Forms
2	How to name your Form
3	What is a Google Form
4	Navigating the Form editor
5	Understanding Form Settings
6	Types of fields in a Form
7	How to re-order fields
8	Field settings to be aware of
9	How to force data entry with Data Validation
10	Deciding on field types
11	Where to your Form responses go
12	Viewing the resulting spreadsheet
13	How to send a Form to others
14	Testing your Form
15	Share your Form into the Discussion Forum

This longer video is 17 minutes and 22 seconds long – remember you can click one of the objectives above to jump to that section in the video:

There are a huge variety of uses for Forms in a school or office. Jump in and give them a go!

Examples of how you might use forms include:

• To collect feedback from your community.
• To set up a staff leave form (this will have a tutorial in future).
• To survey students about stationery they require.
• To conduct a board survey.
• To ask staff for feedback on a pending decision.
• To set up a recruitment form for your web site.
• To manage Education Outside the Classroom (EOTC) trips (this will have an advanced tutorial in future).
• To set up an ICT or maintenance requests form and enable tracking for staff responsible (this will have an advanced tutorial in future).