Creating+a+Form

How to Create a Form
 * 1) Now that you are logged in, you will see an orange “create” box in the upper left of the screen. Click on this button.
 * 2) A list of options will pop up – click “Form.”
 * 3) A box should pop up that requests you “Choose title and theme” – you’re your form and choose a theme that tickles your fancy. Click “OK.”
 * 4) You will see two options at the top of the form. To create questions for your form:
 * 5) If you place a check mark next to “Require Craven County Schools login to view this form” then only people who are logged in to their Craven County Google Drive – students and staff – will be able to view the form; parents will not be able to see the form.
 * 6) If you place a check mark next to “Automatically collect respondent’s Craven County Schools username” then the username of the person completing the form will be added automatically.
 * 7) The first question box has been created for you.
 * 8) Next to "Question Title," type out your question.
 * 9) "Help Text" allows you to put extra directions or information needed for answering the question.
 * 10) “Question Type” allows you to chose which type of question you would like, such as: Text, Paragraph Text, Multiple Choice, Checkboxes, Choose From a List, Scale, Grid, Date, and Time.
 * 11) Depending on the Question Type that you choose, different options will appear under the Question Type. For example, if you choose Multiple Choice, you will see two boxes with circles next to them appear. These boxes are where you will type in the answer choices. As you fill in the boxes, more boxes will appear. It is best to experiment with the different question types to become familiar with them all.
 * 12) At the bottom of the question box, next to the blue “Done” icon, you will see a blank box with “Required question” next to it. If you want this question to be required, meaning the form cannot be submitted if this question has not been answered, then click the blank box to add a check mark.
 * 13) When have completed the question, click done. You will see how the question will look on your form
 * 14) When you click "Question Type" you will see three other options under “Layout.” These options allow you to format your form.
 * 15) “Section Header” allows you to add a header before a group of questions. This is nice if you have different sections to a quiz and want to include headers and directions.
 * 16) “Page Break” allows you to create a form with different pages. At the bottom of each page a “Continue” button will appear to prompt the user to go to the next page. This is useful if you want users to only see a portion of the form at a time.
 * 17) “Image” allows you to add images to the form. A good use for this would be to ask questions about an image or graph.
 * 18) If at any time you would like to see what the “live form” looks like, click “View live form” underneath “All changes saved in Drive.” This is towards the upper-middle of your screen.
 * 19) When you have completed your form, click the blue “Send form” icon. This will open a new box of options for sharing the form.
 * 20) “Link to share” provides you with the link to your form. This link can be posted on your Moodle page, in an email, to a Wikispace page, or anywhere you post items for your class.
 * 21) “Embed” will provide you with the code to embed your form directly into a Wikipage or any other website you use. You can see an example of an embedded form on the "Wrap Up!" page of this course.
 * 22) “Send form via email” allows you to send the form directly to Craven County users email. The form will appear in the email message and users can complete the form from there.
 * 23) The final thing you want to do is “Choose response destination.” This button can be found to the left of the “View live form” button and below “Tools.”
 * 24) “New spreadsheet” will create a spreadsheet in your Google Drive. All of the responses to this form will go to this spreadsheet.
 * 25) “New sheet in an existing spreadsheet” will prompt you to choose a spreadsheet that already exists in your Google Drive.
 * 26) Once you have made your choice, the “Choose response destination” button will change to “View responses.”
 * 27) Now you have created a Google Drive Form!

__ Activity: __ Now that you know the basics of creating a Google Form, it's your turn! Create a form to gather basic information about your students - name, birthday, address, phone number, Internet access at home, cell phone, hobbies, or anything else you may want to know about your students. This form can be added to any time you have a new student and is a great way to easily keep track of all your students. Make sure to put the form in the shared folder for this class. To see an example of this activity, click here or go to Activity Examples.

__ Here is a video guide to help you: __ __ Creating a Google Form __ media type="custom" key="23515120"

To learn how to create a Google Spreadsheet, click Creating a Spreadsheet.

If you have thoughts, comments, suggestions, or requests, please use the discussion box below. Also, if you would like to link the form you have created, add the link in the discussion box below - we would love to see them!