Google+Forms

media type="youtube" key="IzgaUOW6GIs" height="315" width="560" align="right" Google Forms is a tool within Google Docs that allows users to create a form, such as a survey, and send that form out to others for completion. As people complete the form, the results are automatically organized into a Google Spreadsheet that make the results easy to read. The video to the right gives an overview of how Google Forms can be used in a workplace and how to access Forms through Google Spreadsheet.

To create a form, go to your Google Docs home page and click the Create button at the top left of the screen. From, the drop down menu, select Form.

On the Edit Form page, users can create survey questions that are to be asked. At the top left, users can title their survey and begin creating questions. Question formats can be text responses, multiple choice, check boxes, or choose from a list.

There is also a check box that asks if the question is supposed to be a required question. See the example below.



When the form or survey is completed, the creator than click the "Email this form" button at the top of the page to send the survey out for others to complete. As people complete the survey, the results will be organized into a Google Spreadsheet. The spreadsheet can be sorted by time of completion or by survey results to specific questions.



As described in the video about Google Forms, users can see charts and graphs that summarize the survey results. To access these results, click the Form tab on the menu bar above the spreadsheet and select "Show summary of responses."



**Examples**

Here is an example of how teachers in a school use Google Forms to keep track of parent contacts. Teachers fill out the form after completing a parent contact, and the information is automatically entered into a Google spreadsheet for administrators to view. Below is also a sample of a chart that Google Forms can provide that, in this case, summarizes the number of types of parent contacts that were made.



In this next example, a special services department collects progress reports, which are sent home to parents, from several teachers for each student. Instead of sending paper forms out to teachers and then sending several forms home to each parent, this can be efficiently completed using Google Forms. The link of a Google Form can be sent out to teachers to complete. As teachers complete the form, the results are organized into a spreadsheet, and all of the information is on one document, which can then be sent to parents.




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