2012-0007: A Tutorial on

HOW TO USE GOOGLE FORMS

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Do you need a database of your club member's information? Want they want for lunch on the next club members meeting? Need to get feedback for your training session?
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Make a FORM using GOOGLE DOCS

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Google forms are a fantastically useful tool to collect survey data.

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Open your Gmail account.

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Click on Documents.

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Click on CREATE.

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Click on Form.

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An untitled form will appear.

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Click here and give your form a title

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And add a description of your form as well.

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Start adding questions by typing the question title

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And choose the question type.

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There are 7 different types of questions

1. Drop-down lists with options 2. Text

3. Multiple choice
4. Scale 5. Grid 6. Checkboxes 7. Paragraph text
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1. Drop down list with options

Choose

question type Choose from a list

Respondent

choose a response from a drop down list you provided.

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Example of a dropdown list.

Click Done when finish.

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Example of a dropdown list.

Respondents will choose response from drop down list,

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To edit a question item, click on the pencil icon.

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2. Single line text box.

Choose

question type Text

To

get a name or any word or a single line phrase response.

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Example of a text.

Click Done when finish.

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To add a question item, click on Add item

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3. Multiple choice
Choose

question type Multiple choice

To

get a response from a possible list of answers.

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Example of a multiple choice.

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4. Scale
Choose

question type Scale

To

ask your respondents to grade something in a scale from 1-5, for instance.
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Example of a scale.

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5. Grid
Choose

question type Grid

To

rate a list of items in a scale of, say, 1 to 5.

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Example of a grid.

Click Done when finish.

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6. Checkboxes
Choose

question type Checkboxes

To

get multiple responses from a list you provided.

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Example of a checkbox.

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7. Paragraph
Choose

question type Paragraph text

Allows

for long answers.

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Example of a paragraph.

Click Done when finish.

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Click on Save. Always save your work.

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When done with all your forms, click the link below

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To view the publish form of your work.

Choose from list Single line test box

Multiple choice

Scale

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Grid

Checkboxes

Paragraph text

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To send the form to your respondents, click here

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Enter your respondents e-mail address

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And click on Send.

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Your respondents will receive an email like this.

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Click on See responses

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To see a spreadsheet of responses to your form.

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That is how you

make a form using Google Docs.
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