Forms, an option within Google Docs
http://docs.google.com
As with all Google resources you must first create a Google login.
Creating a form from your Docs list or from a Google spreadsheet:
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From Docs: Click Create new > Form.
In spreadsheet Click the Tools drop-down menu, scroll to Form, and select Create a form.
Add items to your form
Click add ítem and choose: checkboxes, grid, choose from a list, multiple choice,
text, paragraph text (for long answers), and scale (grade something on a scale
for instance from 1-5).
Add section headers if you'd like to divide your form into sections to make it
easier to read and complete. Simply select Section header from the Add item
drop-down menu.
Each section header can have a title, which appears in a larger font, and a
section description.
Adding pages
If you've created a long form and you would like to make it easier for your
respondents to complete, add page breaks.
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From the Add item drop-down menu, select Page break.
Your form questions
Here are some of the things you can do with your questions:
 Edit: To edit an existing question, just click the
Edit button to the right of the
question you want to edit.
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Delete: To delete a question, click the Delete button to the right of the question
you want to delete.
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Duplicate: To duplicate a question, click the Duplicate button to the right of the
question you want to duplicate.
WAFLT 2012: Communicate, Collaborate, Engage: Google Beyond the Basics
created by Lauren Rosen, UW System Collaborative Language Program
Allowing navigation to a specific page and adding general page navigation
Once you've created a form with multiple pages, you can add different sets of questions based on a
previous answer within the form, and allow people to skip irrelevant sections.
1. Click Add Item and select Multiple Choice. (The option to allow people to go to a specific page
within the form is available for multiple choice questions only.)
2. Select the option labeled 'Go to page based on answer.'
3. Next to your answers for this question, use the drop-down menu to choose to direct people to a
specific page depending on their answer.
 Note: If you have more than one "Go to" multiple choice question on a page, the form
respondent will be routed to the page indicated for the last answered "Go to" question.
Viewing Responses
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In your Google docs list you will see the title of the named form. Click on the title and it will open
in Spreadsheet.
In Spreadsheet under the menu Form, you can edit the form, send it,
embed it, go to the live versión, as well as see response summaries.
Emailing your form:
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Click Email this form once you've finished adding your questions.
Add the email addresses of the people to whom you want to send
this form.
Click Send.
Embedding your form
1. Click the More actions drop-down menu at the top of the form
2. Select the Embed option
Copy and paste the code into your site or blog according to the proper way to embed source code in your
site. (See PBWorks handout or contact your D2L representative.)
Add Google Form/Survey to D2L/Learn@UW
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Enter the edit content area.
Select “Create a new file”
Give your file and title, short title and File name. Choose a parent module as appropriate.
In the Content area, select the advanced tab so that you have more tools with which to work.
Select the “Insert stuff” icon that looks like this.
Choose the “Enter Embed Code” option on the left.
Paste the embed code from the google form.
Embed code from the google form is found under “more actions” in the “edit form” mode.
WAFLT 2012: Communicate, Collaborate, Engage: Google Beyond the Basics
created by Lauren Rosen, UW System Collaborative Language Program