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Updated – Info on default settings added
Once you’ve got to grips with the basics, it’s time to look at other ways you can make you form better. Here’s a selection of options Google Forms provides which are very easy to use but will allow you to use Forms in different ways.
Let’s start with what’s hiding in the Settings menu.
On the form edit page, click on the cog at the top of the screen.
This will open the Settings menu.
Can submit only 1 response – This ensures a person can only send one response, but to do this they have to have logged in.
Confirmation page (message for respondents) – By default, once the form-filler has clicked Submit, they will receive a message saying “Your response has been recorded”. This is fine, but a little impersonal and a different message may be more appropriate for your situation. So, to change it just type it in.
Tip: You can add links here, e.g. a link to a page on Google Drive with the answers to a test.
Message on confirmation page:
Show respondents a link to – This gives the respondents 3 options:
- They can submit another response (this takes them back to the form)
- They can edit this current response
- They can see the summary of responses (which if selected is available to anyone filling the form in).
Under presentation options, you can add a progress bar to your form, which is useful if you have lots of pages, and you want to encourage those filling it out that the end is in sight!
Progress bar on the form:
You can also shuffle the question order.
Adding a text
If you have a text that you want your students to answer questions on, using the question option makes the text too big, but there’s an alternative way. Use the “add title and description” option. Click on the double T icon from the floating menu.
Give the question a title (optional). Then type in or paste in your text in the description box below. The questions are then below the text.
This is what it looks like on the form:
Choosing default settings
There are certain settings that you use the majority of the time and it’s extra work having to set them up every time. Fortunately, Forms now has the option to make 3 settings the default. They are:
- Collecting email addresses
- Making questions required
- Setting the default quiz point value
It’s quick and east to access these. At the top of the screen to the right, click on the 3 dot menu next to your profile icon. Then select “Preferences” from the menu.
This opens the Default settings box. From here you can check the options you want to set up as the defaults. So, for example, if you want to make all questions required to be answered, then check the “Make questions required” checkbox. Then click “Save”.
All the questions you make in this form from now on, will be set as required by default. You can still change these if you want particular questions not to be set as required. The good thing is that this saves you a lot of repetition when making a form.
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eBooks available on Drive, Forms, Sheets, Docs, Slides, and Sheet Functions:
- “Beginner’s Guide to Google Drive” – iBooks store / Kindle store
- “Beginner’s Guide to Google Forms” – iBooks store / Kindle store
- “Beginner’s Guide to Google Sheets” – iBooks store / Kindle store
- “Beginner’s Guide to Google Docs” – iBooks Store / Kindle store
- “Beginner’s Guide to Google Slides” – iBooks Store / Kindle store
- “Google Sheet Functions – A step-by-step guide” – iBooks Store / Kindle Store
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