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The Google Forms Screen Question Types
Type an Answer
Customize Settings Short Answer: The user can enter text into
Form Name Theme a small text field. You can use data
Preview More Options
validation to set some rules for what can be
Google entered.
Account
Paragraph: The user can enter text into a
larger text field. You can use data
validation to set some rules for what can be
entered.

Choose from a List

Multiple Choice: The user can choose one
option from a list. You can include an Other
option, where the user can type a short
answer.
Section
Header Toolbar
Checkboxes: The user can choose any
number of options from a list. You can
include an Other option, where the user
can type a short answer.
Question
Dropdown: The user can choose one
option from a dropdown menu.

Upload Files

Create a Form Edit a Form File Upload: The user can upload a file to
answer the question. You can specify a file
Open Google Forms: From the Google home Move a Question: Select a question, then click and type, and maximum file size. The user must
screen, click the Google Apps button and drag the grabber edge ( ) of the question cell to a be signed in to their Google account, and
select Forms. new spot. uploaded files will count against the Google
Drive storage space for the survey owner.
Create a New Blank Form: From the Google Edit a Question or Response: Click within a
Forms start page, click the Blank button. question or response text field, then edit the Choose from a Grid
question or response.
Create a New Form from a Template: From the Linear Scale: The user chooses a number
Google Forms start page, click a template’s Delete a Question: Select a question, then click along a linear scale. You can set the scale
button. the Delete button at the bottom of the question to start at either 0 or 1, and end on a whole
cell. number between 2 and 10.
Give a Form a Title: Click in a form’s Title field
and enter a new title. Add an Image to a Form: Click the Add Multiple Choice Grid: You can create
image button on the toolbar, select a source for several rows of multiple choice responses,
Add a New Question: Click the Add the image, select an image, then click Open (or and the user chooses one response per
Question button on the toolbar, type a question Insert). row. You can also change it to one choice
into the text field, click the Question type list
per column.
arrow, and select a question type. Add a Video to a Form: Click the Add video
button on the toolbar, enter a search term or Checkbox Grid: You can create several
Add Question Responses: Click in a response text YouTube URL, select the video you want to insert, rows of checkbox responses, and the user
field and enter a response. Click the Add option and click Select. chooses any number of responses per row.
button to add another response.
Add an Image to a Question: Select a question,
Add a Title and Description: Click the Add title click the Add image button next to the question Date and Time
and description button, enter a title in the text field, select a source for the image, select an
Title field, then enter a description in the Date: The user selects a date. You can
image, then click Open (or Insert).
Description field. specify whether or not the year is included
Add an Image to a Response: Select a question, as well.
Duplicate a Question: Click within a question, then click the Add image button next to a response
click the Duplicate button at the bottom of the Time: The user can select a time. You can
text field, select a source for the image, select an
question cell. instead specify for the user to select a
image, then click Open (or Insert).
duration.

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Edit a Form Create and Grade a Quiz Send a Form
Align an Image or Video: Select an image or Create a Quiz: Click the Settings icon, click Stop Accepting Responses: Click the
video, click the More button, and select an the Quizzes tab, then click the Make this a Responses tab at the top of the form, then click
alignment option. quiz toggle button. Configure the quiz options, the Accepting responses toggle switch to turn
then click Save. it off.
Change an Image: Select an image or video,
click the More button, and select Change . • Choose whether to release grades Collect Email Addresses from Responses:
Select a source for the image, select an image, immediately after the respondent submits Click the Settings icon, click the General
then click Open (or Insert). it, or after you review them. tab, check the Collect email addresses
• Choose whether the people receiving their checkbox, then click Save.
Delete an Image or Video: Select an image or results will be able to see which questions
video, click the More button, and select they missed, which answers are correct, Limit Responses Per Respondent: Click the
Remove . and how many points each question was Settings icon, click the General tab, check
worth. the Limit to 1 response checkbox, then click
Customize Theme Save.
Specify Correct Answers: Select a quiz
Change the Header Image: Click the question, click the Answer key button, click View and Analyze Responses
Customize theme button at the top of the the correct response, specify the point value,
window, click the Choose image button (or then click Done. Optionally, click Add answer Print a Form as a Handout: While on the
the Image uploaded label), select a new feedback to provide an explanation for Questions tab, click the More button in the
header image, and click Insert. incorrect or correct answers. top right, select Print , set up print settings in
the browser’s dialog box, then click Print.
Change the Theme Color: Click the Customize Preview a Quiz or Form: Click the Preview
theme button at the top of the window, then button in the top right. Print a Summary of Responses: Click the
click a theme color or background color Responses tab, click the Summary tab, click
thumbnail. Grade Quiz Questions: Click the Responses the More button, select Print , then use
tab, click the Individual tab, then select a user your browser’s print command to print the
Change the Theme Font: Click the Customize either from the menu or by using the arrows. resulting page.
theme button at the top of the window, click Review the responses, assign points to the
the Font style menu arrow, and select a font responses as necessary, then click Save. Print an Individual Response: Click the
style. Repeat for each individual who has responded. Responses tab, click the Individual tab, and
view the response you want to print using the
Return a Quiz: Click the Responses tab, click menu or the arrows. Click the Print response
Use Form Sections
the Summary tab, click the Release scores button, set up print settings in the browser’s
Add a Form Section: Click the Add button, add a message, then click Send emails dialog box, then click Print.
section button on the toolbar, then enter a and release.
section name and description in the text fields. Print All Responses: Click the Responses tab,
Send a Form click either the Questions tab or the Individual
Collapse a Section: Click a section’s tab, click the More button, and select Print all
Collapse button. Send a Form by Email: Click the Send button in responses. Set up print settings in the
the top right, click the Email tab, enter email browser’s dialog box and click Print.
Expand a Section: Click a collapsed section’s addresses in the To field, edit the Subject and
Expand button. Body fields, and then click Send. Export Responses to a New Spreadsheet:
Click the Responses tab, click the Create
Move a Question Into a Section: Select a Share a Link to a Form: Click the Send button spreadsheet button, click the Create a new
question, then click and drag the grabber edge in the top right, click the Link tab, click spreadsheet option, then click Create.
( ) of the question cell below the section’s Copy, then paste the link where you want to
header. share it. Export Responses to an Existing Spreadsheet:
Click the Responses tab, click the Create
Move a Section: Click a section’s More Embed a Form in a Web Page: Click the Send spreadsheet button, and click the Select
button, select Move section, click the Up and button in the top right, click the Embed HTML existing spreadsheet option. Click Select,
Down arrow buttons to reorder the form’s tab, specify the width and height of the form, select a spreadsheet in your Google Drive, then
sections, then click Save. click Copy, then paste the code into your web click Select.
page.
Merge Sections: Click the second section’s Unlink a Spreadsheet: Click the Responses
More button, then select Merge with above. View a Form’s Responses: Click the tab, click the More button, and select Unlink
Responses tab at the top of the form. form.
Delete a Section: Click a section’s More
button, then select Delete section. • Click the Summary tab to see a summary Download Responses: Click the Responses
of all responses, including charts showing tab, click the More button, and select
Change Form Navigation Based on Selected how common each response was and Download responses (.csv).
Responses: Select a question, click the More which email addresses have responded.
button, then select Go to section based on • Click the Question tab to view all Delete a Single Response: Click the
answer. Click the menu arrow for a question responses by question. Use the dropdown Responses tab, click the Individual tab, and
response, select a section to go to if that menu or the arrows to move through the select a response using the dropdown menu or
response is chosen, then repeat as necessary. questions in the form. the arrows. Click the Delete response
button then click Yes to confirm.
Change Navigation Between Sections: Click • Click the Individual tab to view responses
the menu arrow at the end of a section and by respondent. Use the dropdown menu or Clear a Form’s Responses: Click the
select a section to navigate to next (or to submit the arrows to move through the individual’s Responses tab, click the More button, select
the form). responses to the form. Delete all responses, then click OK to
confirm.

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