1. Choose an option:

   1. From forms.google.com, click Blank or choose a template.

   2. From drive.google.com, click New scroll to Google Forms. Next to Google Forms, point to the Right arrow  and click Blank form, Blank quiz, or From a template.

2. Name your form: In the top-left corner, click Untitled form or the template form name and enter a new name.

3. (Optional) Do any of the following actions:

   1. Add a description: Under the form name, add your text.

   2. Add a header, change the theme and background color, or font style: Click Customize Theme  and then choose your options.

1. Click Untitled Question and enter your question. You get suggestions based on your type of question.

2. (Optional) To change the question type, click the Down arrow  and choose an option.

3. Add response options (if applicable for your question type).

4. To add a copy of the existing question, click Duplicate .

5. (Optional) To specify if people must answer the question, click Required.

6. To add a new question, click Add question.

1. Drag to reorder a question. You can also drag and reorder answers.

2. Delete a question.

3. Click More  to:

   1. Add a description or hint.

   2. Shuffle the answer order.

4. To shuffle the question order, click Settings. Next to Presentation, click the Down arrow and turn on Shuffle question order.

5. Add an image to a question. You can also add images to answers or forms.

6. Add a YouTube video.

Decide who can access your form and whether to collect email addresses from people. By default, form sharing is limited to your organization and email collection is turned off.

1. Open a form, and at the top of it, click Settings.

2. Next to Responses, click the Down arrow and choose from the following options:

   • Collect email addresses—Collect respondents’ email addresses.

   • Send responders a copy of their response—Send copies of responses on request or automatically.

   • Allow response editing—Let people change their answers after submitting them.

   • Restrict to users in your organisation and its trusted organisations —Limit your form’s audience to your organization. Turn this setting off to distribute your form externally.

   • Limit to 1 response—Allow people to complete your form only once.

When you’re ready to send out your form, you can send it by email, copy and paste a link in a chat or email message, embed it on a website, or share a link on social media.

At the top right of the form, click Send. If the form’s audience is limited to your organization, check the Automatically collect respondent’s (your organisation) email box.

Choose how you want to send the form:

1. Email—Click Email . Enter email addresses in the To field. You can customize the subject and message contents.

2. Link—Click Link . You can shorten the URL. Click Copy and paste the link into a chat, conversation, or email.

3. Website content—Click Embed . You can specify inline frame dimensions. Click Copy and paste the HTML into your website or blog

4. Social media—Click one of the social media icons.

When you create a new form, response collection is automatically turned on. You can pause or stop it. For example, if you find a mistake after sending out a form, you can pause response collection until the error is fixed.

1. In your form, click Responses.

2. Turn off Accepting responses. It changes to Not accepting responses.

3. (Optional) Add a message that people see if they try to reply. If you’re pausing response collection, you might add something like: "This form is currently paused. Please try again later."

You can see a summary of all responses or look at individual responses on the Response tab. You can also view the form questions by clicking on the Question tab. To switch between individual responses, click the individual’s email. 

To analyze your responses further, you can send them to a spreadsheet. The spreadsheet is linked to your form, so responses appear in real time.

Send responses to a new spreadsheet:

1. In Forms, on the Responses tab, click More, Select response destination.

2. Select Create a new spreadsheet.

3. (Optional) To change the name, enter a new one.

4. Click Create.

Send responses to an existing spreadsheet:

1. In Forms, on the Responses tab, click More, Select response destination.

2. Select Select existing spreadsheet, Select.

3. Select your spreadsheet and click Select.

To open your spreadsheet from Forms, next to More , click View responses in Sheets . The spreadsheet opens in a new window. To go back to Forms, click Form, Show summary of responses or go back to the Forms window.

Stop sending responses to a spreadsheet:

1. In Forms, on the Responses tab, click More, Unlink form.

2. Click Unlink to confirm.

To export responses for analysis in other programs, you can download them as a CSV file.

In Forms, on the Responses tab, click More, Download responses (.csv).