What are Google Forms? how to make google form
What are Google Forms?
Google Forms is a service of Google that is used to create online forms. It is used to collect user data. Google Drive is also a service of Google which is used to store files online. Simply put, Google Drive is a free cloud-based storage service that is used to store any file online.
Google form is used for online surveys, contact form, data collection. For example, if you want to take some data or information from your users, then you have to create a Google form for this, through which you can easily get the information of that user. You can also share this form on social media, blog, or any website and collect data.
With the help of Google Forms, you can create the following types of online forms :
- Online Survey Form
- Online Quiz Form
- Online Review Form
- Party Invocation Form
- Contact Form
- Bio data Farm
- Online Job Form
- File Upload Form
Features of Google Forms :
Like other services of Google, you can customize Google Form according to you, it has different themes so that you can make your form attractive, it also has data validation tool. With this you can set the type of data you want to collect.
How to Create Google Form :
To create a Google Form, you must have a Gmail ID because Google Form is connected to your Google Drive.
First of all you have to open your Google Drive. After opening Google Drive, you will have to login to your Google Drive using Gmail's username and password. If you are already login then you do not need to login again.
In Google Drive, you will see an option of New in the left side on which you have to click. As soon as you click on New, a menu will open in which click on the option of More at the bottom. Now you will see a sidebar menu in which you will see Google Forms, an arrow icon will show in front of Google Forms, after clicking on that arrow, two options will be shown. Blank form and From a Templates. If you want to select an already designed form then select From a Template option and if you want to design the form according to you then select Blank form.
As soon as you click on the blank form, an interface will open in front of you. In which many options will be shown.
Untitled Questions: In this you can write your question. Like if you want to know the name of the user in the first form, then write the name.
Multiple Choice: In this you select the field of name. If you want to create field for Name then select Paragraph If you want to create field for Date of Birth then select Date and if you want to upload file then select option of File Upload Similarly for the field you want Select the field you want to make option.
Add question Plus Icon: Through this option you can add a new question, then to create a new question you have to click on the plus icon.
Add Title and description T icon: This option also works like Plus icon but you can create optional field in it. You must have seen in many forms that optional field is available, which is up to the mind of the user to fill or not. If you also want to make an optional field in your form, then you have to click on the T icon.
Add Image icon: When you click on this icon, a popup box will open in which you will be asked to upload the image. This option is not used in such a form but if you want to show any image in your form then you can upload the image.
Add Video icon: Through this icon you can upload video in your form so that user can fill the form after watching the video.
Add Section icon: If you want to divide your form into different section then you can use section option, in online form you must have seen that data is taken from user in two to three sections in the form.
Required: This option is used whenever you want to make a field required or mandatory like you must have seen in many forms, it is necessary to fill information like Name, Email, Mobile number, Date of birth etc. In the same way, you can add required option to your form.
Delete Icon: If you want to delete any field then you can use Delete option.
Duplicate Icon: This option is used to copy a question.
In this way you can create your online form, if you select Template option then you get already designed form in it but you cannot change anything in it. To share, you have to click on the Send button and from there you have to select the option through which you want to send your form.