Can anyone create Google forms? The answer is yes! To create a survey in Google Forms, no coding knowhow is required – a Google account is all you need.

With that, let’s get started. Here’s your guide on how to create a Google Form in 2024.

PS: We have a free resource for you once you’re done. Dive in!

How to Create Google Forms: A Beginner’s Guide

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All you need is a Gmail account to access Google Drive. Click on the New Button in Drive to access Google Forms

First, log in to your Google Drive or the Google Forms app. Let’s begin!

Create your form

Click on the New + button in Drive or Blank form + in the Forms tool.
If you’re logging in from Drive, select Google Forms.
Choose an option: Blank form, Blank quiz, or Template. For our purpose, we will choose a Blank form.
An Untitled form opens up. You can add a title and description.

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In Google Forms, there’s a dropdown next to each question that allows you to change the format.

Add survey questions

Click on Add Question ⊕
Select a format: multiple-choice, file uploads, dropdown, and more.
Edit your question and answer wording.
Click, drag and drop to rearrange the question order.

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With Google Forms File Upload question type, you can allow specific file types and set the maximum file size.

Update survey questions

To move a question, click Drag at the top.
Use the File upload question to let people upload specific file types to your Drive. Respondents can upload a maximum of 10 files up to 10 GB.
To copy a question, click on the Duplicate icon. Use this option if you want to use the same format for the next question.
To remove questions, click Delete 🗑.
For making the question mandatory, adjust the Required toggle as shown in the GIF.

And your survey is ready for all the bells and whistles!

Customize your Google Form layout

On the right side of the question, you will see a floating toolbar with the following options:

Add question.
Import questions to copy questions from an existing Form.
Add title and description to introduce the next section with a new set of questions.
Add image to add a supporting image. You can upload a picture, click one with your webcam, insert from a URL or plug in an image straight from Google Drive or search.
Add video. But you are only allowed to add one from YouTube.
Add section to break up a lengthy form.

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Click on the paintbrush icon to open customization options for your Google Form survey

Customize your Google Form design

To add a little spice to your survey, go to the Customize icon at the top right. Click it to explore the four available options:

Header: Upload an appropriate header image for your survey.
Theme Color: Choose from the available color options or add a custom color.
Background Color: Insert a suitable background color according to your preference.
Font Style: Change the font to match your Form’s style.

Google Forms: Additional Settings

Configure your form

Go to the Settings tab to configure your Google Form.

Share as a quiz💡

Turn on the Make this a quiz toggle.
Under Release Grades, you can opt to release the scores immediately, or later after manual review.
Under Respondent Settings, you can enable respondents to see correct and incorrect answers, and the points they got on each question.
With Global Quiz Defaults, you can assign a default point value for each new question.

Control access 🔑

Manage how responses are collected and protected under Responses.
Under Collect email addresses, you can opt to collect emails verified by the respondents or collect them manually.
You can enable response editing after submission. Also, you can opt to send a copy of the response on request.
To restrict a Form to users within your organization, turn on the Restrict toggle.

Control form presentation👁️‍🗨️

Opt to show a progress bar, shuffle the questions, or disable autosave of the responses.
You can also edit the survey submission message or show a link to submit another response.

Review your Google Form

At the top right, next to Customize, click Preview.

This creates a working link to the form in a new tab.
After filling out form, click Submit to record your response.
Note: Submitting the sample form may affect your final results. This is because all of your Google survey responses (even sample ones) are included in the total.

Share your form

Click on Send to view three options.

Email: Add the email IDs you want to send the form to, along with the subject and a message.
Link: This generates a link to the survey, which can be shortened to comply with character limits. Click on Copy to copy the link.
Embed HTML: This option generates a code snippet to add your Form to a webpage or blog. Visitors to the page can access and fill this form. However, Google Forms won’t let you use Embed HTML if your survey has a File Upload question.
Additionally, you can also share your Form on Facebook and Twitter.

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In Google Forms settings, you can choose to share the survey as General, Presentation or Quizzes.

View form responses

Under the Responses tab, we have:

Accepting responses: Adjust this toggle to stop accepting further responses.
Summary: Get an overview of the form’s performance.
Question: Do a question-wise analysis on the number of responses.
Individuals: View the complete set of responses from each participant.
Link to Sheets: Export the answers to a new Google Sheet or an existing one.

Creating with Google Forms Features: Pros & Cons

Let’s do a quick recap of the benefits of Google Forms:

It is one of the best free tools to create polls, surveys or quizzes.
It provides unlimited forms.
Google Forms are shareable through email, embeds, shortcodes and social media.
You can smoothly export the data and do analysis in Google Sheets.
It is mobile friendly and accessible from anywhere.
Google Forms offers a respectable set of customization options.
Your Google Forms is accessible only through your Google account, which makes it safe and secure.

Google Forms is especially popular among students and researchers who need to quickly collect feedback for course projects, essays, or dissertations. While Forms can help with data collection, sometimes the most challenging part is presenting the results in a clear and professional manner. This is where academic support, such as essay writing services, can come in handy. They can help you transform your initial survey results into a high-quality research paper.

Yet, there are some downsides:

Google Forms doesn’t offer that many customizations to play around with, and its survey share options are limited.

And to be honest, it’s kinda boring.

If you’re looking for Google Forms alternatives for these reasons, feel free to check out SurveySparrow.

It lets you quickly design and launch NPS surveys, customer feedback surveys, market research forms, employee satisfaction surveys, and so much more. It has 1,000+ survey templates for every use case, and they are optimized for the best response rates.

Plus, they are so easy to customize!

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Survey customization in SurveySparrow. Looks much better, doesn’t it?

What’s more: if you’re a Google Sheets user, you can turn your survey into a Sheet in just one click.

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Wrapping Up (with a Free Tool)

Though Google Forms has some limitations, it is one of the best free online survey tools for your basic survey needs.We hope this guide to create Google Forms has all the information you need to get started.

However, Google Forms doesn’t provide much freedom in terms of personalization or advanced data collection features. So if you’re looking for a more powerful alternative, you’re welcome to explore our platform.

All you need to do is access the SurveySparrow template below.

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