How to use Google docs to create a survey

Creating a Account

Step 1

Click Here

Step 2

Click Here

Step 3: Creating your account part 1

Your School E-mail address.

Password of your choice. (minimum 8 characters long)

Check these 2 boxes so you don't have to sign in again and you can

find sites you visited easily

Step 3: Creating your account part 2

Check this if you want Google to be the first page when you open

the internet

Copy this text into the box

Click this button once all the details are entered

Step 4: The iGoogle screen

Select your desired options for your iGoogle homepage

Once your options are selected click here

Step 5: Your iGoogle page

This is the iGoogle screen before we start looking at this we need to activate your account.Go to your school E-mail account.

Step 6: In your E-mail account

In your E-mail account you will have a E-mail that looks like this.

Click this link to activate your account

Step 7

You will be taken to this webpage and told that your E-mail address is verified.

Click this link to continue

Step 7

You will be taken back to the iGoogle home page. You are now ready to create your Survey

Creating and using

Step 1 of creating your survey

Go to more and select Documents

Step 2 of creating your survey

This Screen will appear. You will need to click the “Create new” button

Click the “Create new” button

Step 3 of creating your survey

You will need to click the “Form” button to create your survey

Click the “Form” button

Step 4 of creating your Survey

This Screen will appear

Step 4 of creating your survey continuedEnter the title of your survey

Enter any text that will help people fill out the survey

Enter your question here

Enter any text that will help people Answer the question (you don’t

have to use this box)

This drop down box will let you select the style of question you

wish to use

The next page will go into detail about the question types available

Check this box if you require an answer to the question

Type of Question

Description Example

Text Students answer by typing a short response.

Paragraph Text

Students answer by typing a longer response.

Multiple choice

Students answer by selecting one answer from the options available.

Checkboxes Students answer by selecting one or more answers from the options available.

Chose from a list

Students answer by selecting one answers from a drop down box.

Scale Students answer by selecting one answer from the predetermined scale.

Grid Students answer by selecting one answer from a predetermined grid of options.

Text question

Enter your question here

Enter any text that will help people Answer the question (you don’t

have to use this box)

Check this box if you require an answer to the question

Paragraph Text questions

Enter your question here

Enter any text that will help people Answer the question (you don’t

have to use this box)

Check this box if you require an answer to the question

Multiple choice questions

Enter your question here

Enter any text that will help people Answer the question (you don’t

have to use this box)

Check this box if you require an answer to the question

Enter the answers to the multiple choice question

Checkbox questions

Enter your question here

Enter any text that will help people Answer the question (you don’t

have to use this box)

Check this box if you require an answer to the question

Enter the checkbox answers question

Chose from a list question

Enter your question here

Enter any text that will help people Answer the question (you don’t

have to use this box)

Check this box if you require an answer to the question

Enter the options for the question

Scale question

Enter your question here

Enter any text that will help people Answer the question (you don’t

have to use this box)

Check this box if you require an answer to the question

Enter the scale you want e.g. Great to Bad

Grid Question

Enter your question/statement here

Enter any text that will help people Answer the question (you don’t

have to use this box)

Enter the statements for students to answer

Enter the options for students

Step 5:Adding more questions

Click here and select what kind of question you would like to add to

your questionnaire.

Click here and select what kind of theme add to your questionnaire.

Step 6: Adding a theme to your Questionnaire

Here is where you select the theme of your questionnaire click on one to preview

Step 6: Continued

If you are happy with your theme then click “Apply”

If you are not happy with your theme click “Cancel” and chose

another

Step 7: Sending out your questionnaire

If you are happy with your questionnaire then click “Email this

form”

Step 7: Continued

This box will appear. Enter the email address of who you want to

send the questionnaire to

Then click “Send”

uncheck this box if you don't want the questions

to appear in the email

Step 8: What the students see

Get them to click this link

Step 8: Continued

Get the students to fill in the questionnaire and click submit at the bottom of the form

Step 8: Continued

This page will appear telling the students that their responses have been recorded

Step 9: Checking for results

Log back into Google and go to more and select “Documents”

Click “Documents”

Step 9: Continued

You will see in the centre of the page the questionnaire you created

Click to open your questionnaire

Step 9: Continued

The results of your questionnaire will appear in a Google Spreadsheet like this

Step 9: Continued

Click on the “Form” button and select “Show summary of responses”

Click to open the summary of the

responses

Step 10: Summary of results

This shows the results of the questionnaire in a graphical form

Step 10: Continued

This shows the results of the questionnaire in a graphical form

Step 11: Stopping responses

Click to stop responses being accepted.

You can stop taking in responses by going to “Form” and selecting “Accepting responses”