How to Create a Google Form on iPhone or iPad

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Last Updated: May 7, 2018 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to create, customize, and share a new questionnaire form on Google Forms to collect information about a certain subject from your contacts, using an iPhone or iPad.

Steps

1
Open Safari on your iPhone or iPad. The Safari icon looks like a blue compass. You can find it on your home screen or in an app folder.
- You can also use a different internet browser like Firefox, Opera or Chrome.
2
Go to forms.google.com in your internet browser. Type forms.google.com into the address bar, and press the blue Go button on your keyboard.
- This will open a new, empty form for you to customize and share.
- If you're not automatically logged in, you may be prompted to sign in with your Google account here.
3
Add a title to your form. Tap the Untitled Form heading at the top of your new form, and enter a new title for your form.
4
Add a description below the form title. Tap the Form description field below your title at the top, and add any explanations or descriptions you think might help your contacts answer your form.
- This step is optional. If you don't think you need a description or you're just short on time, you can skip this step and publish your form without a description.
5
Create your first question. Tap the Untitled Question field below your form title and description, and enter your first question here.
6
Select an answer type for your question. Tap the drop-down menu below your first question, and select the kind of answer you want your contacts to submit here.
- The default answer type is Multiple choice. If you select this or Dropdown, your contacts will be able to select only one answer for each question.
- If you want your contacts to be able to select multiple answers to your question, select Checkboxes here.
- You can also select Multiple choice grid or Checkbox grid if you want to create a grid of options for your contacts to choose from.
- If you select Short answer or Paragraph, your contacts will need to type in their own answers to the question.
- If you select File upload, your contacts will need to upload a file from their computer as an answer.
- Linear scale will ask your contacts to select a number on a range of scales.
- If you select Date or Time, your contacts will need to provide a date or time as their answer.
7
Customize your answer options. Tap Option 1 below your question, and enter the first answer option to your question here.
- You can add more options here by tapping Add option at the bottom of the question.
8
Add a new question to your form. Tap the "+" icon in the lower-left corner of your screen to add a new question.
- You can select a different answer type for each question on the form, and customize all the options.
9
Designate the required questions on your form. Slide the Required switch to
below any question to make it a required question.
- If a responder doesn't select or enter an answer to a required question, they won't be able to submit the form.
10
Add a text item to your form. Tap the "TT" icon at the bottom of your screen to add a floating text box to your form.
- You can use this text box to provide disclaimers or more information to your form's prospective responders.
11
Add an image or video to your form. Tap the
icon at the bottom to insert an image file to your form, or the Play button icon next to it to insert a video.
- You can upload an image from your Camera Roll, or import an image from a URL web link.
- If you're adding a video, you can search and find a video on YouTube here, or paste a link to import a video from another web page.
12
Add a new section to your form. Tap the two horizontal lines icon in the lower-right corner of your screen to insert a new section in the same questionnaire form.
- You can use different sections in the same form to group together questions that focus on a certain subject.
13
Tap the color palette icon at the top of the page. This will open a pop-up window of different colors, and allow you to select a color theme for your form.
- Alternatively, you can tap the
  icon here, and select or upload an image to use as your form's theme.
14
Tap the
icon at the top. This will save your form, and allow you to share it with your contacts.
- Here you can share your form via email by entering your contacts' emails and tapping SEND at the bottom.
- Alternatively, you can tap the chain icon at the top of the page, and copy the form link to share it via message or social media.

Community Q&A

Question

Does a Google Form offer a draft or save feature, should I wish to pause what I'm doing and return at a later date?

Community Answer

When creating a Google Form, Google automatically saves any changes you make. When answering one, as long as you keep the tab open and don't turn off your device, it should still be there when you get back to it. If you don't want it cluttering your toolbar, drag it into a new window.