How to create a form

Effective communication with your students starts with a well-designed form. Forms also serve as a great way to gather feedback from students. Here’s how to create one.

Follow this path to access the form section. 

Step 1. Dashboard ➡️ Marketing ➡️ Forms

If you already have created forms, they will be displayed here.

Step 2. Click on the Create a new Form button, as shown in the picture. 

Step 3. Fill in the main information.

As you are directed to the next section, you will need to write

• Title - insert a name for the form
• Add image - upload an image to make the form visually appealing
• Description - write a few words about the purpose of the form or how the students are expected to fill that in. 
• Author - click on the dropdown arrow to choose the author. If you haven't created an author before, click on 'Create New Author.' This will redirect you to the author creation page. Fill in all the required fields, then click 'Save.' Go back to the form creation page, and you will see a notification prompting you to refresh the author list.

There are the following toggles next.

• No registration required toggle: if you want the students to be able to fill in the form without registering on the website

• Send an Email after submitting toggle:  if  you want to send an email message after the users submit the form you created. You just need to fill in the email subject, body and attach a file if necessary.

• Hide Answers: By activating this toggle, students will not be able to see their answers or print them after submitting the form.

Choosing Page Type

Form has two page types: 

Linear - Only form questions are shown

Sidebar - Beside the form question, there's sidebar text that provides additional context for the form.

When you choose the sidebar type, make sure to write a descriptive explanation of how students can use the added resources and attach the relevant files.

Save and go ahead. 

Step 4. Add the questions. 

Insert your question in the corresponding field. You can as well add a picture or a video material to accompany the question. 

If you want to make the question compulsory, activate the Requiredtoggle.

Next up is choosing the answer type. You can select one of the options displayed in the list.

• Multiple choice
• Choice of one right answer
• Dropdown
• Short text
• Long text
• Picture choice
• Upload a file answer

If you have chosen the multiple-choice option, click on Add new answer. Indicate the right answer to the question. For another question, click the Save & add new question button.

Step 5.Settings

The following are the main options for your form status that you can select from.

Draft- Select this option if the form is not yet complete and you wish to save it in your dashboard for future modifications.

Publish-  Select this option if the form is ready to be filled in by students.

Unlisted- select this option so only the students you send the link to can access the form. 
 

Customizing Submit button's text and after submission text

You can customize the submit button's text and after submission text

Step 6.  SEO details

Filling in this information is not compulsory. However, you can add it for SEO purposes.

SEO title - this will show on the search engine results page

SEO description - below the title, searchers can read a short description

Form keywords - add some words or phrases that searchers can you in the queries so that they find your Live session on the search engine results page.

Important Note: If you want the students to see the form questions at once, not the title and description part, click the Start button. As your form opens, copy the link and use it. 

However, if you copy the form's general URL, the students will first see the form title and description. 

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