If you haven't used the Google Forms or Google Forms tool in English yet, it's time to do it, not only for professional reasons, but also for those who want to use emails in a more interactive and more modern way. Google Forms is a fantastic tool for creating forms, in fact, of all kinds: quizzes, surveys, questionnaires, assessments or even a registration or adhesion sheet for a pizza, for a soccer game, a meeting, a meeting or whatever.
What makes Google Forms a fantastic tool are at least three factors: its ease of use for everyone, the fact that it is free without limitation and that it can be integrated into an Excel sheet or even in an Email sent by Gmail.
All you need to get started is a Google Account to sign in to Google Drive.
Press on the New button, then on Other, then on Google Forms .
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As you can see immediately, it is possible to write a title, a description, a Question and then insert the answers that can be multiple choice, free text, selection, boxes or even with the choice of a value from 1 to 5, ideal for surveys .
The answer may also be a time or date if you need to ask when to see each other or a particular time.
You can certainly also enter more questions with other answers below, adding more sections via the + button.
From the menu on the right you can also add images, videos from Youtube or to the computer and other titles.
The important thing to take care of is the general settings of the module, accessible from the buttons at the top, to change the color of the theme or to choose how many times respondents can respond and if they can modify it.
You can also view a preview version of the form to see how it looks to the people it is sent to.
Once the questions and answers have been written, you can click the button to send the form with different possibilities .
You can then email or share the link, also using the Facebook and Twitter buttons or embed it on a web page.
In case you want to send the form via email, you can activate the option to embed the form in the message, so as to display it in the body of the email and let the recipients be able to reply directly, without having to click the link.
Sending via email is via the Gmail address associated with the Google account.
When you start to get answers, just reopen the form and click on the Answers button, clearly visible in the center of the page next to the Questions button.
There are therefore two basic options, one to view them in a spreadsheet (such as an Excel sheet), or view the data in summary graphs as a pie chart, useful in the case of surveys or where you want to see the majority of opinions .
The spreadsheet option can work to have a list of answers to manipulate and analyze as you would an Excel sheet.
With all this simplicity and interactivity, Google Forms can truly become the perfect way to organize a group activity of any kind without having to create a chain of messages or emails that have no organization.
Even those who have never used Google Forms will receive this question integrated in the email and will be able to answer clearly and without difficulty.
For any doubts about this magnificent tool, you can consult the official guide to Google Modules.
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