Allison Nichols, Ed.D. Evaluation Specialist

 In this workshop we'll explore creating an online survey using Google Documents. You don't need to buy expensive software in order to create a professional online survey. In fact, you can build your own survey without spending any money, and with very little effort and time.

 If you don’t already have one, get a Google account by: Pointing your browser to Or clicking the “Documents” link from any Google search page (google.com).

 Click “Save” at the upper right of the window  Edit the confirmation window that is offered to users after completing the survey, click “Edit Confirmation” from the “More Actions” menu.

 Click on the “Thematic” button.  Select a background.  Click on the “Save” button.

 Click “ this Form” on the menu bar This generates an with the link to your survey form.  Or click “Embedded” from the “More Actions” menu. Google displays a URL that you may copy/paste into your or to use on your webpage.

 Google Documents collects all responses and stores them in a Google Documents Spreadsheet.  Click “Spreadsheet” from the “See Responses” tab.

 Click “Summary” to view statistics for each of your questions.

 When in the spreadsheet format, click “File” and select download to…  Select Excel, Text, PDF  From an Excel file you can create other types of graphs that can be inserted into a Word or other word processing software.

 Click on “Share” in the right hand corner of the page.  Type in the addresses of the persons that you want to share with and give them permission to edit the document.