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This page explains how to create Forms, surveys, quizzes, and polls, and easily see and analyze the results as recipients complete them.

Form data, such as quiz results, can be easily exported to Excel for additional analysis or grading.

Create a Form

1. Go to Microsoft Forms with your Microsoft 365 work credentials.

   Note: You can also log in to Office.com, look for the Microsoft 365 icons on the left, and select Forms.

2. Select New Form.

3. Title your form and, if you want, a description of it.

Add Questions

1. Select  Add New to add a new question to your form.

2. Choose what kind of question you want to add, such as Choice, Text, Rating, or Date question types. Select More question types for Ranking, Likert, File upload, or Net Promoter Score® question types. To organize sections for your questions, select Section.

Preview Your Form

1. On a computer, select  Preview to see how your form will look. On a mobile device, select to see how your form will look.

2. To test your form, answer the questions in Preview mode and select Submit.

3. To keep editing your form, select Back.

Why can't we store forms in our SharePoint sites, but we can with other Microsoft 365 products?

Word documents are files that can be stored directly in SharePoint libraries. Forms are designed for data collection, and their responses are stored within their backend system, while SharePoint is a document and data storage platform.

• To access forms within your SharePoint site:

  • We created a site page called Forms.

  • Added the Microsoft Forms web part

  • Choose "Add existing form" and enter the URL for the form.

  • By adding a new section and repeating the first 3 steps above, we can centralize access to all your forms on one site page.

• We can edit a form from within SharePoint.

  • Go to the site page and click edit.

  • Click inside the Microsoft Form web part

  • Click the properties icon

  • Click the Edit current form link

• Create A Form

  • Add questions

  • Formatting/editing your form

  • Change your form appearance/theme

  • Manage notifications when a form is submitted

• Preview Your Form

• Why can't we store forms in our SharePoint sites, but we can with other Microsoft 365 products?

• Personal Forms vs. SharePoint Group Forms

• Integrating Forms into other MS Applications

  • SharePoint web part forms

  • Change the Owner in Microsoft Form to SharePoint Site

• Share and collaborate on the Form

  • Share your quiz or form and collaborate with others

  • Share a quiz or form as a template

  • Set up your survey so names aren't recorded when collecting responses

  • Send your form or quiz to others and collect responses

  • Send an email receipt of responses

• Checking Results

  • Check and share your form results

  • Check and share your quiz results

• Embedding a Form in a Drupal Site