Using+Forms+at+Your+Field+Site

The Forms app allows a person to use the for that are created in Google Docs to collect information and have it uploaded to Google Spreadsheet. Forms can be completed with online or offline.

"For students in Dr. Davis' Applied Child Development Class, the links for required forms can be accessed through the class' MOODLE website."


 * < 1. Make sure you are connected to the internet. The FORMS App //cannot// access and download forms from Google docs when you are off-line. You //must// download forms when you have access to the internet and then switch each specific form into 'off-line' mode. If you download a form, but do not switch it into off-line mode when you have internet access, you will not be able to access it when you are at your field site.



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 * < 2. The form will open in the app. Press on the app to make it full screen. Complete the form and select the Submit button on the form. If connected to the internet, the form information will upload to the connected Google Spreadsheet. Select the forms button in the top right corner to be able to scroll through the menus.

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 * < 3. Most of the controls for the app are at the bottom of the app. The first button with the arrow open the form in Safari. The second button that looks like a plug is one of the more important buttons. It is the mode button. Select the green enable offline mode button if you are going to collect information offline. (You will need to be online to download the form when switching to offline mode. Each Form that is to used offline needs to be downloaded separately.)



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 * < 4. When in offline mode, the information collected is stored inside of the app. When internet access is available, press upload answers first. If unenable offline mode is clicked before uploading answer, answer maybe deleted. Once the answers have been uploaded, then select unenable offline mode to have access to the internet to load in any more forms.
 * < 5. The last button in the bottom row is the delete button. It will delete the form that is displayed on the screen. ||
 * < 6. Open Google Docs and the information will be in the spreadsheet that is associated with the form. ||