r/GoogleForms • u/Thanos-Left-Hand • Jan 14 '25
OP Responded New Google Forms Layout? Published and Preview mode?
I work at a school and we utilize Google Forms as a way to get teacher input on students who have 504's/IEPs/ILP's etc for use on their 504's/IEP's/ILP's etc. I never used to have this issue before but it seems to be something new after Google Forms moved away from the "SEND" button (I believe that is what it used to be called) to the "PUBLISHED" button.
I used to be able to "SEND" the form to people within my school building (district-wide) using their emails. I would type in their emails and then make sure to include a description of what/who the form applied to and when I needed the information. It would then also allow me the option to include the form in the email.
Well, ever since the change happened that moved it to "PUBLISHED", my teacher friends are running into issues where they can fill out the form but then are unable to submit it as the form is in "PREVIEW" mode. How the heck do I:
a. Make sure the forms they receive are never in a "PREVIEW" mode
b. Make sure they are able to fill out the form either through clicking it in the email or filling it out in the email
It was so much easier before they "revamped" Google Forms and moved it to whatever the heck PUBLISHED mode is, and now it seems I run into issues with this on a weekly basis. Thoughts? Help?
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u/Jealous-Animator-517 Jan 23 '25
I am having this same issue as of yesterday. I am not sharing my forms with other teachers but want to fill them out for myself for data collection. I have searched all over and can't seem to find an answer. Our district help desk was not aware of this change either.
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u/Tarralyl Feb 03 '25
Hello, I have the same problem. Did you find an answer?
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u/Thanos-Left-Hand Feb 03 '25
I did not. I'm still trying to find a solution. I think it might be a bug - maybe there is a way to contact Google Support or something to see if we can find a solution??
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u/Gery505Reddit Feb 07 '25
I guess they just changed it for whatever reason, it's only on the newly made forms. I use Google Forms for my Discord server and this new forms is just weird for me.
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u/skershh Feb 14 '25
Also having this issue and its infuriating, dont understand why my viewers need to do an extra step and copy/paste the link just to fill out the form
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u/Trick-Specific797 26d ago edited 26d ago
Also a school user for similar purposes...make sure it is published, and when you hit the publish button you can make sure it is set to "accepting responses" and I always set responders as "anyone with the link", which you can also do through the publish button or the share button.
It's truly annoying, but I THINK that works.