Documentation:Form Builder/Build a New Form (How to)

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When you log into Form Builder, you will start with a new form by default. You can also start a new form by clicking the New Form icon (Form Builder New Form Icon.png) on the top menu.

This page will show you:

  • Best practices before you start
  • Edit the form title, header, and footer
  • Create new questions
  • Add a question from the question bank
  • Save and print your form

Best Practice

  • Click Save (Form Builder Save Icon.png) often to not lose progress.
  • Give forms specific names.
  • Include dates in the form title to help you remember when the form was used.
  • Reuse older forms if you're only changing small snippets of text.

Edit the form title, header, and footer

  1. Click Untitled Form and replace the text with a title.
  2. Double-click on text to make the inline editor appear, which has common word processing functions (e.g. bold, lists, headers, undo, redo).
    The inline editor only appears when a text is highlighted. It has the most common word processing functions.

Create new questions

  1. At the bottom-right hand side, below the Question Bank, click Add Question (Form Builder Add New Question Icon.png).
    The Add Question button is just below the Question Bank on the bottom-right hand side of the window.
  2. On the right hand side, enter the Question Text.
  3. (Optional) If you want to share your questions to other Form Builder users, check Shared Question.
  4. Choose the question/response type from the following:
    • Text (one-line)
    • Text (multiple)
    • Choice
    • Multiple Choice
  5. Click Save.
    All the question fields are on the right hand side of the screen.

Newly created questions will appear at the bottom of the Question Bank.

Add a question from the question bank

Add a new question by dragging the question from the Question Bank to the form or click the Add question to form button (Form Builder Add Question to Form Icon.png) beside each question.

Questions are added by dragging them from the Question bank to the form.

Questions with a lock icon (Form Builder Shared Question Icon.png) are questions shared by other Form Builder Users.

You own and are able to edit questions with a pencil icon (Form Builder Edit Icon.png).

Check Mine Only at the bottom of the question bank to only show questions you created.

Check Mine Only to filter the question bank and only show questions you have created.

Enter question keywords in the Search bar at the top of the question bank to find the specific question you need.

Filter the question bank using keywords in the Search bar.

Save and print

  1. Click Save (Form Builder Save Icon.png) on the top menu bar.
    Note: All saved forms are shared with other Form Builder users through the All Forms tab when you use the Load Form function.
  2. Click Print Form (Form Builder Print Icon.png) on the top menu bar.

Below is an example of a printed form from Form Builder.

Example of a printed Form Builder form.