Long Survey questionnaires on Google Forms.

Google released a new feature to add page break to create multiple pages on Forms. Now in a long survey questionnaire the respondent could be sent to a particular page depending upon Yes/No or other options in multiple choice question.

Earlier when we created long survey questionnaires it was made only on single page and the respondent was getting nervous looking at it. Moreover, logic branching was not possible depending upon the answers. With this feature one can show limited number of questions on first page and depending upon the answer to a question (which may be placed anywhere on the page) the respondent is sent to a page which is relevant to his/her response. On next page also same type of question may be asked.

Although the respondent is not completing all the pages it is possible to write mandatory questions on any and all pages because the questions are mandatory only for the respondent for whom the page opens depending upon his previous response.

Suppose the respondent has made the earlier choice by mistake and realises this on subsequent page he/she can press the back button to go to the previous pages and change the response.

You can read about this on Google Docs Blog. The instructions to use the new feature  are here.

Putting long Questionnaire on Google Sites using Spreadsheet Forms.

In the project we are handling on our Intranet there are long Questionnaires (about 50 questions) to be put up on Google Sites for MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises). We tried to design the questions with possible answers included but answers to many questions was descriptive. The Questionnaires were prepared in Google Spreadsheet Forms and embeded on public Google Site on our domain.

When we tested the Questionnaires it was found that the respondents may need lot of assistance. Accordingly the site was designed as follows:

Home Page with Description regarding the Questionnaire and click-able links to the embeded Questionaires and support pages.
Pages with Questionnaires on Spreadsheet Forms embeded
Page with detailed Instructions for filling up the Questionnaires (Main Support Page)
Chat page with Google Talk Badge of Support Person.
Contact Us page with brief Support Spreadsheet Form
Downloads page with PDFs of Instructions and Questionnaires.
Sidebar with the links to pages in proper order.

For me this is going to be a very exciting project.