Form Item Types
Important
Information and features vary according to the roles to which you belong and the permissions associated with those roles. For more information, contact your module manager or your campus support team.
Items/Questions are the building blocks of forms. They let you collect information from the people who fill out your form. Questions can also include buttons and images. Each form question type must exist in a row. Click on a question/field type below for more information about that type.
Question/Field Type | Description |
|---|---|
Commonly used for cause and effect. When the form completer clicks the button, they cause something to occur. Common form buttons include navigation buttons that save a user's progress as they go, save buttons to save progress, or submit buttons to finalize and send the form to the appropriate location. To add this functionality to buttons, you will need to set up rules for each button on the Rules tab of the button properties. | |
Form completers select one or more answers from a list of choices. | |
Form completers choose a date and time using a pop-up calendar. | |
Form completers select an answer from several choices. This question type is ideal for presenting a long list of options without cluttering your form. | |
Form completers can enter multiple lines of text. For example, form completers can respond to essay questions or enter open-ended comments/feedback. | |
Form completers add information to your form that only other form builders can see. You can include instructions for setting up the form. | |
Standalone text and typically used for providing instructions to form completers. It does not collection information; it only displays information to the form completer. | |
Adds a blank space to the form. This item type does not collect information. | |
Form completers select one answer from several choices. | |
Form completers enter a single line of text. For example, completers can enter responses to simple questions. |