Creating a Form on The Hub
Deb Ekeke
48 steps
5 minutes
Campusgroups
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Navigate to [https://thehub.emory.edu/](https://emory.campusgroups.com/web_app?id=24040&menu_id=56483&if=0&)
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Open your group's page.
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There are two ways to open the forms feature. Your can select the "Surveys & Forms" punch-out.
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Or, you can click "Surveys & Forms" in the left side menu.
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In the top right corner, select "+ Create."
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There are five (5) form options available: a standard form, a survey, a poll, an election, and a quiz.
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You'll typically be using the standard form option.
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You can adjust the form title at the top of the document.
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You can add a title to each page of the form.
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You have the option to add a simple text instruction to the beginning of the form.
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Click "Advanced HTML editor" to edit the text format.
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You can make the text, bold, italicized, or underlined. You may also include hyperlinks and a bulleted or numbered list.
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Click "Save" to ensure the changes are reflected in the form.
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There are several different options for questions.
Question Types
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The "Free text (single-line)" option allows you to add one line of text.
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The "Multi-choice (single-selection)" creates radio buttons that allow users to select one answer choice from multiple options.
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The "Multi-choice (multiple selection)" creates checkboxes buttons that allow users to select multiple answer choices from multiple options.
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The "Multi-choice (dropdown)" creates a dropdown list that allow users to select one answer choice from multiple options.
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The "Free text (multi-line)" allows for long text answers.
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The "File upload button" allows users to upload a requested document. [[Valid file types: jpg, jpeg, png, bmp, gif, zip, xls, xlsx, csv, doc, docx, pdf, ppt, pptx, txt]]
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The "Date (Calendar Pop-up)" allows users to select a date from the pop-up calendar and select a date.
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The "Group list dropdown" allows the user to select from existing organizations and departments within the system.
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The "Ranking" feature allows to create a rank order list of the answer choices.
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The "Election" feature allows to create a candidate profile, with a write-in option, and no-confidence response.
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The "Signature" feature allows the user to sign in response to the listed question or statement.
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The "Quiz" feature allows you to set a correct answer from the set of responses.
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The "User selector" allows the respondent to select from a drop down of all users in the system.
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Click "Rubric"
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The "Field Binding" option [[enables you to extract fields from approval processes and include them as answers in the form.]]
Question Features
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Click the "Mandatory question" field to make the question a required answer.
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Use "Access Rights" to limit who can answer specific questions.
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This will give you options to limit the question to specific members, officers, classifications of students, staff, etc.
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You can use the "Attach file" feature to provide templates and other documents.
Form Settings
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Click the Survey settings icon.
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Basic Information allows you to provide general information about the purpose of the form.
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You can provide a "Short description," which will be displayed on the Survey & Forms page.
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You can customize the confirmation message respondents will receive after submitting the form.
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If you are requiring certain members to complete this form, you can assign them the form here.
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Assign the passing quiz score using the "Quiz pass score" field.
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You can the customize the messaging the respondent receives when they pass or fail to pass the quiz.
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Click "Instructions" to provide important information to form respondents.
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The "Open/Close/Cap" tab allows you to to set parameters on when the form is open to receive submissions and how many may be submitted.
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"Access Rights" is where you control who has access to the form and form data.
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The "Notifications" tab allows you to control who is notified when a form is submitted.
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Do not forget to "Save."
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Click "Preview survey" to see what the form looks like publicly.
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Click "Copy link" to access the shareable form link.
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The system also provides a QR Code to access the form.
