How do I embed a Google form into my course?
These instructions guide you through creating a form in Google Forms, embedding it into an OpenLearning course, and configuring it so learners can view the response data.
For the most up‑to‑date guidance on creating and publishing Google Forms, please refer to the official Google documentation:
Google Support: Embed a Form on a Website or Blog
Steps to Create and Publish the Google Form
Step 1
Go to Google Forms and design the form you want to use.
Step 2
Once satisfied, click the Settings tab and review your configuration.
Note: In this guide, we recommend enabling “View results summary” so that learners can access and view the aggregated responses. The later steps in this guide explain how to share these results within your OpenLearning course.
Step 3
At the top right, click Publish.
When published, responders can access the form. If unpublished, only those with explicit access can view it.
Step 4
Next, we need to Manage the access to the form. Click Manage.
Step 5
Set the responder view to Anyone with the link, then click Publish.
Without this setting, embedded content will only be visible to users logged into their Google account in the same browser session.
Step 6
The published link will appear at the top right corner of the site, please click Copy to use this link for embedding in your OpenLearning course.
Embedding the content in OpenLearning using the iFrame widget
Step 1
On the course page, put your course in Edit mode and select Integration from the drop down widget menu.
Step 2
Click on the Setup tab and change the Upload type to URL.
Step 3
Paste the link that you copied earlier into the URL field.
Note: You may get the error when the URL is pasted, you can just ignore this for this set up and click Save.
Step 4
That's it, head back into view mode and try viewing this from a learner's account or from incognito mode to see if it shows up correctly.
Embedding the content in OpenLearning using the HTML Code widget
This is an alternative way to embed Google Form into the course, the steps here slightly differs on the link that you will need to select from the Google Form site.
Step 1
On the forms page, click on the 3 dot menu at the top right and select Embed HTML.
Step 2
Adjust the width, height if needed and click Copy.
Step 3
On the course page, put your course in Edit mode and select Integration from the drop down widget menu. Select the HTML Code widget.
Step 4
Click on the Setup tab and paste the code that you copied earlier into the field and click Save.
Step 5
That's it, head back into view mode and try viewing this from a learner's account or from incognito mode to see if it shows up correctly.
Making the response data viewable for learners
Step 1
Open the form and click the Link icon at the top right. Copy the responder link.
Step 2
In the link you copied, replace the ending /viewform with /viewanalytics.
Example:
Original - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScY_CB4QTnhp0N8NVlHyRMQ/viewform
Updated - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScY_CB4QTnhp0N8NVlHyRMQ/viewanalytics
Step 3
Copy that link and you can share it within your course either via;
Example:
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