This document provides an introduction and overview of webinars and Google Forms. It defines webinars as online conferences that allow participants in different locations to see and hear a presenter's presentation. It discusses webinar software like Skype, WebEx, and Big Blue Button. The document also outlines when and how to use Google Forms, including for contact information, event registration, evaluations, surveys, and more. It provides tips for compiling an online form like drafting in Word, ensuring proper spelling and grammar, keeping forms short, and testing the form before sharing.

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Ina Smith
19 May 2015

3. Introduction to Webinars

7. Webinar
• Online conference/online meeting/online presentation/virtual
conference
• A seminar or other presentation that takes place on the Internet,
allowing participants in different locations to see and hear the
presenter, ask questions, and sometimes answer polls
• Presenter presents using slides, other docs, sharing desktop
• Software required such as Skype, WebEx, Adobe Connect, Microsoft
Live Meeting, Big Blue Button

8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_conferencing_software

10. Big Blue Button
http://bigbluebutton.org
http://demo.bigbluebutton.org

12. http://webinarliasa.org.za

13. Introduction to Google Forms

14. When to use forms
• Contact
• Event registration
• Evaluation/Assessment
• Survey/Research questionnaire
• Opinion (poll)
• And many more …

15. Form components
Cover letter
Form title
Branding
Introduction
Questions: Label & Answers
Send/Submit
Thank you

16. Tips when compiling an online form
• Draft in MSWord
• Professional & branded, spelling & grammar
• Keep forms short
• Indicate purpose of form
• Indicate number of questions, time it will take to complete
• Design form in such a way that data collected will be easy to analyse within
Excel
• Logical flow between questions
• View existing examples to assist you when compiling your form
• Try it out & test before sharing
• More?

17. Questions
Text Paragraph Text

18. Multiple choice
Checkboxes

19. Choose from a list
Scale

20. Grid
Date
Time

21. http://www.emailmeform.com/

25. Only Admin can access results
Download results from Google
Forms to Excel
Manipulate (edit & add) data in
Google Forms or Excel

26. Creating a Google form

27. Step 1: Google e-mail https://accounts.google.com

28. Step 2: Access Google Forms http://forms.google.com

29. ASSAf branding

31. Return to Edit questions
Add form title & intro

32. Step 3: Populate form with questions
Add more questions

33. Step 4: Confirmation page

34. Step 5: Share form

35. Invitation via email
Please register by completing the online form
available at ….

36. Confirmation via email & reminder

37. Questions?
Thank you