Last month, we announced several new ways to customize Google Forms. As of this week, three of those options are also available in forms created from Apps Script — embedding YouTube videos, displaying a progress bar, and showing a custom message if a form isn’t accepting responses.
Adding a YouTube video is as simple as any other Google Forms operation in Apps Script — from the FormaddVideoItem()setVideoUrl(youtubeUrl)size , alignment , and so forth.
To show a progress bar, call setProgressBar(enabled)setCustomClosedFormMessage(message)
Want to give it a try yourself? Copy and paste the sample code below into the script editor at script.google.comRun . When the script finishes, click View > Logs to grab the URL for your new form, or look for it in Google Drive .
function showNewFormsFeatures() {
var form = FormApp.create('New Features in Google Forms');
var url = form.getPublishedUrl();
form.addVideoItem()
.setVideoUrl('http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38H7WpsTD0M');
form.addMultipleChoiceItem()
.setTitle('Look, a YouTube video! Is that cool, or what?')
.setChoiceValues(['Cool', 'What']);
form.addPageBreakItem();
form.addCheckboxItem()
.setTitle('Progress bars are silly on one-page forms.')
.setChoiceValues(['Ah, that explains why the form has two pages.']);
form.setProgressBar(true);
form.setCustomClosedFormMessage('Too late — this form is closed. Sorry!');
// form.setAcceptingResponses(false); // Uncomment to see custom message.
Logger.log('Open this URL to see the form: %s', url);
}
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2 comments :
These look awesome. I am going to have to go back over my old forms, tests and quizzes and add some of the new features...this moves forms closer to a fully functioning quiz making machine!
Will these features get added to the web-based forms builder for folks who aren't programmers?
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