Gemini in Google Forms: Create a Workshop Feedback Survey

This workflow suits freelancers, trainers and small teams collecting ordinary feedback after a class, demo or client workshop.

Start with a new form

Google’s Help me create a form requires an eligible Google Workspace or Google AI plan. Follow this workflow on a computer and check that the feature appears in your account. Google also documents mobile support for some Experiments and Beta users; availability is not universally desktop-only.

Open a new, blank form. Google says this tool cannot edit an existing form: generating a form replaces the existing one. It also does not currently create multiple sections. Keep this first survey to one section. Google’s Gemini form guide.

1. Give Gemini a clear decision to support

Before prompting, decide what you want to learn. Should the next workshop change its pace, explanations or practical exercises?

Try this prompt:

Create a five-question feedback form for adults who attended a beginner website-planning workshop. Ask about usefulness, pace, clarity, the most useful activity and one suggested improvement. Use neutral wording and balanced answer choices. Make written comments optional. Do not request names, email addresses, phone numbers or other personal details. Add a short introduction explaining that responses will help improve future sessions.

Use a generic description of the session. There is no need to include an attendee list or private client notes.

2. Review the draft before creating it

Click Create, then read every question. If the direction needs work, revise the prompt or use Recreate. Google warns that recreating a draft removes access to the previous generated version. Once satisfied, choose Create form. Draft creation guidance.

Now check what people can actually answer:

• Separate pace from clarity. One question covering both can produce an answer you cannot interpret.
• Label rating endpoints so respondents know what the numbers mean.
• Include a middle choice for pace, such as “About right.”
• Remove assumptions that everyone enjoyed the session.
• Check each Required switch instead of assuming the prompt set it correctly.

Forms lets you change question types and required status manually. Question settings.

3. Inspect settings separately

Review email-collection settings separately, even when your prompt asks for no email question.

Also review Limit to 1 response. Turning it on requires respondents to sign in to a Google Account. Google says their account usernames are not recorded unless email collection is enabled. Sign-in and email collection are separate settings; neither a prompt nor the absence of an email question proves that a survey is anonymous. Decide whether the sign-in requirement fits your audience.

Keep View results summary off unless you deliberately want respondents to see the results. Google says summaries can include full written answers and are visible to anyone who can respond. A comment intended for the workshop organiser could otherwise reach other participants. Sharing and response settings.

4. Run a small check before wider sharing

Preview the form on a phone. Confirm the introduction is accurate, questions fit the screen and optional comments can be skipped.

When ready, publish with the intended responder access and copy the responder link. Forms must be published before respondents can access them. Test that link using an account with the same access as your intended audience, then submit a clearly labelled test response. Publishing and responder links.

The useful result is a short survey whose answers can guide a concrete change. If a question would not affect your next workshop, consider removing it before asking people to spend time answering.

Research note: checked against Google’s documentation on 16 October 2026; no signed-in test or account-specific availability check was performed.