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Beman edited this page Dec 19, 2012 · 8 revisions

How to take a poll

This page describes how to take a poll using Google Docs.

Google's help page

A tutorial.

Setup the poll

  • With your browser, open https://docs.google.com
  • Sign in as lwgchair
  • Go to the Drive screen if no there already.
  • Click on the Polls folder.
  • Click Create, and then from the menu that appears, click Form
  • Replace "Untitled form" with "LWG Poll #", where # is the poll number
  • Replace "You can include any text or info that will help people fill this out" with "Your email address will be collected to validate your response. Please use your usual email address."
  • Pull down the Add item tab, and select Section header.
  • If this is the section header for the first issue in the poll, drag it to before the poll's first question.
  • Fill in Header text with "LWG Issue #", where # is the issue number.
  • Fill in **Description"" with a description of the issue. Important: This box accepts HTML markup. Drag the lower right corner to adjust size.
  • Click Done
  • Click the pencil icon to edit the first question.
  • Fill in Question Title with "Change the status of the issue to Tentatively Ready?"
  • Fill in Help Text with ???.
  • Select Question Type as Multiple choice. Do not check **Go to page based on answer" box.
  • Set choices as "Yes", "No", "Abstain".
  • Click Done
  • Add an additional question, with Question Title "Add a comment to the issue in the Issues List", Help Text "If you vote "No", please add a comment indicating the reason for your no vote.", Question Type "Paragraph text"
  • Click Done
  • Click Save
  • Repeat for any additional issues.

Hint: To edit the poll from the spreadsheet view, click Form and then Edit form

Announce the poll

Close the poll

  • On the spreadsheet, click Form and then uncheck Accepting responses

View the poll results


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