University of Minnesota | Rochester

Embedding Google Forms

UM Content users often need to add small, simple forms to their pages to receive data from site visitors. One quick and efficient way to manage these information forms is to create them as Google Forms and embed them directly in the appropriate UMR web page. A brief description of how to use Google Forms in the UMR website can be found below.

Step 1: Create a Google Form to ask the questions and collect the desired information:

Step 2: When the Google Form is complete, select More Options and choose the Embed feature:

Embed Google Documents

Step 3: Copy the embedding link that Google generates and save it for use later:

Embed Google Documents

Step 4: In UM Content, locate the destination page for the Google Form and edit the region content:

Embed Google Documents

Step 5: When the content editor is displayed, select the Source option to switch into the HTML editing view:

Embed Google Documents

Step 6: Paste the Google generated embedding link saved earlier into the page:

Embed Google Documents

Step 7: Finally, save the changes or again select the Source option to switch back to the regular editing view:

Embed Google Documents