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By Alia Sharma
How to Add a
Picture
Password to
your Google
Forms
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By Alia Sharma
DECEMBER 23, 2017
Google Forms have this all-or-none problem. The forms are either
public (anyone can fill your form)
or, if you are on Google Apps, you can create forms that are
visible to everyone in your organization. It is
however not possible to restrict access to forms to specific
people.
Another shortcoming is that Google Forms do not allow passwords
or CAPTCHAs to prevent spam bots
from filling your forms with random data. Google itself
maintains the reCAPTCHA project but it is not
known if integration with Google Forms is in the works. There is
a workaround, though.
Google Forms with Picture Passwords
Google Forms do not support CAPTCHA but they do offer an option
to attach images with questions.
These can be used as picture passwords.
The idea is simple.
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By Alia Sharma
We add a multiple-choice question where the user is asked to
pick an image from a selection of multiple
images. If they select the correct image, the main form is
displayed else an error message is shown. Also,
these images are shuffled so the answers position is random for
each respondent.
How to Make Google Forms with Picture
Passwords
Take this sample Google Form for a spin and youll get the
idea.
Open a new Google Form and create 3 sections. The first section
will have the picture password, the
second section will contain the error message and the last one
will have the actual questions that you
want to ask users who have passed the anti-spam test.
In the first section, create a multiple choice question and
attach a different image with every choice.
Make this a required question and turn on the shuffle order for
the question. Also turn on the option
Go to section based on answer for the section so that only valid
answers are taken to the main form.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdLhm0kP4Xi0aZlCsB29ITHPwonwFXfYnKwkuOoqgBvRDxH4g/viewform
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By Alia Sharma
For each choice that is not valid, choose Go to section 2 (see
screenshot) and choose Go to section 3
for the right choice. In section 2, do not add any questions but
for the error message in the section
description. Also set Go to section 1 after section 2 so that
the user cannot go to the main section 3
without passing the picture test.
Make the Google Form live and respondents will only see the main
questionnaire if they have solved the
problem in section 1. You should also check out another
technique for restricting access to Google
Forms with passwords.
https://www.labnol.org/internet/google-forms-captcha/13066/
Thank You
https://www.labnol.org/internet/google-forms-captcha/13066/
