Google Forms is a survey administration software included as part of the free, web-based Google Docs Editors suite offered by Google. With the Google Forms Survey skill, you can conduct a survey about the services you provide as part of the interaction with the Digital Person. We recommend using this skill to collect data and gather feedback from your users. The survey is triggered when the user requests the survey form by saying “start survey” or “survey” or “begin Survey” or “start poll” or “take poll”. If the user wishes to skip a non-required question, they may say "skip" or “next”. When a user requests to repeat a question, both the question and the options are repeated.
The Google form created must be in a certain format for the Digital Person to be able to read out the questions coherently and also to accept the answers from the users hence we support only 4 types of questions.
Supported form questions:
Short Answer - When you expect a short answer for the question. Within this question type the additional Description and Response Validation options are not supported:
Paragraph - When you expect a longer answer for the question.
Multiple Choice - When you want to give the user limited options to choose from. These are easier to analyze afterward as these standardize the answer format with no room for interpretation.
Linear Scale - When you want to collect the user’s opinion numerically on a scale. You can change the scale, but it must start with either a 0 or a 1, and can go up to 10. Liner scale questions must include label descriptions identifying the extremes:
Google Form Settings
On the form settings tab, the following options should be disabled to allow users to access the form.
Obtaining Google Form ID
You will need the Form ID to connect to the Digital DNA studio so that the Digital Person can access the survey questions. From the Google Form, click Send, copy the URL, and note the Form ID.
As shown in the example below, the Form ID is part of the URL (in red):
Provide the following information in the Survey Skill configuration screen in Digital DNA Studio. See Adding Skills to your Digital Person for detailed instructions:
Field
Type
Description
Google Form ID (required)
TEXT
Google Form ID to be used in the survey.
Text to read to the user before starting (required)
TEXT
Output phrase to be read before starting the survey.
Text to read to the user after a valid answer
TEXT
Output phrase to be read after a valid answer. Default phrase is: Alright, the next question.
Text to read to the user after an invalid/unknown response
TEXT
Output phrase to be read if the user responds with an unknown response
Default phrase is: I'm sorry but I did not understand that. Please choose from the given options.
Text to read to the user after the user completes the survey
TEXT
Output phrase to be read after completion of the survey. Default phrase is: Thank you that completes the survey.
Digital Person to read the options for choice questions
Dropdown
If set to true the Digital Person will read all the options in the multiple choice question.
Add scale descriptor to option cards
Dropdown
If set to true, the upper and lower extremes are added to the option card for a linear scale question.