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Brighspot Forms

This series of videos cover forms in BrightSpot with topics ranging from the basics of getting a form started to more complex aspects of forms such as creating email actions.

After viewing these videos you will be ready to set up forms on your website with ease!

Note: When collecting information online, including via web forms, be careful of the kinds of information being collected and transferred. Personally identifiable information should not be collected using unsecured methods (see Collecting Confidential Information).

1. How to Create a Form

Start Creating a Form

Cover the basics of how to create a form and key parts that are required for all successful forms.

2. Text Fields

Add Text Field Items to a Form

Demonstrates different types of text fields, how to add them, what they are used for, and what they look like.

3. Choice Fields

Add Choice Fields to a Form

Demonstrates different types of choice fields, how to add them, what they are used for, and what they look like.

4. File Upload Field

Add File Upload to a Form

Demonstrates how to add a file upload field, what it is used for, and what it looks like.

5. Groups

Group Items on a Form

Demonstrates how to insert a group into a form and what they are used for.

6. View Submissions

View Form Submissions

Demonstrates how to download a CSV file with the results of a form.

7. Email Actions

Add an Email Action to a Form

Demonstrates how to have results of a form sent to a specified email.

8. Shortcut for Email Action Results

Shortcut for adding form results to an email action

Demontrates a shortcut to how to copy and paste all of the field titles and parameter names into the body of an email action.

9. Duplicating a Form

Copy a Form

Demonstrates how to duplicate a form from an existing form and how to prevent common mistakes when doing so.