What a Google Forms QR code does
A Google Forms QR code opens your form in one scan, on the phone already in people’s hands. No typing a long link from a poster, no passing round a clipboard. Responses land in your form and its spreadsheet as usual.
Teachers use them for exit tickets and quizzes, events for feedback and sign-ups, clubs for membership forms, and shops for customer surveys on receipts and tables.
How to make a Google Forms QR code
- Copy your form’s link. In Google Forms, choose Send, then the link icon, and tick “Shorten URL”.
- Paste it into Website address. The link is checked as you type.
- Choose static or dynamic. Dynamic lets you swap in a new form later and shows how many people scanned.
- Make it yours. Pick colours and a frame like “Tell us what you think”.
- Test it, then download or save. Scan the code and send a test response, then delete it from the responses tab.
Design and print tips
- Say how long it takes. “2-minute survey” gets far more responses than “Survey”.
- Keep the form short and phone-friendly. Multiple choice beats long text boxes on a small screen.
- On slides, leave it up. Show the code at least a metre wide on the screen while people answer.
- Use one code per place. A separate dynamic code on each table, flyer or slide shows which one people actually used.
Static or dynamic?
We recommend: dynamic
Forms change: new terms, new events, a fresh survey each year. A dynamic code lets you point the same printed code at the next form without reprinting, and shows how many people scanned. It’s free and never expires.