How to Make a Sign Up Sheet with Time Slots in Google Forms

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With Google Forms, you can easily make a sign-up sheet to schedule meetings, shifts, and any other appointments. Using the Choice Limit add-on for Google Forms will limit the number of responses allowed for each time slot on your sign-up sheet. This wikiHow article will teach you how to install the Choice Limit add-on and make a time slot sign-up sheet on Google Forms.

Creating a Google Form with Time Slots: Key Takeaways

Install the Choice Limit add-on (to let you remove already-selected options on the form). Then, give your blank form a title and name the first section. Below the section name, type in the first time slot option—and click "Add Option" directly below that to keep adding more time slots.

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Download the Choice Limit Add-On

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You can find Forms in your Google Drive or by searching for it in your web browser search bar.

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Create a new form. On the homepage of Google Forms, click the "Blank" option with the logo of the plus sign to create a new form. If you already have a sign-up form started, open that form from your "Recent forms" on the homepage. [1] X Research source

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Click the icon of the three dots. Once in a form, you will find this icon at the top right corner of the screen.

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Click "Add-ons". After clicking the three dots, you will see a drop-down menu. At the bottom of this menu will be the add-ons option. Click this option to open the add-ons marketplace.

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Choice Limit will allow you to remove options that have already been selected from your form sign-up sheet.

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You will be prompted to choose the Google account you want to connect Choice Limit to.
Choice Limit is free to install.

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Set up Your Time Slot Sign-Up Sheet

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Give your form a relevant title so that people know what they are signing up for.
If you want to give additional information about what the sign-up form will be used for, you can type it in the "form description" section directly below the form's title.

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For example, you could title the sections of your form "Monday," "Tuesday," etc. if you were offering time slots throughout a given week. Alternatively, if you were asking people to sign up for time slots on specific dates, you could name the sections of your form "10/15," "10/22," etc.

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Choose a response format. Next to the name of a section, you will see the response format for that portion. The default response format is multiple choice. Click on "Multiple choice" to pull up the menu of response format options. Choice Limit will work with either multiple choice or checkboxes as the response format for your form. [2] X Research source Choose between these two options and click anywhere on the form to exit the selection menu and save your choice.

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If you have multiple sections in your form representing different days of time slots, be sure to add the correct time slots for each of these sections.

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Use Choice Limit to Set Response Limits

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Click the puzzle piece logo. At the top of your form, you will see a puzzle piece logo. Clicking on this logo will pull up a list of your installed add-ons.

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Open Choice Limit. From the list of add-ons, choose Choice Limit, and then press "Start". You should see the add-on pop up in a menu at the bottom of your form.

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The free version of Choice Limit caps this response limit at 3.
The response limit will be applied to all time slots listed under the same section of the form.

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If you have more than one section to your time slot sign-up form, repeat this process for each section.

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Send your form out. Once you have completed the process of setting a response limit for each time slot option, your form is ready to be sent out. Press the purple "Send" button at the top of your form, and share it via email or by copying a link.

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