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Collect Google Forms data into Google Sheets

Google Forms is an easy way to create surveys, feedback forms, quizzes, and event registrations. It’s a great tool for data collection, and it gets even better when you connect it to Google Sheets. Once you have created and shared a Google Form, go to the Responses tab and click on the Google Sheets icon. This will automatically create a sheet with all the form responses. By default, the responses sheet is saved in your Drive, but you can move it to a folder or a Shared Drive without breaking the link to your form. New responses are added to the sheet as soon as someone submits the form.
How to enable Gmail read receipts

Google Workspace administrators can enable read receipts for users within their organization. Senders can then request read receipts and get notified when a recipient opens an email. If this feature is already turned on for your organization, check out how to request read receipts in Gmail . This feature is available only for work and school Gmail accounts. It is not available for regular Gmail accounts. Here’s how to enable Gmail read receipts for your organization in the Google Admin console. Log in to the Google Admin console. Navigate to Apps > Google Workspace > Gmail > User settings. From the Email read receipts section, select the options that best apply: Do not allow email read receipts to be sent - Disables read receipts. Allow email read receipts to be sent to all addresses in my organization as well as the whitelisted email addresses - Enables read receipts for the email addresses in your domains and any external ones that you specify. Prompt the user for each read receipt request - Ask users each time they open an email if they want to send a receipt. Uncheck to automatically send read receipts. Allow email read receipts to be sent to any email address - Allows read receipts to be requested and returned from all email addresses, including external contacts. Click Save. It usually takes up to 24 hours for your changes to apply to individual user accounts. Find out how to request read receipts in Gmail →
How to enable Shared Drives

Shared Drives are Google Drive spaces where you can store, access and share files with your colleagues. The difference between My Drive and Shared Drives is that files in a shared drive belong to the team rather than an individual. We recommend using Shared Drives for structures such as departments or teams. Here’s how to enable Shared Drives for your organization from the Admin console. Before you get started, please note that only Google Workspace administrator accounts can access the Admin console. From the Admin console home page , go to Apps > Google Workspace > Drive and Docs. Click Sharing settings. Click Shared drive creation and choose an option: To allow users to create shared drives, uncheck the Prevent users in your organization from creating new shared drives box. To stop users from creating shared drives, check the Prevent users in your organization from creating new shared drives box. Click Save. It might take 24 hours for this change to take effect.

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Add a Read Receipt to your emails

Add a Read Receipt to your emails

Collect Google Forms data into Google Sheets

How to enable Gmail read receipts

How to enable Shared Drives