Are you creating a survey, poll, or other type of form? Start here.
Copilot can create draft quizzes to save you time and effort. Or you can create them manually if you already have specific ideas about what you want to include.
You can use Microsoft Forms to quickly assess student progress and get real-time feedback through the use of quizzes that you design and share with your class. Microsoft Forms also includes rich, real-time analytics that provide summary information as well as results for individual students. To learn more, see Check and share your quiz results. You can export the quiz results to Microsoft Excel for more in-depth analysis.
Start a new quiz with Copilot
To use Copilot in Forms, you need to have a Microsoft 365 account and a Copilot license.
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Sign in to forms.office.com/.
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Select New Quiz.
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Enter a description of the type of quiz you want Copilot to create. If you want to see example prompts, select View prompts and select one if it describes what you want.
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Select Generate. Copilot creates a draft for you with a title, questions, and answers.
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Do one of the following:
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Select Keep it.
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Select Regenerate or type a prompt in the box next to the icon to ask Copilot to fine tune the draft. Then select Keep it when the quiz is what you want it to be.
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Note: Your quiz is saved automatically while you create it.
When you're happy with the results, you can send your quiz to your students.
Start a new quiz manually
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Sign in to forms.office.com/.
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Select New Quiz.
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Select the X in the corner of the Draft with Copilot box to dismiss it.
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Type a name for your quiz.
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Select Create your first question.
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Choose what kind of question you want to add, such as Choice, Text, Rating, Date, Ranking, Likert, File upload, or Net Promoter Score®. To organize sections for your questions, select Section.
Tip: You can also format your text. Highlight a word or words in your title or questions, and then choose any of the following: Bold (keyboard shortcut - CTRL/Cmd+B), Italic (keyboard shortcut - CTRL/Cmd+I), Underline (keyboard shortcut - CTRL/Cmd+U), Font color, Font size, Numbering, or Bullets.
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Type a question (select Add option to add a new question if needed).
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Add your answer. Select the type of answer you want. For example, if you choose the Choice question type, you can set up answer options for:
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Math — Select this option to display math symbols and formula options, then select Enter an equation.
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Multiple answers
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Required
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(More settings for question)
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Select the Correct Answer check mark next to the correct answer or answers.
Note: You can select All of the above or None of the above as an option.
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To remove an answer, select the trash can button next to it. You can also choose to make a question required or allow multiple choices for a question by changing the settings at the bottom of the question.
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Add a number in the Points text box to assign a point value for a correct answer to the quiz question.
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Select the Message icon next to any answer if you want to customize a message for it. Respondents will see the message when they've selected that answer.
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Select the Copy question icon in the upper right corner of a question to duplicate it. To change the order of the questions, select or tap the Up or Down arrows on the right side of each question.
Note: Your quiz is saved automatically while you create it.
When you're happy with the results, you can send your quiz to your students.
Preview your quiz
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On a computer, select
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To test out your quiz, answer the questions in Preview mode, and the select Submit.
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To keep editing your quiz, select Back.
Start a new quiz
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Sign in to Microsoft 365 with your school account.
Note: This feature only applies to Class or Staff Notebooks for Office 365 Education users. Learn more about OneNote Class Notebook and OneNote Staff Notebook.
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Open the OneNote notebook in which you want to insert a quiz.
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On the Insert tab, select Forms.
Note: The Forms button is only available for Office 365 Education users. To access Forms in OneNote for the web, please sign in with your school account.
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A Forms for OneNote panel will open and dock on the right side of your OneNote notebook.
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Under My Forms, select
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A new tab for Microsoft Forms will open in your web browser.
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Select the placeholder default title and update it with your own. If you want, also add a description.
Note: Quiz titles can have up to 90 characters. Descriptions can have up to 1,000 characters.
Note: Your quiz is saved automatically while you create it.
Add questions
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Select
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Choose what kind of question you want to add, such as Choice, Text, Rating, or Date question types. Select More question types
Tip: You can also format your text. Highlight a word or words in your title or questions, and then choose any of the following: Bold (keyboard shortcut - CTRL/Cmd+B), Italic (keyboard shortcut - CTRL/Cmd+I), Underline (keyboard shortcut - CTRL/Cmd+U), Font color, Font size, Numbering, or Bullets.
Preview your quiz
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Select Preview to see how your quiz will look on a Computer or Mobile device.
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To test out your quiz, answer the questions in Preview mode, and then select Submit.
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To keep editing your quiz, select Back.
Your newly created quiz will appear at the top of your My forms list in the Forms for OneNote panel and can be embedded into your OneNote notebook. Learn more.
More resources
Now that you have the basics down, you can also customize your form theme, add a picture to a question, create sections, use branching logic, and more.
Feedback for Microsoft Forms
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See Also
Send your quiz to your students
Microsoft Forms introductory course: Creating Authentic Assessments
