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Training: Forms – Get started

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Forms - Get Started Training

The Microsoft Forms training introduces you to the Microsoft 365 tool to quickly create online questionnaires, surveys and forms. In one intensive half day, you master questionnaire creation, question types, sharing and response analysis. A very useful skill for HR, internal communication and marketing in French speaking Switzerland.

Create professional questionnaires in minutes and exploit responses

For profiles based in Geneva or Lausanne, knowing how to build a Forms questionnaire saves considerable time on internal surveys, polls, registrations, evaluations. This Forms course focuses on hands on cases: satisfaction survey, event registration, evaluation sheet, application questionnaire.

Participant Profiles

  • Microsoft 365 users who want to create forms
  • Project assistants or coordinators
  • HR managers or trainers
  • Team leaders or managers seeking to automate data collection
  • Decision-makers wishing to better understand Microsoft collaborative tools

Objectives

  • Create a Microsoft Forms questionnaire from scratch or template
  • Master question types (multiple choice, scale, ranking, text)
  • Customize a questionnaire (theme, logo, conditional branching)
  • Share and collect Forms responses
  • Analyze and export Forms results to Excel

Prerequisites

  • Practical knowledge of Windows operating systems
  • A good command of Microsoft Office

Course Content

  • Module 1: Create a form or questionnaire
  • Module 2: Customize form settings
  • Module 3: Share and collaborate with other users
  • Module 4: Send the form and collect responses
  • Module 5: View and analyze results
  • Module 6: Use branching in Microsoft Forms

Documentation

  • Digital courseware included

Lab / Exercises

  • This course includes hands-on exercises designed to reinforce your knowledge and apply your skills in real-world professional scenarios.

Complementary Courses

Eligible Funding

ITTA is a partner of a continuing education fund dedicated to temporary workers. This fund can subsidize your training, provided that you are subject to the “Service Provision” collective labor agreement (CCT) and meet certain conditions, including having worked at least 88 hours in the past 12 months.

Additional Information

Microsoft Forms, the simple survey tool included in Microsoft 365

Microsoft Forms is the Microsoft 365 tool to create in minutes questionnaires, surveys, registration forms or evaluations. Included in most Microsoft 365 subscriptions, it offers a simple interface and features sufficient for 90% of professional survey needs.

Forms question types

The course details question types available in Forms: multiple choice, rating scale (Likert), ranking, free text, date, file upload. Each type has its use cases.

Customizing a Forms questionnaire

Beyond questions, Forms allows customizing appearance (colors, logo, background), structuring the questionnaire in sections and configuring conditional branching (show a question only if another has a specific answer).

Sharing and collecting Forms responses

The course shows Forms sharing options: public link, restriction to organization people, time-limited link, integration in Outlook or Teams.

Analyze and export results to Excel

Forms responses are viewable directly in the tool with automatically generated charts. The course also shows how to export data to Excel for deeper analysis.

Who this course is for

The Microsoft Forms training is designed for HR, communication services, marketing, training, events and any profile regularly producing surveys or questionnaires.

Practical Forms training in Carouge and Le Flon

In ITTA centers in Carouge and Le Flon, this Microsoft Forms course runs as an intensive half day with an expert instructor.

FAQ Microsoft Forms training

What is Microsoft Forms?

Microsoft Forms is the Microsoft 365 tool to quickly create questionnaires, surveys, forms and online evaluations.

Is Forms included in Microsoft 365?

Yes, Microsoft Forms is included in most Microsoft 365 business and enterprise subscriptions.

What is the difference between Microsoft Forms and Google Forms?

Both tools offer similar features. Microsoft Forms integrates natively with Microsoft 365 (Teams, SharePoint, Excel).

Can I customize a Forms questionnaire design?

Yes, the course details customization options (colors, logo, sections).

Can I attend this Forms training in Geneva?

Yes, the course is held at the ITTA center in Carouge in Geneva, at Le Flon in Lausanne and in a virtual classroom.

How long to become autonomous with Forms?

The basics are acquired in a structured half day.

How to go further after this course?

The Power Automate course to automate around Forms responses, or the SharePoint course to integrate Forms with a team site.

Who this microsoft forms training is for

Any collaborator wanting to quickly create forms, polls or questionnaires, HR, training, communication, marketing functions, or any profile needing simple data collection. In Geneva and Lausanne, the course welcomes participants from international organizations, banking, consulting and growing SMEs. No specific prerequisite is required other than a concrete willingness to progress on the subject.

Concretely, what will you be able to do at the end

You leave with an operational mastery of the fundamentals, reusable canvases on your concrete cases, a structured action plan for the weeks that follow. Many participants report a visible effect from the first week back, with sustainable anchoring over four to six weeks of regular practice. The course combines short theory inputs, practical exercises on your real situations and personalized trainer debrief.

Concrete use cases in business

An HR creating a collaborator engagement survey in 30 minutes. A trainer producing a learning validation quiz. A manager quickly collecting team availabilities for a strategic meeting. The course adapts exercises to your context with personalized trainer feedback, and each participant leaves with an action plan calibrated to their own situation.

Articulation with other ITTA courses

This training combines well with Power Automate to automate response processing, Excel for collected data analysis, and SharePoint or Teams to share forms. Many participants enroll in one of these courses in the following trimester, according to their current priority and professional context.

Why this training makes a difference in professional environment

Microsoft Forms imposes as the simple solution for rapid form creation in Microsoft 365 ecosystem. The 2025-2026 evolutions (Copilot integration, conditional branching, native Teams integration) make it a versatile tool beyond basic poll. This training proposes rigorous initiation laying foundations and exploring advanced uses.

Sustained anchoring after the course

Most participants signal a noticeable effect from the first or second week of return, with deeper anchoring over four to six weeks of regular practice. The course closes with a personalized practice plan calibrated on your professional rhythm, with milestones at one, three and six months for participants wanting to track their progression more formally.

ITTA pedagogy oriented towards practice in Geneva and Lausanne

At ITTA centers in Geneva and Lausanne, this course runs in a small group with an expert trainer and a format alternating concise theory, practical exercises and personalized debrief. Group confidentiality is explicit and held. Each participant arrives with a real case and leaves with an action plan calibrated to their context. The course integrates recent evolutions of the domain (digital tools, hybrid formats, 2025-2026 practices) without losing focus on fundamentals.

Does the course cover conditional branching?

Yes, conditional questions and jump logic are treated with typical use cases.

Suitable for complex questionnaires?

Forms covers most needs. For very advanced surveys, Forms Pro or specialized tools may be more adapted.

Does it integrate Forms in Teams?

Yes, Teams integration (live polls, in-meeting quiz) is treated in dedicated sequence.

Where do sessions take place?

ITTA has three centers in French speaking Switzerland: in Geneva (Carouge, Route des Jeunes 35), in Lausanne at the Flon (Rue des Cotes de Montbenon 16) and at Lausanne Mon-Repos (Avenue de Mon-repos 24). The training is also available in virtual classroom.

Prix de l'inscription
CHF 475.-
Inclus dans ce cours
  • Training provided by a domain expert
  • Customized situational activities tailored to your challenges
  • Digital documentation and support materials
  • Achievement Badge
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