5 Ways Digital Forms Support Extracurriculars
Provide extracurriculars without the extra paperwork
Most high schools offer lots of extracurricular activities–like music, robotics, sports, and mathletics! These activities allow students to learn valuable lessons and develop their individual passions. Even recent research has shown extracurricular participation decreases the likelihood of dropping out!
Despite all the benefits, if you participated in or led an extracurricular activity, you know it comes with extra paperwork. Whether there are permission slips, contact forms, or event schedules, every extracurricular requires some type of form. And that means sending the form home, waiting for that form to return, and hoping it doesn’t get lost along the way. Choose to take the hassle out of your extracurricular paperwork with digital forms.
Digital forms can look exactly like your existing paper forms–no code required! You can also use ready-to-go school templates, like a sign in template sheet for volunteering. With digital forms, you can instantly send forms to parents, receive important signed documents, and more without ever leaving your desk! Learn about five ways digital forms can reduce manual processes and support after-school activities.
Complete Forms on Desktop and Mobile Devices
Between homework, friends, and extracurriculars, high school students have enough to worry about–or so the movies tell us. Either way, relying on students to deliver and return important papers can be a long waiting game. Forms are often lost, left at home, eaten by the dog (a fan favorite), or completed incorrectly. Thankfully, digital forms cut out the middleman by freeing students from taking another paper home.
Digital forms can be emailed and completed from any phone, tablet, or computer. Parents can instantly receive time-sensitive signature forms and digitally complete them from their personal devices. No more worrying about missing or late field trip forms. This quick process reduces paperwork stress, giving parents, teachers, and students more time to focus on the activity at hand.
Instantly Receive Completed Forms
Once submitted, completed forms can be immediately viewed and processed. Teachers can now monitor the number of submissions in real-time! Parents can fill out digital forms from anywhere at any time. With digital Signature capabilities, students can be reminded about their parents' consent right before the big game and still get it in on time!
This is also helpful with groups larger than the average class size. A school field trip with several buses of students needs a process that’s faster and more reliable than paper forms. In one email, administrators can send permission forms to all parents and receive completed forms automatically.
Automatically and Securely Store Forms
Let’s face it, most forms get scanned anyway. The time it takes to collect, scan, and sort forms is a pain. Not to mention having to remember where it was stored in case of an emergency. When a digital form is signed, it’s automatically stored wherever you need it to go, like Google Drive and Dropbox. This saves teachers a valuable amount of time and ensures the form is safely secured away–and always within arm’s reach.
The best digital form solutions can be configured to be HIPAA-secure, adding extra protection to personal data. Maintain peace of mind knowing your student’s data is safe and protected.
Collect Accurate Information
We’ve all been there. A student hands us a form that was smeared or torn on accident. You don't know if their parent wrote an “S” or a “Z” or a “1” or a “7”–and the student doesn't know either! Take the unknowns out of the equation with digital forms.
Never worry about illegible handwriting or missing information with digital forms. With easy-to-use Text and Number fields, parents can easily and accurately enter their contact information. Certain fields can also be Required and prompt the user to fill out the information before submitting the form, like an allergy list or health concerns.
Increase Parental Engagement
In this digital age, more and more people are comfortable doing things online. This is one of the main reasons schools are ditching paper-and-pencil form processes. Digital forms take away the friction parents face from filling out and returning forms on time. Many parents are busy and there are only so many hours in the day. Now parents can complete forms while at home, in the office, or out running errands.
About GoFormz
GoFormz is a digital forms solution that’s redefining how people and businesses collect and process information. With over 100,000 customers in over 150 countries, we’ve helped customers do everything from creating timesheet templates to automating marketing and sales workflows. We believe that everyone should be able to fill out their forms online and ditch outdated paper processes. That belief set us on a mission to help every business digitize their forms and modernize how work gets done — all without code.
