Brightwheel’s Forms empower providers by enabling them to collect key information from both existing and prospective families. Information collected is automatically added to the student’s profile and will create new contacts as needed. Providers can collect and store all form submissions in one place and easily see who’s submitted all necessary information and who hasn’t.

In addition to Forms, providers can also utilize other various document-sharing options with families like Document Hub, Document Requests and Contracts.

Creating a new form is easily done from the Forms & Requests tab on brightwheel's web app.

Each form is comprised of sections of fields that parents will be able to fill out. These fields directly correspond with the fields in the student’s profile. Once a section is added to a form, any field can be marked required or deleted by clicking the trash icon.

Please Note: A "Guardian Information" section will be created for each guardian already associated with the student when the guardian receives the application with the exception of emergency contacts.

Custom Sections and Fields can be added to any form as outlined in the creation process above. At this time, any information collected in the custom section/field will not be displayed directly in the student’s profile, but will always be accessible through that form submission.

Click the + New Section button and choose Custom to add a Custom Section. Once added, you can modify the name of the section by clicking Edit or delete the section by clicking the trashcan icon.

Click the Add fields button within a section and choose Custom field to add a Custom Field. These will be added to the bottom of the section by default and the field name and type (text, yes/no, numeric, date, or paragraph) can be modified by clicking the pencil icon.

Please Note: All custom field names must be unique and cannot be repeated. For example, if you needed to have two name fields on a form, you would want to create Name 1 and Name 2 fields instead to avoid duplicates!

Once you've created a form, you have different options available for how you'd like to share it.

If you want to share with parents who are already attached to a student contact, you can send an invite to complete it right from the Forms & Requests tab. If you want to share a direct link to the form via email, another communication method, or by adding the link to your website, this is also possible and can be valuable if you're wanting to gather prospective student information and add them to a Waitlist!

You can view a shared form's completion status in a couple of different ways. If you want to see all related Admissions information in one place, using the Admissions Dashboard to view form completions is a great idea.

You can also choose to just open the form directly from the Forms & Requests tab if you just want to see what the status is for all students the form was shared to.

In order to ensure data integrity and verify the parent has correctly submitted the information requested, forms need to be reviewed by the program. Any action taken on a form will update the shared form’s status.

Once a form has been approved, any preset fields that correlate with a field on the student’s profile will be updated accordingly. It’s important to remember that any information provided using custom fields will not be displayed directly in the student’s profile, but will always be accessible through that form submission.

Requesting Changes to a form can only be done when the form is not yet approved. Once changes are requested, the form will be resent to parents detailing what you've requested. Parents can make the requested changes and resubmit the form.

If a form has already been approved but changes are needed, duplicating an existing form is a great option so you can share with a parent and have them resubmit the information so applicable pre-defined fields on the student’s profile can be automatically updated.

When a form is no longer needed by a program, it can be closed so that student contacts can no longer access it and send in new submissions.

If the form does need to be shared again in the future, the provider can change the access to shareable again!

How can I collect a registration fee with a form I share with my parents?

Our Admissions feature operates separately from our billing platform at this time. There is not currently a way to collect a fee with an application. Any registration or application fees you may wish to collect must be added manually to the student's billing account as a one-time charge.

What if I need to edit a form I’ve already shared with my parents?

You can easily edit and reorder sections within a form. Editing a form will not affect or change any historical submissions. After making edits, only new families that are sent these will receive the updates. You cannot re-share the updated form version if it has already been shared with parents. If you have already shared an application with a family and need to make edits to any field/section, you can duplicate the form and share it this way.

What if I need parents to make changes to a form after it has already been submitted and approved?

Once a form is approved, you won’t be able to use our Request Changes feature. You can edit any auto-populated information directly from the child’s profile, or you can duplicate the form that needs updating and then send the new copy of this form to the family to complete. Once the new copy of this form has been submitted, you'll be able to view the old and updated form.