Do these things whenever you create or edit a Google Form.
- Identify its owner just beneath the headline.
- Add at the very bottom a text field that contains the form's filename.
- It should match what is displayed in the upper left corner of the form.
- (Or you can put all this stuff at the top or bottom. It doesn't really matter where, so long as it's there.)
If these things are done, finding and editing the form will be easy for you and everyone who comes after you (which will still very likely be you).
If these things are not done, things become difficult.
Normally, a URL is enough to identify anything on the web. But the Google Form has two faces: one that the editor/owner sees, and one that the user sees, and each of those has its own URL, and those URLs cannot be cross-referenced. Additionally, the name of the file as will be seen in one's My Drive does not automatically reflect anything that the end user will see when filling out the form.
So it's pretty easy for forms to become "lost." One simply needs to open an older file, change a few things and move on. Or its filename and visible title might not have matched from the beginning.
Some additional form info:
- Forms and shared drives enjoy a conflicted relationship. Forms can live in shared drives, but only if they do not use the "file upload" option. If files must be uploaded, then the form must live in someone's My Drive.
- Forms save their data to a Google Sheet. You'll want to keep track of both.
- Forms can be made available for anyone to fill out, not just people with gmail accounts, but only if they 1) do not collect email addresses 2) do not allow uploads and 3) are published with the "Anyone with link" setting. This makes responses anonymous and prevents tracking or limiting.