Set a question as required

Make the question How many lab partners will you work with required so students cannot submit without an answer. Confirm that required status applies only to that question and that existing responses are not deleted.

Before I mark How many lab partners will you work with as required, prepare a short note for students explaining why we need this answer and where to get help if they don’t know. Also check if making it required will block any students who previously saved a draft without answering and tell me how to avoid losing their partial responses.

Several students submitted the form with How many lab partners will you work with blank and that breaks group assignment. I can make it required but worry about students who genuinely don’t know yet. Should I make it required now, add a Not sure option first, or follow up with an email? Recommend the best immediate action and the follow-up policy.