Training videos
Every Droplet training video, in one place. Start with the platform tour, build a real form alongside our ten-part series, then go deeper with full recorded trainings and hands-on workshops. Each video plays right here, so pick a starting point and press play.
Start with the platform tour
New to Droplet, or showing it to someone who is? This tour covers the whole platform in under five minutes: how to get around, manage forms, track submissions, and configure your organization's settings. If you only watch one video, make it this one.
Platform tour, 4:50.
Build a form, step by step
These ten short videos build a real form and workflow from scratch, in order. Watch them straight through as a mini course, or jump to the exact step you are working on. Most are under five minutes.
Sets the stage for the series and creates the form we will build on for the rest of it.
Components and their properties. A well-designed layout is the backbone of a smooth process.
Create rules that show or hide parts of the layout, or validate what people enter.
A quick, broad look at what workflow steps are before we dive in and build one.
Use the Workflow Canvas to draw out your process, change the submission status, and assign approvers.
Some workflows have forks in the road. Set up rules that change a submission's direction, or decide whether a step is used or skipped.
Keep the right folks informed along the way with automatic email messages.
Control which sections and fields are visible or editable at each step of the workflow. The written companion is Control field visibility by step.
Simulate different submission scenarios to make sure the form and workflow behave the way you expect.
Publish and share your form link. Once published, the link stays the same, even after you publish newer versions of the form.
Deep dives
Full recorded training sessions that go further than the quick videos above. These run about 30 minutes to an hour, and several include questions and answers from real form builders.
Comprehensive form builder overview 1 hr
A full hour in the form builder: designing a layout and a workflow, plus all the options available for collecting information from your users.
Corrections in workflows
Sometimes a submission just needs fixing, not rejecting. This recorded training shows the most popular way to set up corrections in your workflows, with tips for best practice along the way.
Submission managers overview 30 min
An overview of Droplet for the admins who manage submissions: the actions you can take on a submission, and best practices for managing them efficiently.
Platform admins overview 30 min
The companion session for platform admins, covering the platform from the administrator's side of the desk.
Dataset managers
Curious about updating datasets in your organization? Learn to understand and edit your existing datasets so you can make real-time changes yourself, without waiting on Droplet Support.
Specialized workshops
Recorded hands-on workshops from our team. These tackle specific, slightly more advanced setups, so they are a great next step once the basics feel comfortable.
Dynamic assignees
Assign workflow steps dynamically based on a dataset, and route a form back to the submitter. This setup is more complex, and it can significantly boost the efficiency of your workflows.
Template to testing
Import a form template from our gallery, customize it to fit your needs, and test it to make sure everything works as expected, with tips to keep the whole process simple.
Revisions
Corrections happen more often than rejections. Learn to use a Radio component and transition logic to send a form back for corrections within the workflow.
Keep learning
When you are ready to put a video into practice:
- Follow the written walkthrough in Build your first form.
- Take the hands-on Build a Form course in the Droplet Community.
- Stuck on something a video did not cover? See Get help with Droplet.