Social Learning
How to develop a
Environment With Google Zoho Creator

The Assignment:
Locate 3 journal articles on the
topic of the week, summarize them,
and share them with the class. Then
read everyone else’s summaries.
*Adapted from Mike Wesch’s 94 articles activity:
http://mediatedcultures.net/ksudigg/?p=202

To do so, we’ll create a form in Zoho Creator
for students to fill out.

Then, we’ll configure a page that displays all the student
entered article summaries (called the view)

Then, we’ll pull the page into Blackboard

Then, we’ll pull the page into Blackboard

1
Sign up for a
Zoho Account
at http://creator.zoho.com/

Click the ‘sign up for free’ button

Click the ‘sign up for free’ button

Create a Form
for Article Submissions
2

Click the ‘create new application’ button

Click the ‘create new application’ button

Interpersonal Comm. Bibliography
1. Name your application (can be anything - I used the course number)
2. Name the form you’re creating (I called it Bibliography)
3. Click ‘create from scratch’
4. Click the ‘create now’ button. This will generate a page that looks like this:

Create the form by dragging & dropping fields into the blank workspace
(one at a time) and configuring each.

Create the form by dragging & dropping fields into the blank workspace
(one at a time) and configuring each.

Types of fields used in this form:

Types of fields used in this form:
Dropdown Field

Types of fields used in this form:
Dropdown Field
Single Line Field

Types of fields used in this form:
Dropdown Field
Single Line Field
Multi Line Field

Once you drag a field onto the workspace, a configuration window will
pop up. Label each field (in this case I’m creating a dropdown list so
students can pick the topic of the week). Clicking ‘Options’ will let you
customize your form further (handy but not necessary).

Click ‘This is required field’ if you want to make sure students don’t submit
the form without filling out this field. You can also enter instructions to
students under ‘Appearance’

Click ‘This is required field’ if you want to make sure students don’t submit
the form without filling out this field. You can also enter instructions to
students under ‘Appearance’

Click ‘This is required field’ if you want to make sure students don’t submit
the form without filling out this field. You can also enter instructions to
students under ‘Appearance’

Once you’ve added all the fields, click ‘Access this application’

Once you’ve added all the fields, click ‘Access this application’

Click ‘More Actions’ & select ‘Permalink’ to get the URL for the form.
Now, let’s create a link from Blackboard to this form.

Click ‘More Actions’ & select ‘Permalink’ to get the URL for the form.
Now, let’s create a link from Blackboard to this form.

1. Log into Blackboard
2. Click on Control Panel
3. Select ‘Manage Course Menu’
under ‘Course Options’

1. Log into Blackboard
2. Click on Control Panel
3. Select ‘Manage Course Menu’
under ‘Course Options’

1. Log into Blackboard
2. Click on Control Panel
3. Select ‘Manage Course Menu’
under ‘Course Options’

1. Log into Blackboard
2. Click on Control Panel
3. Select ‘Manage Course Menu’
under ‘Course Options’
4. Click add ‘External Link’

Name: Enter a name for the link which will appear in the Course Menu
(I used ‘Article Entry’)
URL: Paste the ZOHO Form URL here
Click ‘Submit’

The form is now accessible from the Blackboard Side Menu

The form is now accessible from the Blackboard Side Menu

3
Configure the
View

1. Click the ‘Views’ tab
2. Click ‘Access this application’
* By default your view will display all the records. You can restrict the display of
records by setting criteria under ‘records.’ For instance, you could set the criteria to
only show records entered under a particular ‘topic of the week.’

1. Click the ‘Views’ tab
2. Click ‘Access this application’
* By default your view will display all the records. You can restrict the display of
records by setting criteria under ‘records.’ For instance, you could set the criteria to
only show records entered under a particular ‘topic of the week.’

1. Click the ‘Views’ tab
2. Click ‘Access this application’
* By default your view will display all the records. You can restrict the display of
records by setting criteria under ‘records.’ For instance, you could set the criteria to
only show records entered under a particular ‘topic of the week.’

View as: Select ‘List’
* By default the view will display information for each field, which may make the page
look crowded. For that reason you may want to hide some fields by clicking ‘Show/
Hide Columns.’ The data will still be there for you to view when logged in, but your
students won’t see it.

View as: Select ‘List’
* By default the view will display information for each field, which may make the page
look crowded. For that reason you may want to hide some fields by clicking ‘Show/
Hide Columns.’ The data will still be there for you to view when logged in, but your
students won’t see it.

Select which fields you want students to be able to view
Click ‘done’ to save the changes

Click ‘More Actions’ & select ‘Permalink’ to get the URL for the form.
Now, let’s create a link from Blackboard to this form.

Click ‘More Actions’ & select ‘Permalink’ to get the URL for the form.
Now, let’s create a link from Blackboard to this form.

1. Log into Blackboard
2. Click on Control Panel
3. Select ‘Manage Course Menu’
under ‘Course Options’

1. Log into Blackboard
2. Click on Control Panel
3. Select ‘Manage Course Menu’
under ‘Course Options’

1. Log into Blackboard
2. Click on Control Panel
3. Select ‘Manage Course Menu’
under ‘Course Options’

1. Log into Blackboard
2. Click on Control Panel
3. Select ‘Manage Course Menu’
under ‘Course Options’
4. Click add ‘External Link’

Name: Enter a name for the link which will appear in the Course Menu
(I used ‘Article Summary’)
URL: Paste the ZOHO View URL here
Click ‘Submit’

The view is now accessible from the Blackboard Side Menu
* Note that the view will be empty until you fill out at least one form.
Test your form by clicking on ‘Article Entry’ and filling it out. Then click
on ‘Article Summary’ and verify that the information you just entered
is displayed there.

The view is now accessible from the Blackboard Side Menu
* Note that the view will be empty until you fill out at least one form.
Test your form by clicking on ‘Article Entry’ and filling it out. Then click
on ‘Article Summary’ and verify that the information you just entered
is displayed there.