I've seen Tom's helpful screencast on how to embed a Google docs form into a Storyline project. However, what I want to do is a little different. I'd like to be able to export the values of about a dozen variables from Storyline so I could see them in a spreadsheet the way I would if students entered those values into a Google docs form. I've got a grammar assessment, and I want to export a student's name and either OK/NEED TO REVIEW/MIGHT WANT TO REVIEW for each of a dozen or so topics. Now, I could just use a final page screen in Storyline showing a student her status on these dozen topics and ask her to fill out an embedded Google docs form in which she basically copies the results manually. These are just initial assessment scores, and I'm not worried about honesty issues. However, this seems like a pretty klutzy way to do things. Would anyone be able to help me out with a suggestion for a better method? I don't know any JavaScript, and my familiarity with Storyline is fairly low. Thanks! Dorothy

Sending data from Storyline using variables to a Google spreadsheet can be done...and quite effectively, too. I just finished a project doing this very thing. First is setting up a Google Script. In Storyline you'll need to write a Javascript that will read all the variables and fire the data off. In our project we had over 50 questions each with 3 possible choices. We wanted to see the result (choice1, choice2, or chioce3) for each of the questions. The neat thing is the Google Spreadsheet would update dynamically. We tested several outputs including a stand alone Storyline output on a web server, Storyline published as SCORM on an LMS, Storyline published for AO, and Storyline as a web object in a Studio '09 output in both SCORM and AO. Same project all sending data to the same spreadsheet while multiple users were accessing the various platforms and being able to literally watch the spreadsheet as it fills up.

Hi everyone, My solutions for this is here. Helpful link to do this solve in Storyline is here. You will find there solution to send date from html form to google spreadsheet. To implemnt this in Storyline you will need this link. I hope it's helpful.

oh noo :( I'm really sorry that I did not respond earlier but I had no access to the Internet - long duration holidays. I don't know if I can do it but I have saved this page for all of you to pdf. There is note who is author of this article. Function in Storyline can look like this (you can put it on Click event or timline starts): var player = GetPlayer(); $.ajax({ url: "https://docs.google.com/forms/d/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/formResponse", type: "POST", data: {"entry.yyyyy" :player.GetVar("your_verible1"), "entry.zzzzz":player.GetVar("your_verible2")}, success: function(data) { alert(data); } }); return false; XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX - must be replaced by the form key (for more details chceck pdf file) yyyyy, zzzzz - must be replaced by number from your's google form. You can find it with firebug (for more details chceck pdf file) your_verible1, your_verible1 - veribles from Storyline If you want to check how it is work you have to put content on server.

Here is my take on using GoogleDocs with Storyline variables: http://dev.keypointlearn.com/xcl71_SL/Soccer/story.html

I just posted, what I hope, is a step-by-step guide for making this work. I based it on the posts here and what I learned from them gathering them together. There were a few of us that needed steps from the beginning and others that needed them only part way through. Hope this helps anyone new to this particular forum. http://www.tracyparish.ca/2015/08/how-to-send-variables-from-storyline-to-google-docs.html

exporting variables to be read in a Google docs spreadsheet

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AndrzejRudnik
Partner
13 years ago
I'm glad I could help.
PatrickGeiger
Community Member
13 years ago

Quick note to anyone else who attempts to implement his solution. The outputted HTML file (story.html) does not include the jQuery library (Andrzej's solution requires it). As a result, you must manually include it in the head of your outputted HTML file (e.g. "").

Thanks Andrzej!

Patrick
AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
13 years ago
Thanks Patrick for sharing that here!
MichaelHinze
Community Member
12 years ago
Here is my take on using GoogleDocs with Storyline variables: http://dev.keypointlearn.com/xcl71_SL/Soccer/story.html
- Marie-Pierre930
  Community Member
  11 years ago
  This is really helpful. But can you describe the first steps?
  
  -Getting a googledocs account?
  
  -Creating a link?
  
  -Then putting in the javascript into storyline to point to googledocs?
  
  These kind of steps would really be helpful. I am fearly new at this and I am not a programmer,
  
  thanks
  - TracyParish
    Super Hero
    11 years ago
    Hi Marie:
    
    I got this working now and was confused with the first steps as well. Feel free to contact me directly through the forum and I'll be happy to walk through it with you.
AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
12 years ago
Thanks Michael for sharing that here.
KevinThorn
Super Hero
12 years ago
Nice application example Michael. USA for the win!
ChrisF
Community Member
12 years ago

Hi everyone

I have implemented the above and it does get the variable from Storyline to the googlesheet (when launched in IE), however I get a Message from webpage (attached).

I have also noticed that it won't progress to next screen too. It doesn't seem to work at all in Firefox.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated as I am working on a project over the Christmas period, ready for January

Thanks
ChrisF
Community Member
12 years ago

Looking at the code, I suspect its a Google form "confirmation page", advising that response has been submitted, but not sure how to resolve it opening as it has or removing/hiding it completely? As this is stopping the module from progressing to next screen.

Thanks
ChrisF
Community Member
12 years ago

Michael Hinze said:

Here is my take on using GoogleDocs with Storyline variables: http://dev.keypointlearn.com/xcl71_SL/Soccer/story.html

Hi Michael

Could you possibly share your source files please? That may help me to figure out where I'm having the problem?

Thanks
ChrisF
Community Member
12 years ago
Ok, I have managed to resolve the Message from webpage issue, however, it still won't progress to next screen, its as if its waiting for a response from Google doc?

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