Sunday, January 6, 2008

Thing 28 - Roll your own search tool with Rollyo

Do you have a group of favorite web sites? Or a set of online resources that are similar that you frequently use to answer homework or reference questions? Well Rollyo may be the tool for you. Rollyo allows you to create your own search tool for the just the websites you know and trust.

Take a look at some of these search rolls that have already been created:

Public Domain e-Books Search


Rare Book Library Search

Free Photos

Quick Quotes

Explore other rolls here.


Discovery Exercise (Option 1):


  1. Explore Rollyo and create an account for yourself.

  2. Create a search roll for any subject you like.

  3. Create a post in your blog about your experience and link to your search roll. Can you see a potential use for tools like this?


OPTION 1: Add your searchroll to your blog using the "Create a Searchbox" tool.

DISCOVERY EXERCISE (Option 2):

1. Explore Rollyo.

2. Create a post in your blog about your experience. Can you see a potential use for tools like this one?





1 comment:

Lady Bookwyrm said...

Kay Wood helped me get a Rollyo searchbox(if you created a Rollyo account) to show up in my blog! This is what we did:

1 Log into Rollyo
2 Go into the Tools tab
3 Click "Put a Rollyo Searchbox on Your Site"
4 Go to the bottom half of the page where your searchrolls are listed
5 Click on the searchroll you want to show up in your blog's Rollyo searchbox and use the >> button to move it into "Searchbox Rolls"
6 As you add each searchroll to the "Searchbox Roll," html code for each searchroll appears in the "Copy and Paste Code" box
7 When you're done with your selection, copy all parts of the HTML code
8 Go back to your blog
9 Go into the blog's layout
10 Go into a Page Element tab
11 Choose HTML/Javascript
12 Paste the HTML code into the box and save changes