Creating interactive content with H5P

Using H5P you can easily create rich interactive content for your students and add them to your course in eClass, take a look at some H5P examples to explore the range of activities you can create. Some activities are even integrated with the gradebook.

Creating an H5P activity

  1. Go to the your Content Bank, accessible when in a course from the Navigation menu.
  2. Click the Add button and select the activity you want. For more information about authoring the different types of H5P activities you go to https://h5p.org/documentation/for-authors/tutorials.
  3. Once you've selected your activity type, you can start filling out the required fields. Each activity also has a 'Show Instructions' section to get more information about how to create it.
  4. Click Save. Your activity will be displayed and you can test it out.

Adding an H5P activity to a course 

 

Before adding an H5P activity to your course you must have first created it in your Content Bank. 

  1. With editing switched on in your course, choose Add an activity or Resource. Select H5P from the activity chooser.
  2. Add a name for the activity and use the file picker tool to browse and select your H5P activity from your Content Bank.
  3. Choose to add the content as an alias, which means any content edition to the original in the content bank will update this instance; or add it as a copy which means changes won't be applied. Click Select this file and then Insert H5P. 
  4. Select additional settings for the activity, such as if you'd like it gradeable and then click Save and Return to course


Embedding an H5P activity into another activity such as a book or lesson.

You can use the H5P button in the Atto editor to embed any H5P activity you have created into another activity or resource. 

  1. Click the H5P button
  2. Add the URL for your activity or use the Browse repositories to search your Content Bank for your activities.
  3. Choose to add the content as an alias, which means any content edition to the original in the content bank will update this instance; or add it as a copy which means changes won't be applied. Click Select this file and then Insert H5P. Save your activity as normal.


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